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    Catcher in the Rye written by J.D. Salinger, the book describes a young man,; Holden Caulfield.; After getting kicked out of pencey Holden has a fight with his roommate in which he is influenced into leaving the school two days early, he decides to spend those two days in New York before going back home meeting up with teachers, prostitutes, and his sister too. The book shows how a teen faces challenges of life. The author of the book, J.D Salinger, uses symbols such as, the F-uck you writing on…

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    thing that has gone wrong this summer is that he has had to stoop to the position of holiday laborer in a paint factory - a far cry from his ideal, romantic job as a canecutter. His pride, however, prevents him going grape-picking with Barney and the boys. However, we see that, Roo also knows and recognises how Olive feels about the whole situation and tries his hardest to make it work for them. Also, Olive has lost her ideals of the lay-off; her dreams are shattered by the realities that Pearl…

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    named, Holden Caulfield, who struggles with the fact that everyone has to change and grow up. Holden Caulfield has changed his perspectives in a few areas throughout the novel. He struggles with change, growing up, and expressing his feelings to other people. From the beginning of the novel, Holden isolates himself from society by ignoring helpful advice and holding on to his desire that everything in the world must remain unchanged. In the second chapter of the novel, Holden intentionally…

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    The novel written by J.D Salinger and set in the 1950’s tells the story of 16 year old Holden Caulfield's bizarre life. Holden has experienced the death of his younger brother and failed out of multiple boarding schools already but hasn’t seeked any help to cope with what he’s been through leading to further disorders. Holden is to blame for his problems because he appears to suffer from arrested development disorder and attachment disorder due to traumatic events that he has endured and not…

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    magical realism in order to explore the links between India and his childhood in the book Midnight’s Children? Abstract Salman Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children is an intricately intractable attempt at capturing the erratic parallel life of the protagonist, Saleem and the political rise and fall of India. The question I aim to answer is: How does Salman Rushdie use magical realism in order to explore the links between India and his childhood in the book Midnight’s Children?. This book has…

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    novel “The Catcher in the Rye” by J.D Salinger is about a young boy name Holden Caulfield who is struggling to let go of his childhood and refusing to enter the adulthood. Throughout the novel he struggles about not fitting in with the people in school because he was not privileged or felt “too rich” and getting kicked out, growing up to be the person he is, and seeing death from his brother, Allie. Holden faces adulthood and wants to protect the kids from the real world. Holden starts to admire…

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    can’t understand the social situation. He lives in his own world. For me, I think Christopher’s character is fit for this story, some things he does are really absurd, however, that’s a way to express the distinctive world in his mind. Challenging, responsible, cruel, those three words are my impression of Ed, Christopher’s father. He is responsible because when his life had suffered a big change, he never neglected his son and always tried giving his kid a comfortable life. Actually, I don’t…

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    many obstacles and is trying to find himself. But during his exploration,we realize that Holden is growing up and is becoming a man. He shows this by making his own choices, by seeking advice and by the relationships he has made. First, by making his choices, Holden is growing up. Holden was getting kicked out of school after the first semester since he flunked 4 out of his 5 core classes. But he made the decision to leave a week early. His decision to leave Pencey is left unsaid but him…

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    intense argument between the faithfully religious, Dante, and the men who were religious, but also had some patriotism for their country. So, these clashes of beliefs lead to them confronting each other about it. And so, while Mr. Casey was explaining his side, Mr. Dedalus made the comment that the story will help them “digest” better, meaning it will help Dante to understand. And it was convenient how Mr. Dedalus was able to include this attack on Dante, without…

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    returning to his hometown for a funeral. He suddenly remembered the memory of the girl whose name was Lettie Hempstock who lived at the end of the lane he used to live. He is drawn to the farm of Hempstock where he met Lettie and her mother and grandmother. At that very place…

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