The Best Damn Thing

the reader, that something will happen. In the book Of Mice and Men the main characters, George and Lennie, who are migrant workers, want to live on on their own piece of land. However, trouble -that usually follows them- catches up to them, so one thing leads to another, causing them to lose all possibility in their dream. Then the story reaches its universal ending, leading to them becoming separate from one another. There are several examples that Steinbeck included in this story: plans go…

Day and nights sounds from the distant future can be heard in the confined space where a soul is being harbored. This creature emerges to find itself with people, who in a couple of years will resemble it. The first thing that is received is a title that which every person you encounter will address you by, and a last name that is one of the symbols for what a family stands by will be carried on forever. The family one receives is something that is not interchangeable, family will always be…

For instance, as Holden is talking to Phoebe about one thing he truly loves in the world, they start to discuss the poem by Robert Burns “If a body meet a body coming through the rye” (224). Eventually, Holden recognizes himself as the protector of innocence. “I keep picturing all these little kids playing…

though he talks very big. Caulfield says, “The thing is, most of the time when you’re coming pretty close to doing it with a girl-a girl that isn’t a prostitute or anything, I mean-she keeps telling you to stop. The trouble with me is, I stop. Most guys don’t. But I can’t help it” (Salinger 92). Salinger thinks that he wants to do it, he wants to lose his virginity like some of the other guys such as Stradlater, but he knows that it is not the right thing to do. Like Helena Leite Pinto says,…

is Yours, Mine is Better People live in a world where change is happening faster than before. There are always new trends and discoveries. An example is the recent video that was uploaded by a teenager about his best friends’ everyday clothes and shoes and saying “damn Daniel” and “damn Daniel, back at it again with the white vans” became viral on the internet. After this a lot of people have made their own versions of this video. Affiliated with this idea is the use of technology. Along with…

her while she was with her mother). I think one of the things I loved the most about her was how realistic her grief was. Sure, there was hate towards her mother for doing what she did – but it never took over and she still felt grief. She reminded me of a trapped dog, sweet and cuddly to those who showed her kindness but a rabid animal to those with opposite intentions. She does some pretty silly things though, dumb and completely idiotic things, but it didn’t take away from her character as a…

playing tag in the river farther downstream. Until Finny thought of this tree.” (John Knowles, A Separate Peace, page 15) This quote shows that before they started venturing farther out and grew more daring, they were quite innocent and blind to the way things really were in life. They were merely kids in…

balance as he takes care of his companion Lennie. Together they live the life of migrant workers in the height of the Great Depression, constantly moving from ranch to ranch to make a living. George often gets frustrated with Lennie, but always has his best interests in mind. Throughout the novel, George is locked in a struggle between his evil qualities that tempt him to give into his selfish desires and his good qualities, what he knows is moral and right. George is susceptible to allowing…

Authenticity In society, people are judged on their appearance, clothes, how you act, who you hang out with and countless other things. We live in a world where these types of things can shape your whole personality and life, and letting it is easy. Being your own person and denying society's stereotypes is the hard part. In J.D Salinger's “The Catcher in the Rye”, Salinger displays this idea throughout the story. Salinger expresses how the materialistic modern society can turn people into…

is mostly reflected in Crooks, the black stable hand. "I seen hunderds of men come by on the road an' on the ranches, with their bindles on their back an' that same damn thing in their heads. Hunderds of them. They come, an' they quit an' go on; an' every damn one of 'em's got a little piece of land in his head. An' never a God damn…