Furlough 2013 Jo shmoo COMM/215 April 30‚ 2013 Lee brook Furlough 2013 It’s April 2‚ 2013 and I am on a countdown to be furloughed at my job! The economy in the United States is in dire need of help as we speak. Congress has asked for a furlough of government employees like myself and it is coming sooner then we know it. A furlough is a temporary unpaid leave of some employees due to special needs of a company‚ which may be due to economic conditions at the specific employer or in the economy
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Los Angeles Times California deficit is said to be $25.4 billion according to the states chief analyst. The state of California has taken drastic measure to fix this problem. Fixing the problem includes layoffs of 4‚500 state/government employees‚ furlough‚ minimum wage‚ and cutting of many state funded programs. Fifty days into this fiscal year‚ there still not a budget signed and in place. At this time they are not able to come up with an agreement. This has been a very difficult time for all Californians
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The Catcher in the rye is a book written by J.D Salinger. The book is about a rebellious teenager named Holden Caulfield. Holden is lost in life and struggles to find his way out depression. J.D Salinger shows in this book the true value of having guidance in your life when one grows up. Guidance will keep one from from being lost in life. Salinger shows the importance of having guidance early on in the book. In the beginning of Holden’s story‚ Holden explains how he acts quite young for his age
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Growing up and getting old is part of a natural life span‚ and everyone eventually encounters it. For one it may be a very big step to maturity which may lead to many barriers and challenges. For those who don ’t enter maturity will be left behind in their childhood. The saying "age is nothing but a number" isn ’t completely true‚ with every number that gets added to an age‚ one grows older and develops a mature identity. This leads to receiving many responsibilities and tasks that one may not
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Innocence‚ Compassion‚ and some Crazy’ Cliff A novel‚ which has gained literary recognition worldwide‚ scrutiny to the point of censorship and has established a following among adolescents‚ The Catcher in the Rye is in its entirety a unique connotation of the preservation of innocence and the pursuit of compassion. With certain elegance the writer J.D. Salinger‚ substantiates the growth and perils‚ which lie between childhood and adulthood. Embellishing the differentiation between innocence and
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Shannon LeBlanc Mr. P. Murray Phoniness: Its Effect on Holden Caulfield’s Character and his View on Society December 3‚ 2012 Phoniness: Its effect on Holden Caulfield’s character and his view on society There comes a time in life when one believes that they are surrounded by nothing but fallaciousness and deception. In J.D Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye‚ Holden Caulfield‚ a 16-year-old boy‚ travels to New York to try to
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Mikahla Denney Mr. Snow English II PAP- 3 12 March 2012 The Catcher in the Rye: Salinger v. Caulfield During World War II and the post war era after‚ many peoples’ lives went down paths that lead their sanity to meander‚ just like that of J.D. Salinger. Salinger grew up as a very bright child‚ yet his work effort lacked great stamina which caused him to flunk average school‚ requiring a military academy. Once Salinger reached adulthood‚ he became lost in his paranoid thoughts and secluded
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The Catcher in the Rye - J.D. Salinger as Holden Caulfield The Catcher in the Rye‚ by J.D. Salinger‚ is home to the protagonist Holden Caulfield. There is no coincidence that he holds a striking resemblance to the author of the novel himself. Salinger seemed to have a similar childhood as Holden describes in The Catcher in the Rye. Both men also seemed to have a certain fascination with younger children‚ especially younger women. J.D. Salinger based one of his most famous
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Holden Caulfield. The name alone insinuates thoughts of tormented teen angst and a lonesome rebel in a world filled with phonies. To say that the protagonist of J. D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye produced theories and speculation would be a gross understatement. Vast amounts of hypotheses sprang up on the deeper implications of Salinger’s famous character. According to various readers and critics‚ Holden Caulfield represents the metamorphosis from adolescence to adulthood‚ demonstrating
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Holden’s relationship with Phoebe Holden Caulfield‚ the main character from J.D. Salinger’s book The Catcher in The Rye‚ holds a different relationship with his 10-year old sister Phoebe than any other character in the book. With his view of life and his insecurities‚ Holden finds it hard to connect with‚ get along with‚ and meet and other people. Throughout the novel it is quite obvious that Holden has difficulties finding someone who can understand him instead of judging him. Holden sees
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