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    their time The Bildungsroman 1950’s novel‚ The Catcher in the Rye‚ by J.D Salinger and its late-twentieth century film appropriation‚ Igby goes down‚ directed by Bur steers can be seen as two texts that not only reflect the concerns of their time within their contextual societies‚ but furthermore challenge them. Good morning/afternoon Ms’ Parkinson and fellow students‚ today I will be discussing how the Composers Salinger and Steer question the existence of values such as Materialism and Relationships

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    Salinger) Jane Gallagher and Sally Hayes are both major female influences on Holden. Both now and then. However‚ Holden has a dark near future ahead and he must be accompanied by someone who will best meet his needs. Jane is perfect for this as she not only

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    Case study of J D Wetherspoon plc Contents I. Introduction 2 II. Discussions 2 1. Section 1: External environment 2 1.1 SPELT analysis 2 1.2 SWOT analysis 5 1.3 How to conduct a SWOT analysis used by J D Wetherspoon plc 7 2. Section 2: Organisational culture 8 2.1 Organsation culture “taken for granted assumptions” and “shared values” 8 2.2 J D Wetherspoon’s type of culture 9 2.3 Relationship between organisational culture and organisational

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    The Laughing Sutra The Laughing Sutra‚ written by Mark Salzman‚ integrates ideas from Confucianism‚ Buddhism‚ and Hinduism to help narrate Hsun-ching and Colonel Sun’s journey to America and back. These three religions were the dominant religions during the 1960’ s-1970‚ which was the time period of the novel. Hsun-ching‚ the "seeker of sutras" and the main character‚ was sent on a mission by his foster parent Wei-Ching to find “The Laughing Sutra”; a scroll that is supposed to free oneself from

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    revolves around a young boy named Sam who has this habit of laughing. He laughs at everything even though the time is not right. He got a job as a newsboy of Evening Herald. At first everyone likes to tease him around because he always laughs and they find it amusing but after a while they started to get irritated and stay away from him. He tried to fit in and mingle more but he was ignored for his unusual habit. One day‚ he was laughing about a tragic incident while selling the newspaper and the

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    limits mentally and physically. This man was mentally prepared to care for others. Charles J. Watters died in the line of combat caring for others more than himself. He was a priest in society and helped others whether it was advice or connecting to god. He became a soldier in the Vietnam War‚ and fought in perilous battles. Chaplain Charles J. Watters was a selfless man who although lived a short life‚ sure lived an accomplished one. He was known as Chaplain Charles J. Watters had multiple schools named

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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 himself

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    Laughing and Sense of Humor "What is it that differentiates human beings most revealingly? Some say it is their varying degrees of compassion; others say it is amounts of prudence; still others‚ people’s differing appreciations of beauty‚ or whatever makes them angry. And there are other possibilities worth considering. But in truth nothing is so revealing as a person’s sense of humor." It is not very hard to notice the many differences between people. There are thousands of things that differentiate

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    Wealth is often overlooked by those who possess a great deal of it but desired by those who can only dream to live the life of luxury. Either way‚ the fortunate and the unfortunate may despise their financial statuses. Novels such as J. D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye capture the rich through the eyes of the rich. Holden Caulfield is a well-off adolescent disgusted by the materialistic mannerisms of society. Other novels‚ including Cutis Sittenfeld’s Prep‚ describe the rich through the endeavors

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    for driver’s safety the law should increase the penalties for drunk driving drastically. Not only should their penalty be increased; they should have to participate in effective treatment before they thing about driving under the influence again. D. J. Hanson. (1997-2012) said when drivers drive drunk their speed limit is ten miles higher than their regular speed limit. For instance if a driver is driving 50 miles per hour on the interstate and their under the influence their speed limit is going

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