The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger, like many other great works, was met by scornful criticism and unyielding admiration. However, many literary critics also admired Salinger's use of language, which is used to make Holden Caulfield, the protagonist, extremely realistic. Such language includes repetition of phrases, blatant cursing, and bold statements in order to capture the informal speech of the average, northern American adolescent. Through Holden's thoughts and dialogues, Salinger successfully
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Chicago she attended the Art student league in New York, where she impressed the league with her oil painting “Dead Rabbit and Copper Pot’, but she lacked self-confidence so O’Keeffe decided to go down another career path of commercial art and to become acquainted with landscape art. O'Keeffe incorporated the techniques of other artists and was especially influenced by Paul Strand's use of cropping in his photographs; she was one of the first artists to adapt the method
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(1) reference, direct or indirect, to oppression of the working classes by the privileged class and for the disclosure of (2) the economic situation at the time the text was written. What this means in terms of Pride and Prejudice is that a Marxist critic would read to find evidence of oppressed alienation of workers, for example, domestic staff, and for indications of the economic conditions in the text and during Austen's writing years, spanning from the late 1790s to the early 1810s, as she finished
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Globalization has always been a long disputed topic among critics. Until now, there is no concrete evidence that could deem whether globalization has an absolutely positive or negative impact on cultural diversity. It depends on individual perceptions. However, if I were to say, I believe that globalization does not post a threat to cultural diversity, but instead, help spread of indigenous culture, give people more freedom of choice, and furthermore generates greater cultural diversity within societies
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Dr. King pinpoints the reason as to why his negotiations sputter. Critics falsely claimed his ideas as radical even though the ideas presented by Dr. King are not exclusive, but rather shared ideals of all great men. Dr. King understands the difficulty for his critics to dispute the ideals of the founding fathers, so by aligning his ideals with theirs, he can put to rest the proposal that he is radical. He quotes Abraham
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transportation in America. The California bullet train is one of the projects that have gained much attention by the political powers of our great country. In an article in the Los Angeles Times, U.S stands by California bullet train project despite critics, columnist Ralph Vartabedian wrote, “The Obama Administration vowed at a House committee meeting in December 2011 in Washington not to back down from its support of California’s bullet train project despite attacks from the alleged it is tainted by
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These people have merely misjudged the works of Conrad, and have taken the novel too literally. Among these critics, is Chinua Achebe, who wrote “An Image of Africa: Racism in Conrad’s Heart of Darkness”, and took a stand against Conrad’s Heart of Darkness. He claims that Conrad was a racist and that the novella, which apparently depersonalizes a portion of the
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This lead to fans having high expectations for this movie and both the knowledgeable fans and those who had never read them were not disappointed. The fact that the movie was able to appeal to all members of the audience is what made it a hit. One critic from the IGN Entertainment says, “While Singer has managed to include a lot of references and characters from the comic series for the fans … he's managed to work most of those scenes in such
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R. Matzen Is Jazz Dead, Or Has It Just Moved Across The Pond? Jazz may appear to be dead, but only at first glance. The era in which jazz first launched and gained massive pop culture status in the United States has come and gone by more than 80 years. Even so, the improvisational genre continues to thrive outside its birthplace with great enthusiasm in the countries of Europe. All it takes is a jump across the ocean to realize that jazz is very much alive and growing thanks to the talent
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Mother Tongue By Amy Tan By Jian C. Chen
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