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    film industry and also our society. Censorship in film started because mainly people believed that most movies shown were indecent or inappropriate. The box offices were being significantly damaged by the lack of customers that paid to see films. So in 1909‚ the New York Board of Motion Picture Censorship was formed.

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    Do Dead Poets Use Archetypes Too? Directors use many different techniques when filming a movie. Unlike other forms of storytelling‚ movie directors have completely control of what the viewer sees. An author picks words to describe what they see‚ but most words have multiple meanings. This can lead to confusion about many scenes in numerous books. Stage directors can pick the set‚ the costumes‚ and the actors‚ but what an audience member sees is still up to the work of others. Also‚ no two shows are

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    one traveler‚ long I stood.” This recurring motif of being “stuck” between two “roads” can be found again and again‚ both within society itself and within works of literature such as J.D. Salinger’s coming-of-age novel‚ The Catcher in the Rye. Salinger uses the protagonist‚ Holden Caulfield‚ to explore the process of self-discovery‚ ultimately demonstrating how society oppresses the non-conforming individual. Caulfield‚ “be one traveler‚” attempts to find out what it means to be an adolescent‚ stuck

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    Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye. This book‚ just like all other great works‚ was met by scathing criticism and unyielding praise. Many literary critics marveled at Salinger’s genius use of language to make Holden Caulfield‚ the main character‚ unbelievably realistic. Through Holden’s thoughts and dialogues‚ Salinger successfully created a teenage boy. Because of that The Catcher in the Rye became one of the few great post World War II works. The language used in The Catcher in the Rye has been

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    “The catcher in the rye expository essay” The catcher in the rye is a book I have read and really enjoyed because of the plot and the characters in the novel. “I always call it the catcher of the rye of the new generation.” (www.Thinkexist.com Jessica sharzer) the novel takes place in New York. This narrative is really enjoyable and fun to read. This novel deals with a lot of issues and this is the reason I enjoyed this innovative story. The story takes place in New

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    lonely or isolated. This problem is not new. In The Catcher In The Rye‚ J.D. Salinger talks about this issue using Holden‚the main character of the novel‚ to do so. In his novel‚ he uses the symbols of Allie and Holden’s red hunting hat to bring out and show Holden’s true emotions. When Holden is wearing the red hunting hat he is showing his desire to be alone and isolated from the rest of the world. one way the author shows this is when Holden is talking to ackley‚ “I pulled the old peak of my hunting

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    time acceptance will come. You can see different stages of grief in The Catcher in the rye more specifically‚ Holden. Three stages are seen more as holden through the process of accepting his loss. In this story‚ The Catcher in The Ryeholden goes through many stages of grief which are Anger‚ Denial depression‚ after the his brother Allie passed away. 2 stages such as anger and denial. The most important memory Holden has shared was when he decided to sleep in his garage to cope with his brother’s

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    The movie‚ Dead Poets Society directed by Peter Weir is set in an American private school during a time of romanticism in the first half of the twentieth century. Dead Poet’s Society negotiates the transition of poetry and life as an unconventional English teacher encourages a group of private school boys to seize the day. The boys intimidate the teachers youth by reforming the dead poet’s society and getting in touch with romanticism and their true inner life. However a fathers controlling nature

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    around him. However‚ this level of maturity is rarely reached without suffering emotional pain or confusion (Helfand/Bliss 1). In both A Separate Peace and The Catcher in the Rye the main characters‚ Gene and Holden‚ experience great emotional trauma and confusion as they attempt to make the rite of passage into adulthood. In the book The Catcher in the RyeHolden Caulfield is expelled from Pencey Prep because of his failing grades‚ however‚ he does not want to confront his parents immediately after getting

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    In J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye‚ the subject matter of Innocence is explored as Holden’s quest throughout New York City unfolds and his views on society develop. The novel is narrated by Holden Caulfield who is telling us the story of how he got to the mental hospital where he is currently a patient. Holden starts off at Pencey Prep‚ a preparatory school in Pennsylvania but eventually leaves after he is expelled. Holden wanders through New York City where he originally plans to go home

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