My Last Duchess

even once. On page 98 it states “ And if the lord see fit to keep up my strength...I’m gonna do her just like you daddy did you... I’m gonna give her the best of what’s in me.” Rose shows that’s even though Raynell (the baby) isn’t hers, she still is going to treat her like her own and to give Raynell what she couldn’t give the babies that she didn’t have. Also on page 71 she says “I took all my feelings, my wants and needs, my dreams... and I buried them inside you” . Rose clearly shows the…

and would rather “run away” from his problems than face them as an adult. Chapter 4 Pip expresses his fear of being caught by his sister, Mrs. Joe, “I felt I could bear no more, and that I must run away. I released the leg of the table, and ran for my life” It is evident that Pip regrets stealing the pie to give to Magwitch, yet he does not consider admitting what he has done. Pip’s diction supports his immaturity and helps one better understand the type of child Pip was. He uses “run away” as…

Catcher in the Rye written by J.D. Salinger, who tells a story of a teenage boy undergoing a period of confusion, just like every teenager. Trying to handle the aspect of growing up and gaining the feeling of comfort and confidence with who he is and his personality. In The Catcher in the Rye, Salinger implies symbols to express Holden’s struggles with immaturity throughout his whole life. In his opinion everyone is phony and fake. Holden acquires symbols that help him with confidence, comfort…

Throughout Fyodor Dostoevsky’s work, Notes from Underground, the protagonist, the underground man, portrays himself as a spiteful, self-contradictory, and overly conscious melancholy man. He continuously over analyzes and questions everything, and this prevents him from taking any real action. The underground man is lonely and constantly vacillates between wanting society’s acknowledgment or to be socially desired and wanting to be completely isolated from society. He gives off the impression…

The Catcher in the Rye is a story about a boy who is named Holden who struggles in life and making his own decisions but, he finally gets his life straightened out after he’s in a mental hospital. The Catcher In the Rye By: J.D. Salinger is a story about a teenager who is explaining his life story while he is in an Asylum. He has three things besides Phoebe that helps him get through his struggles including, The red hunting Cap, Allie’s Baseball Mitt and the Carousel these all represent…

prompting him to remark: "You give me a royal pain in the ass, if you want to know the truth." He regrets it immediately, apologizing many times. Sally won't accept his apology and doesn't let him take her home. She states, "No boy ever said that to me in my entire life." Sally storms off as Holden follows, pleading with her to accept his apology. When she won't do so and gets angry, Holden finally leaves. After that, Holden sees the Christmas show at Radio City Music Hall, endures a film, and…

Problems of an Over cynicism teenager What’s wrong with Holden Caulfield? The protagonist in the book The Catcher in The Rye A boy with the personality of extremely cynicism. A seventeen years old boy that was been depressed by his brother’s death, which means he is unable to face and accept his brother’s death, this is shown when he sleep in the garage and break all the windows, he lies a lot, he can not open up to anyone which make him a pathological liar, and he’s afraid to…

In The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger, the main character Holden often has difficulty connecting and being secure enough to pursue deep relationships with others. His lack of confidence and usage of excuses to avoid communicating with the people in his life make him very insecure. However, he often shows what he wishes he could do in the way he treats objects, particularly a “Little Shirley Beans” record he uses as a representation of his relationship with Phoebe. Although the record is…

move, even when he is in the company of a prostitute. In chapter 13 it is reveled after Holden had hired a prostitute that he is a virgin, saying “If you want to know the truth, I’m a virgin. I really I’m. I’ve had quite a few opportunities to lose my virginity and all, but I’ve never gotten around to it yet. (Salinger Pg…

writes about this hat Holden buys on his way back from New York, “It was this Red hunting hat, with one of those very very long peaks…” (17-18). When Holden was feeling uncomfortable while he was in the cab, he put on his hat to calm his nerves “I’d put my red hunting hat on in the cab for the hell of it but took it…