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Bananafish represent many things in J.D. Salinger’s story “A Perfect Day For Bananafish”. Bananafish are fictional animals whom live in the ocean. They go into holes full of bananas, and eat until they are full, but cannot get back out of the hole again and eventually die. Seymour, the character who came up with the idea of bananafish, went to war, and suffers from PTSD or depression because he commits suicide at the end of the story. Seymour communicates better with children than adults; for…

Death Rituals and Day of the Dead in Modern Mexico Día de Los Muertos, or Day of the Dead is a popular Hispanic holiday that is often associated with Mexico. Participants of this holiday celebrate it for more than two days, they are known for their particular decorations on tombstones, festive parties, and sugar skulls. Day of the Dead started off as a couple of Catholic holidays, but has then become something that makes the holiday specially engrained into the Mexican Culture. From where the…

Honor Veteran’s Day What is a veteran? A veteran is a person who has served or is serving in the armed forces. Every year on November 11, we celebrate and honor our American Veterans. Veteran’s Day is often taken for granted by many Americans. For a soldier this day is special because they feel honored. Whether you are a soldier or a citizen it is important to understand the meaning of Veteran’s Day and why we celebrate. Veteran’s Day is a national holiday celebrated on the 11th day of the…

Celebrating Columbus Day: Should We? The issue of whether the United States should continue to celebrate Columbus Day or not has been a topic of interest for quite some time. To some people Columbus Day is a ridiculous day on which we glorify genocide of the Arawak Indians while to others it is considered a day of great importance and a celebration of an honorable man in history. Columbus Day is actually the latter description, but to prove this an agreeable definition is needed. What exactly is…

usual, but it was still a very nice night. Today was valentines day and I was taking a cab home from the airport where I work to my house in Brooklyn. A majority of my friends got the day off today but unfortunately not myself. Valentines day is one of my favourite times of the year and it was very disappointing that I could not get the day off. Valentines day is bittersweet for me. I met the love of my life a few years ago on this day. His name was Tom. He was always dressed in nice clothing,…

I’ll never forget that day, April 20, 2006, the day my divorce became final. After twelve years of hell, I was set free. My ex-husband and I met as teenagers and fell into a whirlwind romance. At first everything was wonderful, with all those late-night drives to nowhere, ones where we would talk about our mutual love for theater and music, where we would complain about our messed-up families. For the first few months, it was ideal. Then the trouble started. Three months after we began dating…

This day started out like any other Saturday. I woke up to my dad shaking me, telling me that he let me sleep in as long as possible but we needed to get on the road. I looked at the alarm clock and in big, red letters it read “6:30”. Nonchalantly, I slid out of bed and began my Saturday morning routine. As I ate breakfast, I talked to my dad about strategy, opponents, and if I was confident going into the day. I admitted I was a little nervous, but my dad assured me that it was going to be a…

I came home to unpack the night before the first day of 8th grade started. I had just spent a week with my dad before summer vacation came to an end. My mom called me downstairs to have a discussion with her and Ron, my step dad. I assumed it had something to do with Ron’s kids, Vanessa and Trey, moving in with us. But to my great surprise, they told me that they were getting a divorce and Ron would be moving out that night. Those next couple weeks were kind of a blur. My mom was calling our…

Although having full day kindergarten may be too costly from people’s pockets who may not have children or a need for the full day kindergarten program, in the end it’s a positive investment for Ontario schooling to make. “In September 2010, the Ontario government began phasing in full-day kindergarten for four- and five-year-olds. In the first year, nearly 600 schools offered full-day kindergarten, with the number of schools increasing every year.” (Full day kindergarten” 2013) Full day…

Days of the dead and Halloween sound pretty similar considering Halloween and dead kind of match with the spookiness, anyway i'm going to explain some similarities and differences such as how they celebrate it , different foods and just in general how they are different because despite their similarities there more different than you think. One way their different is how they celebrate it in mexico they celebrate Dias de los muertos (Days of the Dead) with a huge celebration with tons…