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    one that texted me before I came. It was around midnight the party was still going on but people started to leave my cousin just arrived when we were about to leave I said to him give us a ride to Sarah's house. When we were driving home I see a car crashed into a tree it was peter's car they drove home drunk Sally was injured I saw an ambulance take her away and Peter was lying on the street, I couldn't see if he was injured or not but Michel drove off he didn't want to look suspicious and get…

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    so his only reason for staying alive is to preserve her happiness and innocence. Instead of running away from society’s pressure, or killing himself, Holden stays with his sister. When Phoebe says that she has grown too big to ride the carrousel, Holden encourages her to ride it anyway, protecting her childhood for as long as he can. By upholding his sister’s purity, Holden ultimately becomes the catcher in the rye by keeping her from falling off of the metaphorical cliff of phoniness that comes…

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    Catcher In The Rye Summary

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    1.The Catcher in the rye starts off with the protagonist, Holden caulfield, a 16 year old boy from a well off family, saying that he is in a place taking it easy after becoming “pretty run down” following events that occurred after the previous christmas. He begins the story around christmas time where, After failing four out of five of his classes he is expelled from Pencey Prep. His roommate stradlater goes on a date with jane gallagher, a girl who holden used to date. When he returns from his…

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    knows Phoebe will enjoy it. He spots a small boy singing "If a body catch a body coming through the rye", which makes him feel less depressed. The play he sees with Sally features Broadway stars Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne. Afterward Holden and Sally go skating at Rockefeller Center. While drinking Coke, Holden impulsively invites Sally to run away with him to the wilderness. She declines, acts uninterested, and is too arrogant to try and understand Holden's point of view. Her responses…

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    St. Lucy Girls

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    save the man (unseen tears) (video).” Likewise, the girls of St. Lucy’s had to learn the human culture and leave the wolf in them behind. When girls of St. Lucy’s learned to ride a bicycle like humans, the nuns said, “once you’ve learned how, you’ll never forget (St. Lucy’s) (246).” But the girls were forced to master how to ride a bike, implying that it was just as easy to learn the whole human culture. Although the Indians had to change their religion to Christianity, the girls of St. Lucy’s…

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    The Challenger Failure

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    The Challenger’s first ever mission was on April 4, 1983. The challenger took place in The United States of America. The Challenger was named after the HMS Challenger Royal Navy corvette. This was successful until one morning it exploded. This tragedy happened on January 28, 1986. What happened was that two rubber O-rings had failed due to cold temperatures. The thing was that the rocket exploded seventy-three seconds or one minute and thirteen seconds. There were seven crew members…

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    suitcase saying she wanted to go. They had a heated argument but he didn 't want to leave things like that so he convinced her to go the the zoo. Being there lighten Phoebe 's mood and Holden became very happy watching her have a blast riding the rides in the rain. Holden leaves and goes home and goes to therapy to talk about everything he 's done. He immediately regrets talking about it because now he misses everyone. Actually everyone. Catcher in the Rye was an amazing book especially because…

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    doesn't want to have sex with her, only pays her half the money and kicks her out of his hotel room. SHe and the elevator operator comes back and he beats Holden up for not having sex with her and takes more money. He goes on a date with a friend, Sally. They go to a play, where he hates all the actors, and rants to her about his school and all the phonies. He insists they run away together and live together in a tiny cabin, that they would be happy. At the end of the conversation he insults…

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    5 years old. Horses have brought me great joy. I have been lucky enough to know many of them personally. They have a great deal of personality. I began riding horses when I was four. My first time riding was at a school outing, and they had pony rides. I loved it! I did not stop there, I have been taking riding lessons. The second horse I rode was a mare named Athena. She was an older mare. She was very patient and friendly. She would look back at me with her large eyes when I made mistakes…

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    Catcher In The Rye Summary

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    Holden starts his story at Pencey Preparatory, a restrictive non-public school in Agerstown, Pennsylvania, on the Saturday evening of the conventional football game with opponent school Saxon Hall. Holden winds up missing the amusement. As administrator of the fencing group, he loses their gear on a New York City tram prepare that morning, bringing about the abrogation of a match. He goes to the home of his history educator named Mr. Spencer. Holden has been removed and isn 't to return after…

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