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    In extreme cases parents may cause metal illnesses in their children‚ depression is one of them. Parents that do not give their children the help they need will become depressed. Common factor that may lead to depression when one does not have a positive parental influence include: Academic Stress: A big part of a teens life is their academics. Depending on how well they do will determine the rest of their life‚ fore example their job. The corse load is stressful and teens often struggle with it

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    "You ought to go to a boy’s school sometimes. Try it sometime‚" I said. "It’s full of phonies‚ and all you do is study so that you can learn enough to be smart enough to be able to buy a goddam Cadillac some day‚ and you have to keep making believe you give a damn if the football team loses‚ and all you do is talk about girls and liquor and sex all day‚ and everybody sticks together in these dirty little goddam cliques. The guys that are on the basketball team stick together‚ the goddam intellectuals

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    The Catcher in the Rye/Dead Poets Society Throughout the book The Catcher in the Rye‚ and the movie Dead Poets Society‚ there are many themes portrayed that the characters deal with and learn from. Of the many themes displayed in the movie and novel‚ three that stood out were loneliness‚ dealing with change‚ and the pain of growing up. These three themes are vital and important‚ and play a significant role in the characters throughout the novel and movie. The struggles of loneliness‚ dealing

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    Catcher in the Rye Essay In the novel The Catcher and the Rye by J.D. Salinger Holden believes childhood‚ and adulthood are completely different. Holden believes childhood is very immature‚ and playful‚ and adulthood is mature and serious. Childhood‚ and adulthood are not as different as Holden makes them out to be‚ there is a difference but even some adults act childish‚ and some children act mature and serious for their age. Holden believes he is superior to all other people including adults

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    November 2012 Research Paper Censorship is diverse for many people. Censorship is a big problem and is known all over the whole world. It all starts with people over the whole world and it hurts people‚ kids‚ and students. Cather in the Rye opened me up to censorship and I think it’s not fair and it should not be allowed. Censorship can be defined as the suppression of speech or other public communication which may be considered objectionable‚ harmful‚ sensitive‚ or inconvenient

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    Themes in Catcher in the Rye In 1951‚ JD Salinger published a novel titled The Catcher in the Rye. Between the years of 1945 and 1951‚ Salinger had changed his concept of the misfit hero from a pathetically misunderstood protagonist who seemed doomed to a less than average life‚ to a protagonist who has learned to surpass the morons and show them compassion through somewhat condescending gestures. The latter is the present day Holden Caulfield‚ the protagonist in The Catcher in the Rye. Holden

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    J. D. Salinger’s critically acclaimed novel‚ The Catcher in the Rye follows the journey of Holden Caulfield‚ a young boy who returns home to New York after being ousted from yet another preparatory school. Throughout the novel‚ Holden shares his animosity towards what he sees as a phony society‚ filled with phony people and phony things. Within the novel‚ Salinger has created numerous symbols‚ such as the natural history museum or the red hunting hat‚ as well as creating a vocabulary which fits in

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    Amari McFadden January 2‚ 13 Business of Sports School Holden Paper The Catcher in the Rye – Holden Character Paper A common question asked since J.D Salinger wrote and published the book The Catcher in the Rye is‚ is Holden Caulfield an sympathetic or unsympathetic character is he a protagonist or an antagonist? I believe Holden is a sympathetic character that just has a weird way of expressing his feelings and may have emotional and psychological problems. Even though Holden has

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    .Jean Dee Nell In his novel‚ The Catcher in the Rye‚ J.D Salinger tells the story of Holden Caulfield‚ a troubled and confused sixteen year old boy. During his three day journey through New York City‚ Holden attempts to put events from his past aside so that he can try and live a normal life by trying to be an adult. Holden wants to live on his own like an adult. He wants to be independent and support himself. In telling this story‚ Salinger wants us to understand that it is important to be the

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    of people and their specific interests. The Catcher in the Rye by J.D Salinger is an intriguing book about a young boy in New York and his mental struggles in the physical world. This coming-of-age fiction novel greatly distinguishes the barrier between a moody teen and a depressive teen. Holden Caulfield‚ the main character of the book‚ is entangled within his own thoughts and conflicts with his surrounding environment. Caulfield experiences depression throughout the whole story which is expressed

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