I am sure you remember Holden Caulfield‚ the angsty‚ depressed 1950s teenager who you read about in your 10th grade English class. But did you like Holden‚ or did you hate him? “The Catcher in the Rye” by J.D. Salinger is a well-known novel that has been read in English classes across America since the 1950s. Holden Caulfield is the main character in this novel‚ but it is controversial whether or not his story is still relevant to society today. Ultimately‚ Holden is more relevant to teenagers in
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One of the most memorable quotes for the book Perks of being a Wallflower is from Charlie’s teacher‚ Bill. He gives Charlie some valuable life advice after he is informed that Charlie’s sister was hit by her boyfriend. That advice is‚”...we accept the love we think we deserve”(24). Charlie does not understand this at first‚ but I think throughout the book he begins to understand more what Bill meant when he said that. There are many types of love to experience in life. It can be anything from loving
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A Wallflower to a Participant The complexities of growing up can be overwhelming‚ but one must overcome the realities of the wild and poignant roller coaster of youth in order to live a sensible and productive life. The Perks of Being a Wallflower begins as the protagonist Charlie‚ starting his first year of high school‚ deals with the suicide of his single close friend named Michael and the lingering feeling of guilt over the death of his aunt. Prone to depression‚ introverted‚ and on the fringe
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower‚ Part I - The book opens in 1991‚ when Charlie writes a letter to some unknown person who "didn’t try to sleep with that person at that party" even though they could have. He tells us that he will call people by different names‚ so as to reserve his anonymity. I like that he opens the book like this because it gives us a hint as to the moral center of Charlie. I also‚ personally‚ believe that he is writing to another male‚ which is interesting in itself. - One
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Jenny Doherty Ms. Collins Honors English 28 November 2012 Themes in Catcher in the Rye In the novel Catcher in the Rye‚ written by J.D. Salinger‚ he shows many varied themes and emotions throughout the novel. The first major theme in the novel is innocence. Throughout the story Holden tries to protect the children from having to grow up and face adult problems and decisions. Holden wants the children to stay pure and not become like the adults who are impure and bad examples. He likes the
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J.W. von Goethe once said‚ “No two persons regard the world in exactly the same way...” What Goethe meant was that every human views the world in a unique fashion. The novels The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls and The Catcher in The Rye by JD Salinger both prove this quotation to be true. People do not respond to situations in the same exact way. People who grow up in the same circumstances react in different ways. That’s what makes one unique. For example‚ there could be two people
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The book‚ The Perks of Being a Wallflower‚ is about a boy named Charlie entering the 9th grade. He had just experienced the trauma of his best friend killing himself‚ and on top of that was still saddened by the death of his aunt Helen. On the first day of school he only made one friend‚ his English teacher. A little later on he became friends with two seniors‚ a boy named Patrick and his step-sister Sam. They continued on to show Charlie their world of The Rocky Horror Picture Show‚ their many
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September‚ 18 2013 Stephen Hawking 1243 Brown St. Europe‚ Oxford 21348 Re: Scientific Research
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From his birth through teenage Professor Stephen William Hawking was born on 8 January 1942 in Oxford‚ England‚ which is exactly 300 years after the death of Galileo. From a very early age Hawking showed the qualities of a scientist‚ he was always inquisitive. He liked to build models to see how things worked. Hawking went to the High School for Girls (yes‚ the school was supposed to be for girls) at St. Albans at the age of 8. Later‚ he switched to St. Albans School by passing the eleven-plus
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Stephen Harper Stephen Harper was elected in 2006 as our Prime Minister of Canada. Since the time he was elected‚ The Conservative Party and the leader‚ Stephen Harper have improved Canada and developed the country into more settled through these changes. Stephen Harper has completed major changes in Canada by having new policies for the environment‚ social policies and improved health and education policies. The Conservative Party had set laws regarding the environment to become more environmentally
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