Nine to Five

that the readers would have tried to answer “what is the sound of one hand clapping?” by tediously analyzing the text. However, the closest that the audience can get to answering the question is when they reach “Teddy”, the last story of Salinger’s “Nine Stories”. The readers realize that they cannot know what the sound of one hand clapping is unless they try to approach the question from a spiritual point of view. All of the aforementioned claims made by Teddy serve to convey the idea that…

Bananafish represent many things in J.D. Salinger’s story “A Perfect Day For Bananafish”. Bananafish are fictional animals whom live in the ocean. They go into holes full of bananas, and eat until they are full, but cannot get back out of the hole again and eventually die. Seymour, the character who came up with the idea of bananafish, went to war, and suffers from PTSD or depression because he commits suicide at the end of the story. Seymour communicates better with children than adults; for…

Amelia Earhart Specific purpose: To inform my SPC-112-W003 class on Amelia Earhart’s wonderful accomplishments and life events. Central idea: Amelia Earhart was more than just an aviator she was a record breaker who was full of courage. I. Introduction a. Attention-getter: Amelia purchased her first airplane within six months of having her first flying lesson, which is very unusual because people don’t purchase their first plane until they have completed their lessons. b. Credibility…

Without Amelia Earhart’s help in women’s rights who knows how far we would have come along without her help, especially in aviation for women. She also changed the industry by creating a club. “She...served as a founder and president of the Ninety-Nines club for women pilots” (Amelia Earhart, Pop Culture Universe). Amelia Earhart definitely changed women’s rights by all the things she did about it. By creating…

In J.D. Salinger’s famous short story “A Perfect Day for Bananafish,” Seymour Glass returns from war after having experienced atrocities to a wife and a society that are materialistic and unempathetic. He feels lonely and trapped, with a wife invested in only herself and an unempathetic society. Seymour realizes that nobody in his life comprehends his struggles to adjust to a post war America because they are so focused on material objects rather than people. Seymour’s wife Muriel reveals her…

in the Brown v. Board of Education case, a bit after nine young African Americans enrolled in a Little Rock Central High School. This phenomenon caused chaos all over little rocks community due to the fact that no individual wanted to desegregate. Therefore, with the cause of desegregation in public school the Arkansas National Guard and white mobs gather in front of the school and prevent the black students from entering. The Little Rock nine students fearing escalating mob violence still…

Under escort of the Screaming Eagles, sent by President Eisenhower, nine black students enter Central High and complete their first day. Just three weeks ago, Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus sent National Guard troops to prevent the students from entering. He has now been over ruled by President Eisenhower. Eisenhower federalized the Arkansas National Guard and sent in 1,000 army paratroopers to enforce the integration in Little Rock. Many of the men were stationed in the school hallways to help…

attention and ridicule the flaws of mankind, most of which end in destruction and chaos of some sort. In two of his novels, Cat’s Cradle and Slaughterhouse-Five, damage and destruction of millions is determined by what can potentially be a single man’s decision. Vonnegut himself experienced the bombing of Dresden, about which he wrote in Slaughterhouse-Five, first hand. He was taken by the Germans as a prisoner of war and by chance managed to survive by escaping with a few others and seeking…

reluctance to confront the truth and instead choose to live a lie and take the easy way out. Similarly, Kurt Vonnegut uses multiple characters in both Cat’s Cradle and Slaughterhouse Five to criticize American thinking for its laziness. In Cat’s Cradle, Felix Hoenikker creates an extremely dangerous substance called ice-nine without thinking about the consequences. Dr. Breed is telling John what Felix said after a marine general asked him to solve the problem of mud. "In his playful way, and all…

didn’t respect the Little Rock NIne and they didn’t treat them well. Because of these events and challenges, Beals developed pride in her country and understood the sacrifice he country made for equal rights. According to paragraph sixteen, the text states, “Proud that I lived in a country that would go this far to bring justice to a Little Rock girl like me.” This evidence explains that the soldiers protected her and they wanted to bring justice to the Little Rock NIne. In paragraph sixteen,…