Fermat's Last Theorem

In the book The Phantom TollBooth there is a boy named Milo. In the beginning of the book Milo is a very depressed and sad little boy. Milo doesn’t know what to do with himself. He thinks everything is useless. On page 9 it states “ It seems to me that almost everything is a waste of time”. Whenever Milo was somewhere he always wanted to somewhere else but once he got there he then again wanted to be somewhere different. But Milo does change throughout the book. Once Milo had found the Phantom…

The Catcher in the Modernism In today’s fast-paced society, the definition of modern is constantly changing as genius minds invent and introduce brilliant ideas and innovations to the world. “Modern” pertains to something that relates to recent times, or the present, however, how recent can modern be? For example, modern literature sprouted at the start of World War I, and about a century later, many scholars claim that the Modernist movement has not yet ended. Contradictory to the population’s…

“You see, the what ifs are as boundless as the stars.” (p.1) Maggot Moon starts off with a mysterious phrase, leaving the readers in question. Sally Gardner, the author, has written and illustrated many books even with dyslexia. Maggot Moon is a novel that reflects back to the past. It has simple words and short chapters which makes it easier to comprehend, despite the fact that it is not in chronological order. The book is written in first person, which gives the reader a stronger perspective…

In the catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger the protagonist of the novel Holden Caufield on the go through many difficult milestones of the novel such as a tragic death of his brother Ali. Holden faces difficult events in his life that all contribute to his Swift mental and emotional deterioration including: Allies death, Holden’s realization of phoniness, and Holden’s lack of communication with others. Firstly the tragic death of his younger brother Ali is a major factor of Holden's emotional…

Psychoanalytic view on Holden Caulfield The way someone is influenced is by childhood experiences and their unconscious desires. In the novel The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger, the protagonist in the story is a rebellious young man named Holden Caulfield who has a low self esteem and is an underachiever, which drives him into becoming depressed and trying to seek someone he can talk to. In the first few pages of the novel, you become familiar with the fact that something is wrong with…

In the book, Catcher in the Rye, Holden Caulfield is presumed to be an outcast because of his abnormal behavior according to the standards that society has set for him. However unlike him, Chris McCandless from the movie, Into the Wild film, was the definition of normal, but only till his graduation from Emory University as a top student and athlete. After graduation, Chris McCandless gave up his mortal possessions to charity, ridding himself of the constraints that life has brought him,…

Kenth Winmore knew he had something wrong with him ever since he was thirteen year old, and he also knew that little something was an unfair thing called a ‘sexual drive’ that surely surpassed all of his classmates and might have even surpassed his upper classmates as well. He found this out by gaining a tiny, twinge of a crush on beautiful boy that was a grade higher than he. It was then he knew he was a homosexual, but unfortunately it was also then he found himself thinking about that one…

Reading a novel that has no literary elements can create a very monotonous plot. The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger uses multiple characters to present his prevalent literary elements and give the novel a positive impact. For instance, Holden Caulfield is used by Salinger to present his hyperboles throughout the book. In this story, Holden is the main character and most ideal for Salinger’s use of hyperboles. Holden has a mental illness and does not do well in any school he attends along…

In the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, Jem Finch has to deal with being the eldest child and the first one to grow up and be mature. This situation puts him in a strange position as he is seen acting as strange and betraying by the people around him, especially his younger sibling Scout and his friend Dill. In chapter fourteen, this struggle is brought to surface after Dill is found under Scout’s bed because he ran away from his uninterested parents. In this scene, Jem has to stand up and start…

J.D. Salinger, in his novel The Catcher in the Rye, symbolizes Allie’s left-handed fielder’s baseball mitt as Holden’s love for his deceased brother as well as Allie’s authentic uniqueness. J.D. Salinger displays how Allie’s death has had an impact on Holden’s life, Holden feels the loss of his brother’s death when he reminisces about Allie being on the baseball field with his baseball mitt and how Allie wrote poems on his baseball mitt. That memory makes Holden feels depress because that memory…