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    Holden's Mitt Symbolism

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    The Catcher 's Mitt In life human 's tend to hold special objects that symbolize, represent them or their progress in their journey. They feel the presence of someone in the object and therefore keep it as a form of connection. In the novel, The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger, Holden Caulfield a 16yr old teen is looking for guidance in his life, feeling alone and trying to find his true meaning and destiny. He has a lack of trust to adults because he believes that they are "phonies".…

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    the pressure from society to have the “punishment fit the crime” that caused our justice system to make changes in their sentencing guidelines. With these changes came mandatory minimums, when most prisoners were serving only a portion of their sentences, and the introduction to the determinate model. We will compare these two models of sentencing and the effects it has on our justice system as a whole. Indeterminate Sentencing Indeterminate sentencing provided…

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    Case Vignette Bill and Leslie, both African American and in their mid 30’s, married for 7 years, came in to counseling to work on their marriage. Bill is an attorney working approximately 70 hours a week while Leslie is the director of consumer services for a large telephone company. They have 2 children ages 3 and 5. Bill has another child from his prior marriage, in which he rarely has any contact, but pays child support. Leslie is very supportive of the situation.. Leslie is concerned about…

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    of this law was to keep murderers, kidnappers, rapists, and molesters in prisons away from the society. However, in contrast, Stanford Three Strikes Projects (STSP) provides some examples of sentences for individuals who were sentenced under the Three Strikes law, “Project clients have been given life sentences for offenses including stealing one dollar in loose change from a parked car, possessing less than a gram of narcotics, and attempting to break into a soup kitchen” (Stanford Law School,…

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    average age of the participants was XX. Materials The participants were presented with 15 line-drawn images under two different conditions. One condition used word repetition to pair with an image, while the second used semantically elaborate sentence to produce an association connection between the images and words. Following the experiment, the participants were given three assessments to determine their ability to recall the correct word associated with each image. The recall trial…

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    Television and magazine advertisements attempt to persuade people to buy products or use services. Companies convey their messages using various tactics depending on the medium. For example, advertisements on TV use catchy songs while magazines use flawless models. Authors, however, must only reply on words, not sound or sight, to convince their audience. They use rhetorical devices--metaphors, repetition, oxymorons, personification, hyperboles--to help their readers understand their message. A…

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    Whether it be chanting for a sacred ritual or eloquent discourse for business relation and even informal chat between two friends, the power of language is indisputable by all cultures in the world. The novel Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse aimed to change this classic view on the power of words and assert that, although language is invaluable for worldly affairs, when dealing with the forces of divinity and higher spiritual enlightenment, words lead to distortion of concepts. An overwhelming theme…

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    • Problem: Ms. B states she is too shy to find new social/friendship relationships Goal: To utilize her social skills to cultivate new friendships on campus. Process: Join a culture club, choir or school organization. Therapeutic Techniques Considering there was only two sessions with Ms. B, I felt I had utilized the basic helping skills, which helped me attempt a combination of client-centered, and psychodynamic therapies into the sessions. Most of the basic skills used were active listening,…

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    As many college students like you, I often get terrible headaches because of many routine situations such as: late-night studies, early morning classes, puzzling situations, or just simple tiredness. Pain is one of the most common and essential parts of our life. Since our births, we adapt and learn to express our pain. First, as kids, we don’t do much effort to express our discomfort, and we start crying and annoying our parents for half an hour. Then we learn to not be as naïve and at least…

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    Intimacy In Lantana

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    Host: Welcome to the Final Cut. We are here today with special guest, Ray Lawrence who is the director of the 2001 film Lantana. We hope to ask him a few questions that our viewers have sent us on twitter and get some answers to these highly requested queries. Question 1 Host: How did you convey the absence of passion and intimacy in Leon and Sonja’s relationship and what techniques do you adopt to support this idea? Lawrence: Dance is a motif used within Lantana and [Chapter 2 – 4:28] plays a…

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