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The Catcher in the Rye is a novel written by Jerome David Salinger. The novel was published in 1951. It is an iconic arguable typical American novel about an existence of coming of age. The novel is a young adult fiction about a 16-year old Holden Caulfield who recently got expelled from Pencey prep school…

Each of these seven short stories all exemplify important lessons and moral values that play into each of the character’s setting and conflict. Old Tom Crowley and James Turner from the story What You Need, were two opposites from each other. Old Tom Crowley was a very rich man, who did not think twice about…

When we walk outside the comfort of our homes, we do not fear what awaits us on the other side of the door. We know we have shelter and food to ensure our well being when we return. However, one may feel that this security or urban life causes discomfort or confinement. From early civilization,…

In J.D. Sallinger’s novel “The Catcher in the Rye”, the title has a very significant meaning and is relevant to the novel in a number of ways. The title comes from the main character Holden’s misinterpretation of Robert Burns’s poem “Comin Thro’ the Rye”. In the novel, Holden misquotes the poem, believing that the correct…

In the novel, The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton, Dallas Winston is a complex persona that wishes to protect the other greasers from experiencing prejudice and adversity. Dallas Winston is known as one of the most dangerous and spiteful greasers out there, he will not hesitate to go to jail for the sake of fellow…

In order to understand a book, or any piece of literature, you have to dig deeper into the book’s true meaning. There are many books that can be understood by simply reading them, but there are some books where this task isn’t so easy. In some books, the plot and subplots that are intertwined together…

“Money has never made man happy, nor will it, there is nothing in its nature to produce happiness. The more of it one has the more one wants” (Benjamin Franklin). This idea is explored by F. Scott Fitzgerald in his 1925 novel, The Great Gatsby. The 1920s setting portrayed by Fitzgerald displays a lifestyle dominated…

The American dream stands as an image for faith, interest, and enjoyment. But F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, views the American dream from a different point of view, one that discards light on those who deform these fundamentals to their own greedy delusions. Fitzgerald delivers Jay Gatsby as a man who seizes the dream…

“What makes a monster, and what makes a man?” (Alexander) ponders the deformed character Quasimoto in the movie, The Hunchback of Notre Dame. A kind and gentle creature, he constantly faces hatred from society due to his twisted appearance, forcing him into a life of solitude. The resulting emotional turmoil or consistent abandonment and social…

George Orwell drew upon his experience as a British Colonial official stationed in Burma and in India to write his story of “Shooting an Elephant.” He doesn’t personally want to shoot the elephant and cause it to suffer a painful death but because of his position as the representative of British Law he must, and…