11/25/12 The Catcher in the Rye Theme Essay The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger is a novel about the life of a troubled teenage boy called Holden Caulfield. He believes that he’s surrounded by phonies. Therefore‚ Holden spends a few days in a New York hotel in the search of something real in his life. However‚ he fails to find anything else but loneliness‚ disappointment and phoniness. There are many themes to this novel‚ but in my opinion the three main themes are loss of innocence‚ dealing
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Theme essay In the story Raymond’s Run by Toni Cade Bambara‚Squeaky the protagonist lives in New York and her only responsibility is to take care of her special needs brother‚Raymond.She is not open with people and so she does not have friends.Squeaky protects herself and her family too much but she learns that being vulnerable to others can make you happier and will bring a positive impact on your life. First of all‚we see how protective Squeaky is.For example she says “If anybody has anything
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Tok Topic Are REASON and EMOTION equally necessary in justifying moral decisions ? (define reason and emoions and their importance in human lifes). As from the olden times‚ the times since Plato and Aristotle and various ethicists present at that time have used reason and not emotion to solve moral decisions. It is not only reason which solves our problem but in a few situations emotions too are useful. For example let us imagine the problem which is now a major disaster in the world overpopulation
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Topic: SHOULD WEALTHY NATIONS BE REQUIRED TO SHARE THEIR WEALTH AMONG POORER NATIONS BY PROVIDING SUCH THINGS AS FOOD AND EDUCATION? OR IS IT THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE GOVERNMENTS OF POORER NATIONS TO LOOK AFTER THEIR CITIZENS THEMSELVES? Whether or not rich countries should help poor nations by providing food and education has long been an issue. Others go against such act of charity arguing that it is the poor countries’ governments’ full responsibility. I say‚ charity is good‚ but governments
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As the final chord of our theatrical production‚ “The City of Angels‚” roared through the antique St. Petersburg High School auditorium‚ my cello and I found ourselves in the pit orchestra eager to vamoose home. The band continued to play as the audience left‚ though I dared not join in - I left that to the horns‚ drums‚ and guitar players. I secretly put my instrument in its case and snuck away‚ trying not to disturb the band. On my way to my car‚ cello in hand‚ I crossed paths with a member of
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Lesson 4 Project Officers Report On January 11‚ 2003 at 9:08 am ET. I received a phone call from Jane Doe who said "her and her daughter‚ Jane Doe 2‚ would like to come down to the station and have a privet talk with a police officer as soon as possible." I said "No problem." She stated she would be right down. Around 4:26 ET. Jane Doe and little Jane Doe 2 arrived at the station. I took them back to my office and asked‚ " What was wrong?" Jane Doe began by talking about her husband has been molesting
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An Object 713 In our lives‚ we have many objects that we use so often‚ that we never even have a thought‚ of how many advantages the object is giving to us. There is an innumerable amount of objects that seem so little‚ but have the biggest impact in everyone’s life. A writing utensil; that goes for pencils‚ pens‚ markers‚ and even crayons. We never even have a thought of
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Thesis Sample When students are required to write a thesis‚ it can often be helpful to have a thesis sample to use as a reference. Theses samples can not only help students to understand the structure of a thesis‚ but they can also help students to understand the kind of content that students need to include in their theses. Some students may also wish to use a thesis sample as a basis for their own theses‚ if the topics of both documents are the same. Thanks to the Internet‚ there are plenty of
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Would not world will become marvelous if the dinosaurs poke their head through the windows of people’s houses? The movie‚ Jurassic Park has come to be very popular movie from the beginning. Jurassic Park encompasses with four parts‚ and it all has developed pretty successfully. They even made books for Jurassic Park and did not disappointed people. One of the reasons why people love this movie so much is that the idea of dinosaurs becoming an actual hold many people’s minds. In fact some people tried
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Essays help us learn about who you are rather than solely what you have done. Other parts of the application give insight to your academic and professional accomplishments; the essays reveal the character of the person behind those achievements. When writing your essays‚ resist the urge to "package" yourself into what you think Stanford wants to see. Doing so will only prevent us from understanding who you really are and what you hope to accomplish. The most impressive essays are the most authentic
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