Carousel

hunting hat to Phoebe. This symbolically represents his departure from childhood and his need to protect others. He “felt so damn happy all of a sudden” watching “the way old phoebe kept going around and around” on the carousel (Salinger 233). While watching Phoebe on the carousel Holden realizes that the circle of life requires people to enter and departure childhood into adulthood. He accepts that it is time for him to transition and gives the hat to Phoebe to protect her from the phoniness of…

Catcher in the Rye Holden Caulfield, in the book Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger, goes through many changes as far as his ideas on innocence and the preservation of it. He begins his stay in New York as a confused, cynical teenager and transforms himself into a young adult that is prepared for the world ahead of him. Holden's first day, or rather night, in New York City was one of confusion and sadness. He begins his eventful night by checking into a hotel, where he then sees a drag…

When I was only 7 years old, I studied in grade 2. I have many friends when we have free time, we play on the playground. In the playground has many playthings. For example, is a carousel, swing even though slider. This is the beginning of my fear. On that day, while I was waiting for my parents to take me home, I had to play at the playground. At first, I went to play the swing because another player has played. I was playing swing until the slider doesn’t have people to play. I went to play…

The characterization in the novels “Fahrenheit 451” and “Something Wicked This Way Comes” both by Ray Bradbury are very similar. The novel Fahrenheit 451 is set in the 24th century where the whole population is controlled and where books are illegal. Guy Montag, a fireman is discovered to have hidden a book and then meets an outlaw group. The outlaw groups purpose is to preserve books by memorizing them before they are destroyed. In the novel “Something Wicked This Way Comes” by Ray Bradbury,…

that "depress the hell out of him", which is another symptom for depression. Holden also constantly has trouble sleeping and smokes, which causes him to fatigue easily and weakens his body. Also, in the last chapter Holden is watching Phoebe on a carousel, and immediately begins to feel joy, even though he was sad and depressed before, which is a mood swing, a symptom of depression. In addition, roughly 17% of adults experience depression in their lives, meaning that it is likely that Holden…

Antolini coming on to him so he decides to leave. Holden tells Phoebe that he is leaving; she tells him that she wants to go with him and becomes angry when he refuses. He takes Phoebe to the zoo and holden is happy watching her spin around the carousel. Holden ends his story here. He doesn’t say what happened next and how he got…

orbit. 4.2 Uniform circular motion When we watch a child riding a horse on a merry-go-round such as the ones shown in Fig. 4.5, we know that the motion of the child is circular, meaning that the distance between the child and the fixed center of the carousel never changes. if the motion is stable, not at the beginning or the end of the ride, it is also nearly uniform, referring to the speed of the child not changing. But we know for sure that the velocity of the child, at least its direction, is…

1 through 3 trains will all get you there easily. Highlights: The Arsenal, built in the mid 1800's, was once the storehouse of the New york State Militia's ammunition and arms. The Central Park Carousel operates throughout most of the year, and is stylized in the fashion of vintage, hand carved carousels of…

“I’m interested in how innocence fares when it collides with hard reality,” (Geoffrey Fletcher). This concept of innocence versus the reality of society is a timelessly relevant conflict present both in literature and in life. It is one of many themes in J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye. The character that explores this theme is the protagonist, Holden Caulfield, who fights to protect those he believes to be innocent. As an adolescent himself, he periodically tries conformity, but…

Holden’s need to defend the virtues of children, specifically his sister, by being a catcher in the rye is one of the ways Salinger demonstrates the effects of trauma on a person. Furthermore, during a conversation with Phoebe, Holden came to the realization he wanted to be a catcher in the rye “I’d be the catcher in the rye and all. I know it’s crazy, but that's the only thing I’d really like to be” (173). It becomes Holden’s goal in life to be a catcher in the rye, someone who saves children…