J.D. Salinger's repeated use of the word "phony" to describe characters illustrates the protagonist's internal conflict toward accepting adulthood. Holden Caulfield perceives reality with a cynical point of view. For example, he deems Mr. Spencer's remark, "Life is a game that one plays according to the rules," as shallow and superficial (Salinger 11). Through indirect characterization, readers ascertain that Caulfield is repulsed by hypocrisy and disingenuous appearances. In addition, Caulfield
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Gene’s Slowly Growing Green-Eyed Monster “It is the green-ey'd monster, which doth mock. The meat it feeds on.” This quote from William Shakespeare’s “Othello” portrays jealousy in an accurate way. In John Knowles’ novel, “A Separate Peace,” Gene Forrester is the host body of this “green-the eyed monster.” When I first read this novel, I noticed that as Gene’s emulousness grows, more beleaguered he becomes. Gene’s best friend Phineas is an extraordinary athlete. Gene instinctively caused him to
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The evolution of pirates from their villainous golden age status to their near legendary standing in eyes today is derived from numerous revisions of the piratical phenotype that have arisen throughout the past three hundred years in both literature and popular culture alike. The development of a love struck pirate, however is unquestionably the most important evolution to the pirate phenotype, undoubtedly responsible for transforming figures who, in their day were regarded as the scum of the earth
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In Goldberg's novel, Lord of the Flies, Jack has been a character that has remained evil, dangerous and power hungry. The author demonstrates this by Jack's emotions, behavior, and physical characterization. In the beginning of the book, Jack's emotions shows how he thinks he deserves resect right away. In Lord of the Flies, it says, “‘Kids’ names,’ said Merridew. ‘Why should I be Jack? I'm Merridew’” (Goldberg 21). In this case, Jack believes that he deserves respect from the boys’ right away. Jack
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“The boys were all eaten up with envy -- but those that suffered the bitterest pangs were those who perceived too late that they themselves had contributed to this hated splendor by trading tickets to Tom for the wealth he had amassed in selling whitewashing privileges.” Tom shows how cunning he is when he tricks other kids into whitewashing the fence for him by making it sound like he was privileged for doing it. Sawyer, even though at times it does not seem like it, is very smart. He is smart enough
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As I read through A Raisin in the Sun again, I found a decent amount of allusions to the Bible. And after a little bit of reading in my own Bible, since I don’t know enough about it to just assume, I found out what those allusions meant. First, the phrase “30 pieces and not a coin less!” (page 118) is an expression Beneatha uses when Carl Lindner is around discussing with Walter about buying the house. The quote, found in Matthew 26:15, explains how Judas sold Jesus as a slave and betrayed him for
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The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice In the theatre of Shakespeare, one can encounter multiple “others” or “outsiders” when reading this text Othello `through a physco-analytic lense. Found throughout is Shakespeare desire to label Othello as “alien”, “outsider”, the stranger” and “other,” which can be seen as an unconscious, collective thought shared by members of this culture. The citizens tragically delude themselves by accepting him into their Venetian society, when in fact he is an “outsider”
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In this scene, Juliet’s tone towards Romeo changes as she struggles to understand the situation they are in. At the beginning of the scene, Juliet is impatient and cannot wait for night to come upon so Romeo can return to her. She expresses her impatience by saying, “come, civil night, thou sober-suited matron, all in black, and learn me how to lose a winning match…”(3.2.10-13) She’s not only eager for night to arrive, but nighttime presents the opportunity for her to lose her virginity. Later, the
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English Analytical Essay Craig Silvey's thought provoking novel, Jasper Jones, examines the harsh but ever so present reality surrounding the issues of racism on individuals and communities during the 20th century. In 2001, prominent literary theorist, Lois Stover presented the view that the best young adult fiction confronts readers to consider the shades of grey that exist between the black and white of their own moral experience. Jasper Jones, by Craig Silvey, represents through certain characters
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