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- 9441: Catcher In The Rye
- ... of honor that he attempts to live up to and expects to as abide by as well. Since the death of his brother Allie, Holden has experienced almost a complete sense of alienation from the world around him. This alienation is evident in every part of his life. Holden is unable to relate to anyone at the three prep schools he has attended. While standing on Thomsen Hill, Holden cannot help ... hardly does him justice. Critics such Frederick L. Gwynn, Joseph L. Blotner, and Frederic I. Carpenter view Holden as a character who is "Christ-like in his ambition to protect children before they enter the world of destruction and phoniness" (Carpenter 24). Holdens experiences throughout the course of his life have created a desire in him to preserve the innocence of those he considers to be innocent. He attempts to ... neither a saint nor a snob. He is a sarcastic yet sincere teenager who is pursuing Quixotistic ideals of moral order. Holden is caught between the anxiety of childhood and the maturity of the adult world. The appeal of J.D. Salingers novel The Catcher in the Rye is due in no small part to the main character and sole provider of information, the one and only Holden Caulfied. ...
- 9442: Appearance Versus Reality In T
- ... for wealth. The Buchanans on the other hand, did not have any problems related to money. Daisy Buchanan gives the appearance of leading an interesting, thrilling life in East Egg. She has traveled around the world, and lived the life of luxury. However, even with all her wealth and status, she still leads a dull, unfulfilling life. She is constantly complaining of boredom and is seen as being restless throughout the novel. They [Tom and Daisy] had spent a year in France for no particular reason, and then drifted here and there unrestfully wherever people played polo and were rich together (p.6). Daisy s world and the people she associates with, all have achieved the American Dream, but they have no aspirations or goals and thus they all live meaningless lives. This sense of boredom and unproductiveness is seen at ... is far from exhilarating. I think we should do something spectacular. I feel that all our lives have been too restrained (p.274). She never had real goals in life; she drifted aimlessly throughout the world. She gained all her wealth from her inheritance. Daisy has achieved the American Dream in a sense, but the true ambition and spirit behind it has been lost. Nicole s past relationships have also ...
- 9443: A Dolls House-victorian Morals
- ... start to crumble. He predicted, "there will be wars such as there have never been on earth before." Culture has, Nietzsche argues, hollowed itself out, and men, the last men , are left blinking in a world devoid of all meaning. This is what Nietzsche calls nihilism. The Victorian time was a time of ideological and scientific agnosticism . The Oxford Movement, a High-Church, anti-liberal movement within the Church of England ... s feet, equal, -- as we are. I don t think anybody would disagree that that is a plea for simple human and gender equality. In A Doll s House, Nora Helmer went out into the world with a demand that a woman too must have the freedom to develop as an adult, independent, responsible person. Henrik Ibsen portrays such realism in his play. The play shows an individual s opposition to society s oppressive authority. Nora herself says, on page 65, five lines from the bottom, I am going to see if I can make out who is right, the world, or I. Nora metamorphoses into a feminist by the end of the play. One might argue that Nora Helmer is synonymous with Jane Eyre. Ibsen is very superficial and insecure of Nora finding the ...
- 9444: Working Mothers
- ... women against certain negative aspects of being full-time homemakers and mothers, such as monotonous housework, dependence on the male partner for financial and emotional support, increases self-esteem because they are contributing to the world they live in. These women receive a renewed interest in life because they are in the thick of it. They are living life to the fullest. This model is the one that is constantly referred ... may also lead to conflict and psychological stress. Both of these models can be seen in the working mother at any given time. They are simply a fact of life, a by product of the world in which we live. Mothers are constantly jumping back and forth in these roles, striving to find a sense of balance. But is there such a thing? Most of the time the scales are tipped ... the chores that were previously held by the homemaker. In this day and age, the ideal homemaker is a thing of the past. Many women today want and desire careers and a place in this world. They want to stand on their own two feet, to become a self-sustaining individual, free of dependence on another individual. When the mother considers the idea of working and raising a family, many ...
- 9445: Attributes That Have Influence
- ... ancient civilizations that have helped the development of our Western Civilization today. Two major civilizations that have maybe contributed the most to our civilization are ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia. Some of their contributions to our world today include farming, sailing and navigation, and the use of their calendar. First, and possibly the most important attribute that have come from the ancient civilizations is the art of farming. The ancient Mesopotamians are ... overpopulation, and the increase of housing and development, there are no natural areas for people to gather, so farming is essential. Without the development of farming people of the United States and people of the world would be starving. Not only did the Mesopotamians develop farming, but they also were able to use engineering to help make farming work. For example, the Mesopotamians developed dikes and cisterns that they used for ... an extra day. The rest is still the same, the Egyptians even had their year divided up into what we now call months, and the based their schedule upon the seasons. (Roberts, p.72) The world has changed a lot since ancient times, but some things that came out during that time still play an important role in the development of our culture today. Two civilizations that may have contributed ...
- 9446: American Revolution 4
- ... by damaging property. The last example of the colonists' conservative attitude is the Olive Branch Petition. The Olive Branch Petition was written (in very polite language) by John Dickinson just after the beginning of the war demanding three things: a cease-fire at Boston, repeal of the Coercive Acts, and negotiations about American rights. The King refused to even read it. By observing colonial society after the Revolutionary War, it is evident that the revolution was conservative. The first example is the issue of slavery. Leaders did not attempt to even discuss any sort of abolition in the south for fear that it would ... of Britain). The colonists still protested because tobacco and rice exporters income was reduced and the price of non- British goods was increased. Another issue is what happened directly after England won the Seven Years War. Because Britain gained so much land, it needed soldiers and money to maintain it. Some of the tax burden to raise the funds for the government and soldiers was put on the colonies. They ...
- 9447: Battle Of Vicksburg
- Battle of vicksburg The Vicksburg Campaign was one of the most decisive campaigns of the Civil War and also one of the greatest campaigns in history. Vicksburg, Mississippi, perched upon a steep bluff along the east bank of the Mississippi River was of strategic importance to the north and south. The opening ... Union, the year of 1862 having been one of disasters caused by the Union and coinciding with the defeat of the Confederate leader General Robert E. Lee at Gettysburg, marked the turning point of the war. The first serious attempt to take control of Vicksburg was an expedition commanded by General W. T. Sherman who went down to Mississippi and attacked Confederacy positions immediately north of town, while another army under ... 30,000 troops . Port Hudson was also seized by the Union army. The loss of Vicksburg, Mississippi was perhaps the Confederacy's costliest defeat in the western portion of the United States during the Civil War. In General Grant's memoirs, he discusses what took place the day when Vicksburg was surrendered: "At about 10:00 A.M., white flags appeared on a portion of the rebel works. Hostilities along ...
- 9448: Before 1640, Parliament Was No
- ... not contain opposition and was not powerful has many followers with many of the recent historians, such as Loades, Sharpe and Russell. Their argument stands on shaky ground. The three reigns prior to the Civil war (greatest power struggle of all time) were littered with Parliamentary opposition and power struggle. The more viable Whig argument states that Parliament was indeed powerful and contained vast opposition against the Crown. With two contradicting ... by Parliament, due to its high churchness an approach too similar to the Catholic doctrine. This was attacked with attempted impeachment of Montague who Charles had to protect. Foreign policy, Charles followed a policy of war, to protect his sister in the Palatinate and failed raids to Spain led by the much disliked Buckingham. Buckingham upto his death was continuously attacked because of his close relationship to the King, as Sir ... precedents and elevation of power caused severe problem throughout the reigns of Charles and James, and the elevation of power and opposition continued. The power struggle throughout the three reigns eventually led to the Civil War because with this elevation of Parliamentary power, only one ambition and plateau could be reached, the control of the country, the struggle for power. Parliament was indeed opposive and powerful as the Whig historian ...
- 9449: Bell Hooks
- ... what they deserve when it comes to higher education. Rich states, There is no woman s college today which is providing young women with the education they need for survival as whole persons in a world which denies women wholeness (45). This, of course, is all due to male dominance. Rich believes women are outsiders in man s world. She wants women to keep their outsider s view and not think like men when they are placed in a prominent position. The sense of male supremacy discourages women from performing at an equal level ... I disagree with her view on higher education. Just as Rich, I do believe that women have the right to an education. Men do not have a hidden agenda to keep women powerless in the world as Rich implies. Despite the fact that this argument was given almost twenty years ago when women s rights were a controversy, her view of women, even then, is a bit demeaning. Her comment ...
- 9450: A Good Man Is Hard To Find Ana
- ... which O'Connor apparently believed to be more prevalent in the "glamorous" Old South. Attention to prim detail separated the grandmother from the rest of her family who seemed to be living in a different world than she. As she organized herself in preparation for the trip, her family was described as rather common people living in a frusturated middle class world. O Connor described the old woman as she settled herself comfortably, removing her white cotton gloves and putting them up with her purse on the shelf in front of the back window. The children's ... God. At this point, the Misfit also has a revelation. His lesson however, is that by killing the grandmother, he helped her find God and therefore realizes that he does have a purpose in the world, that he will have to answer to a higher power sooner or later. Flannery O'Connor was deeply concerned with the values and the direction of the youth of her time. She believed that ...
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