Joan Didion

This story is about a 16 year old struggling, and mentally unstable boy named Holden Caulfield. The story is told from Holden’s own perspective. Holden has just received a letter stating that he is being expelled from his school, Pencey Prep for failing four out of five of his classes. This was going to be the fourth school that he was being expelled for failing. As a result of getting kicked out of school, Holden,decides to go to Manhattan for a early Christmas break. Along the way, he meets…

Innocence is the quality or state of being free from sin or moral wrong.Things that are innocent have moral goodness and are pure. In the book, The Catcher in the Rye, characters, objects and images are used to symbolizes an idea. The author ,J.D Salinger, utilized these three things in the book: Holden’s brother, Allie, Holden’s dream and the Holden’s sister, Phoebe, to represent innocence in the book. First off, Allie was the protagonist, Holden Caulfield, beloved brother who died of…

I am The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan. I must be saved because I am an influence on young teenagers everywhere. I can help readers make important decisions. I can also encourage readers to go and live important lives. Since an important theme of mine is identity, I help children if they’re going through identity issues. This is why I should be saved. I am about twelve year old Percy Jackson, who always seems to get into trouble. Percy gets the shock of his life when he finds out he is the…

The Catcher in the Rye begins with the protagonist Holden Caulfield telling the events that happened previously to him being put into a mental hospital for therapy. Although it does not directly state that Holden is in therapy until the end of the novel, if one reads between the lines they can interpret that he is in therapy within the first paragraph of the novel. As Holden begins to tell his story, he refuses to mention his early life, but he does mention that his older brother D. B. visits…

Sylvia Plath, in her novel The Bell Jar, said, “If you expect nothing from somebody you are never disappointed”. The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger, reflects this idea of recognizing the falseness of society and distancing oneself from others in order to create a shield against societal superficiality. In the novel, we see Holden Caulfield interact with various personalities, all of whom bring out different aspects of his own character and attitude toward society. In order to convey the…

The history is American make a Civil Right movement of the end World War II in 1945 was a great show to sing begin video has short time is 10 minutes being music. The title is "The House I Live In" from starring Frank Sinatra special for film. The 20th century with a World Warr II is a singer of the listen and writer from Albert Maltz. Also is a Frank Ross and Mervyn LeRoy for produce with them being to include song has become a starring. He is a young for man has more popular become a famous…

Joan of Arc A simple, small farm girl made a great difference when possibly saving the French from the English command. She is an inspiration who would lead the French to many victories. This inspiration is knows as Joan of Arc. Joan of Arc a girl living in a small town had enormous dreams of forever fighting for her country. Joan wanted to show to the world that even if you didn’t know how to read, write, and have no background with the military you can still be able to do amazing things. Joan…

According to Niccolo Machiavelli, The Prince, The first duty of a prince is to maintain power and acquire more. If the princes of Machiavelli’s time followed his advice and searched only for power, what does this mean for the people? The first priority of a prince or ruler should be to improve the kingdom and protect the citizens. Machiavelli stated that one’s duty, as a prince is to be as powerful as can be, however, as a ruler the first priority should be the people, and as a prince, to be…

control of major towns. When the French believed that they weren’t able to take back their land and fall into English and rebel hands, Joan of Arc was able to save them from generations of despair. Joan of Arc, who believed that god sent her to save France, was a huge inspiration, she saved much of the land even if her debut was cut off short due to false accusations. Joan of Arc was a huge gift to the French at the time and she impacted the turn out of the war for them. She also has a huge…

Domrémy-la-Pucelle, France, to a simple peasant tenant farmer, Joan of Arc would become a hero for her native France. Growing up on the farm, Joan learned to ride horses, use tools, grow strong of body and mind, and many other skills that would become useful later in life, and on the battlefield. A traditional education, as a woman, especially those coming from the peasant class were not common, and women were usually made to do household chores. Women like Joan were not commonly strong or…