English Final

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Siddhartha

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searches for enlightenment. has son named after himself

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Govinda

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devotes life to the quest for enlightenment. leaves samanas to follow gotama

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Kamala

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cortesan who instructs sidhartha in the art of love. dies of a snake bite. mother of siddhartha's son

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Kamaswami

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old businessman who teaches the art of business to siddhartha. kamala refers siddhartha to him.

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Vasudeva

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enlightened ferryman who guides siddhartha to the understanding of the universe and himself.

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Gotama

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enlightened religious leader with many followers. AKA the Buddha, said to have attained Nirvana. teaches the Eightfold Path to his followers as the way to achieve true enlightenment. siddhartha rejects him.

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Sansara

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ignorance of the True Self

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Samsara

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cycle of birth,life,death, rebirth

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Atman

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individual spirit (self)

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Nirvana

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being free from suffering

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Samanas

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thin worn-out, ageless, practically naked, strange and hostile. They are followed around by an atmosphere of passion, service and self denial.

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Brutus

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believes strongly in a government guided by the votes of senators. truly believes that Caesar’s death will benefit Rome

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Julius Caesar

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great Roman general and senator, recently returned to Rome in triumph after a successful military campaign

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Antony

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friend of caesar. claims allegiance to Brutus and the conspirators after Caesar’s death in order to save his own life

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Cassius

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talented general and longtime acquaintance of Caesar. dislikes the fact that Caesar has become godlike in the eyes of the Romans. sends forged letters to the romans

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Calpurnia

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Caesars wife. warns him of the omens

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Portia

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Brutus' wife. killed herself out of grief that Antony and Octavius have become so powerful.

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Octavius

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Caesar’s adopted son and appointed successor. returns after Caesar’s death; he then joins with Antony and sets off to fight Cassius and Brutus

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Holden

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finds the hypocrisy and ugliness of the world around him almost unbearable, and through his cynicism he tries to protect himself from the pain and disappointment of the adult world.

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Ackley

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holden's neighbor in his doorm at pencey. insecure boy with terrible dental hygiene

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Stradlater

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oommate at Pencey Prep. handsome, self-satisfied, and popular, but Holden calls him a “secret slob,” active sex life

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Jane

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girl with whom Holden spent a lot of time one summer, when their families stayed in neighboring summer houses in Maine.

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Phoebe

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ntelligent, neat, and a wonderful dancer, and her childish innocence is one of Holden’s only consistent sources of happiness throughout the novel.

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Allie

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dies of leukemia three years before the start of the novel. a brilliant, friendly, red-headed boy. smartest of the Caulfields. Holden is tormented by his death and carries around a baseball glove on which he used to write poems in green ink.

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D.B

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holden's older brother. wrote a volume of short stories that Holden admires very much, but Holden feels that he prostitutes his talents by writing for Hollywood movies.

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Mr. Spencer

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Holden’s history teacher at Pencey Prep, who unsuccessfully tries to shake Holden out of his academic apathy.

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Carl Luce

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student at Columbia who was Holden’s student advisor at the Whooton School. three years older than Holden and has a great deal of sexual experience

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Mr. Antolini

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young, clever, sympathetic, and likable, and Holden respects him. Holden sometimes finds him a bit too clever, but he looks to him for guidance. Like many characters in the novel, he drinks heavily. former english teacher

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Maurice

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elevator operator at the Edmont Hotel, who procures a prostitute for Holden.

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Sunny

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prostitute whom Holden hires through Maurice. She is one of a number of women in the book with whom Holden clumsily attempts to connect.

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Faith Cavendish

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former stripper, who would not meet Holden for a drink

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James Castle

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a boy holden knew at Elkton Hills School who jumped out of a window to his death while being tormented by other boys