There is a very fine line between nostalgia and obsessing on the past. Many people argue that one should not waste today reliving yesterday. Unfortunately‚ the human psyche is delicate and we need to process our past in order to move forward. For example‚ when mourning the loss of a loved one‚ most of us tend to be paralyzed or stuck in the past because we have to process what happened. How long it takes to move through the negative and positive events of the past is highly dependent on the individual
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When analyzing and comparing The Catcher in the Rye and Great Expectations‚ by J.D. Salinger and Charles Dickens respectively‚ one usually stops and ponders‚ what can these two novels possibly have in common? Well I can tell you‚ quite a lot. To begin with‚ both are fictional autobiographies‚ narrated personally by the protagonists‚ that is Holden and Pip. However‚ regardless of the fact that they are both narrated in the first person‚ one‚ Great Expectations is a full life story‚ and you can tell
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Great Gatsby vs. Holden Caulfield The Great Gatsby written By F.Scott Fitzgerald is a novel about people‚ mainly Gatsby’s idea of the ‘American dream’ which can be compared easily to The Catcher in the Rye By J.D Salinger. Nick and Jay Gatsby are similar to Holden Caulfield. Nick is like Holden in the fact that they both share ideas of having expectations of people and hope‚ even though society constantly lets them down with multiple examples showing how people act in their natural state. Gatsby
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In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby‚ Gatsby is a man who can be compared to Holden Caulfield from J.D Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye. Jay Gatsby and Holden Caulfield are both caught up in their unattainable dreams and first love and as a result struggle with an obsession of their past. It is a natural tendency for all men and women to dream but sometimes these dreams may be unattainable. In J.D Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye‚ Holden Caulfield has a desire to preserve the innocence of
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Use Of Symbolism In "The Catcher In The Rye" and "The Great Gatsby" There are many writers like James Joyce‚ Patrick Kananach and Thomas Moore who use symbolism to convey and support indirect meaning in their writings. J.D. Salinger and F. Scott Fitzgerald both use symbolism in similar ways. In both "The Catcher In The Rye" and "The Great Gatsby"‚ the authors used symbolism to convey emotions and reality. In "The Catcher In The Rye"‚ J.D. Salinger uses Holden’s red hunting cap‚ the exhibits
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Ferris Bueller and Catcher in the Rye – Comparative Essay Salinger’s 1951 novel‚ “The Catcher in the Rye”‚ and John Hughes’ 1987 teenage comedy film “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off”‚ both reflect the lives of teenagers in a time span of nearly 40 years. The two authors successfully convey society’s values on materialism and education in the two different eras using language and a variety of techniques. These values have affected both Holden Caufield and Ferris Bueller‚ the former negatively and the latter
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‘The Catcher in the Rye’ - Essay ‘The Catcher in the Rye’ was written by American author‚ J.D. Salinger in 1951. The book was an instant success on publication‚ and still today‚ over sixty years later‚ the novel still sells around 250‚000 copies each year. The author‚ J.D.Salinger‚ was born in New York and was a recluse from the army. After the success of the novel‚ J.D. Salinger cut himself off from society‚ and idea expressed many times by the main character‚ Holden Caulfield‚ in the novel
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Behind every great man lies a great women. In some cases the women herself may not always be good or ideal according to society. Nevertheless it seems to add character to the man‚and also influences his actions and maybe even his morals. In Shakespearean literature‚Shakespeare tends to use people to develop certain characters throughout the play. In Romeo and Juliet‚ Juliet is the person with the most influence on Romeo. This influence allows him to develop as a character and also helps develop
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1001379 Harper AP Literature 6 November 2014 The Catcher in the Rye Typed Essay – Prompt #1 J.D. Salinger’s coming of age novel‚ The Catcher in the Rye‚ follows mental institute patient Holden Caulfield as he narrates his experiences and struggles in a world full of what he likes to call‚ “phonies” (13). Throughout the novel‚ Holden oscillates between childhood and adulthood as he desires to be “the catcher in the rye”: he hopes to “catch all the children that “start to go over the cliff” and preserve
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open-minded relationships in this era; it also influenced women to break from previous social standards and become more ‘equal’ to men. Two texts‚ which are associated with this topic‚ are an advertisement for ‘Lucky Strike Cigarettes’ and the novel The Great Gatsby. Both texts are excellent examples on how women acted‚ dressed and lived in the 1920s. The I’m A Lucky Girl poster advertises cigarettes for women in the 1920s‚ stating that smoking their product “will keep [their] figure[s] trim”‚ creating a
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