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same. Indeed, change is inevitable and life is full of surprises. As a matter of fact, sometimes change can be good in the world whereas other times it may be forced on you. In J.D. Salinger’s novel, The Catcher in the Rye, and Colson Whitehead’s short story,…

Part of being a teenager is trying to identify themselves and figure out where they belong in life. J.D Salinger, the author of the novel Catcher in the Rye, introduces a character who a conflicted teenage boy that is trying to figure out his identity and where he stands in the world. After being kicked out of his fourth private school, Pencey Prep School, Holden Caulfield, the protagonist of the novel, takes a 48-hour trip to New York in order to avoid confronting his parents until Wednesday,…

Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie, by David Lubar is a humorous book about a teenage boy named Scott Hudson who is entering high school. Scott is the youngest son in the Hudson family. The genre of this book is young adult fiction. The time period that the story takes place appears to be recent but we don’t know for sure. During this book Scott Hudson faces the same things that any teenager would face during any time period . On the first day of school Scott was smacked on the head while riding the…

The movie that I choose for this project is “Clean, Shaven.” The plot of this movie is about a man (Peter Winter) who has schizophrenia and because of his illness, he separates from his family and his rights as a father are violated. Peter Winter was a typical young boy, who enjoyed playing with other children and he was an excellent student up to high school. He moved away from his family and went to college, but in college, is when he started having mental problems and he dropped out of school…

“Aria” by Richard Rodriguez is an essay that shows the readers a part of life that many have never experienced. Rodriguez uses this essay to show how he fights through his childhood tounderstand English. He faces society while forfeiting his happy home life trying to become a typical English-speaking student.He establishes a connection with the audience through his personal experience as a child. He uses imagery and narration to clarify his opposition to bilingual education .Rodriguez also uses…

The story “Liars Don’t Qualify”, by Junius Edwards is a story about a young man named Will who wants to vote, but he encounter some difficulties, which at the end he is unable to vote. The overall of the story is place in two different scenarios. One which involves Will and Sam and the other Sam and Charlie. Will in this case is the protagonist. Him being the main characters of the story he can be qualify as a calm person, preserve, humble and most importantly wise. In my opinion, he can be…

Dead End in Norvelt, by Jack Gantos, portrayed the adventurous yet boring summer of a boy, Jack, whose plans for summer are ravaged when he gets grounded for making some highly immature choices. But, getting “grounded for life also brought many adventures, mysteries, understandings, and experiences of a lifetime. Jack made some pretty bad decisions in a short amount of time. First, he gets one warning after another. Later, he disobeyed his mom and cut down the rest of the field anyway, and he…

Holden Caulfield has not had a great past and is not a simple person. He is up and then down. When Holden was young, his younger brother Allie died. His brother died from leukemia on July 18, 1946, when he was thirteen years old. That night Allie died, Holden had a mental break down, and broke all the windows in his garage with his bare hands. With him being hospitalized for his hands, he never made it to Allie’s funeral, and never had any closure. Holden is now an adult, but he still has…

When considering the original story of the Cup of Trembling in Isaiah, the cup was meant for the righteous captives of Babylon when there was no hope left for them. The cup was made to redeem the righteous who still had faith in God. When comparing this to Sonny’s Blues by James Baldwin, parallels can be made. By giving Sonny the Cup of Trembling the narrator finds redemption through Sonny and therefore, his community. When analyzing the narrator, readers notice that the narrator has a…

In We, Yevgeny Zamyatin creates a mathematical world. The One State is built on math and logic where people are numbers not names. The square root of minus one is a mathematical concept that conflicts with the One State’s ideals and, as such, confounds the narrator D-503. The square root of minus one represents individuality and imagination. D-503’s changing reaction to the concept corresponds with his changing perception of the One State and his progressive acceptance of rebellious ideas.…