... tells him yeah and that he told him about how life was a game. Spencer plainly tells holden that thurmer is right. Then Spencer reads holden's paper he wrote about some egyption crap and aloudly reads the note that holden had written to him at the end of it. Spencer asks him if he's thought about his future. Then holden tells spencer that he has to go to the gym and says goodbye not feeling one bit like he was getting the hell out of pencey. Chapter three: *Holden reveals how much of a lyar he is. He didn't really have to go to the gym to check equipment he just wanted to get out of there. He then talks about where his room is at pencey and how its in a hal ...
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... the narrator does not continue the plot with the next chronological event rather presents one that happened two years earlier. This switch once again mirrors Miss Emily¡¦s unclear state of mind. The story¡¦s disjointed time frame not only reflects a puzzled memory but it also suggests Miss Emily¡¦s unwillingness to move along with time. While the reader reads through time and expects the story to be in sequence, Faulkner deliberately switches the time back and forth to emphasize Miss Emily¡¦s desire to stay in past. After the author introduces the character of Miss Emily, he goes back even further into the past to explain why Miss Emily possesses her unique pe ...
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... to rationalize its cause. He fights anyway, because the army puts some form of discipline in his life. At the start of the novel, Frederick drinks and travels from one house of prostitution to another and yet he is discontent because his life is very unsettled. He befriends a priest because he admires the fact that the priest lives his life by a set of values that give him an orderly lifestyle. Further into the novel, Frederick becomes involved with Catherine Barkley. He slowly falls in love with her and, in his love for her, he finds commitment. Their relationship brings some order and value to his life. Compared to this new form of order ...
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... Feeling a sense of obligation to Zeena, he married her, even though he did not truly love her. Driven by a perverted need for attention, Zeena became an "invalid," confined to her bed and no longer capable of managing the household. In desperate need of assistance, Zeena employed the aid of her cousin Mattie Silver. Mattie came to the Frome's household for free. She agreed to do the housework in exchange for her room and board. Although untalented in the kitchen, Mattie's young and vivacious spirit brought happiness to the house. Finding Mattie's presence refreshing compared to the bleak, dismal surroundings of the farm, Ethan took a great interest in ...
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... This Native American woman is lecturing on the "destruction aimed at . . . reservations," a topic integral to her life, and one from which a great deal of passion should be generated. However, her uninspiring and spiritless lesson causes "certain individuals" to "fall asleep," sit "virtually in each other's laps," and enter into a private "conversation." Indirectly her lecture touches upon an important religious celebration of the Native American culture, the Sun Dance. She depicts the Sun Dance, which celebrates the creation of earth and all of its components, as a trivial and meaningless component of her people's culture. Even though she portrays such ...
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... and arithmetic. However, he especially enjoyed drawing. When Faulkner got promoted to the third grade, skipping the second grade, he was asked by his teacher what he wanted to be when he grew up. He replied, "I want to be a writer just like my great granddaddy"(Minter 18). Faulkner took interest in poetry around 1910, but no one in Oxford, Mississippi, could tell him hat to do with his poems. Faulkner, who was very talkative, would always entertain Estelle Oldham by telling her vividly imaginary stories. Eventually, Faulkner grew very fond of Estelle. She became the sole inspirer and recipient of Faulkner's earlier poems. Not long after Faulkner began seeing Estell ...
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... the creek as "It smashed under the bridge like a fist, but there is no end to its force" (315) Dillard uses similes to tell the reader of her fear. Dillard uses diction to show her excitement about the flood. Action verbs portray the excitement of flood. "The flood has ripped away a wedge of concrete; the water hurls in an arch; It smashed under the bridge; It hurtles down … it lurches round the bend, filling the valley, flattening, mashing, pushed, wider and faster, till it fills my brain" (315). Dillard switches from the past tense to the present tense to show that she has become involved in the excitement of the flood. At first she says, "All it did w ...
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... Trigger Point and Myotherapy, Polarity Therapy, On-site of Chair Massage, Craniosacral Therapy, Reiki, Manual Lymphatic Drainage, Deep Tissue Massage, Rolfing, and Thai massage or Nuad Bo-Rarn. B. The methods used range from being floated in a warm pool, to sitting on a chair, to creating your own massage by laying on top of a tennis ball. Transition: As you probably already know, massage is best known for it’s physical benefits. The different methods are used to pin-point certain body parts directly. But mental and spiritual benefits can also be seen when undergoing massage on a regular basis. II. Athletes, business workers, and even regular people can b ...
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... closer to the grandaughter's mother and her point of view on her daughter's marrige, which she is happy with. The omniscient positions readers to a god-like position which will let us have a better understanding of what the character feels, and also all the `conflict' the character is experiencing and feeling. The characters's point of view are important in revealing the main theme of this story which is learning to let go. By understanding the characters's point of view, we are able to decide what main theme is about. Firstly, the story have taken us a `tour' in the old man's position which enabled us to understands what he is feeling. Even seeing that his grand ...
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... Pryor was Paul’s best friend; he was more outgoing than Paul. He didn’t care what the consequences of his actions would he just wanted to have fun. Shelton was upset because of the facts that nobody cared about the school. He had the idea that if they got a student to run for president things would change. Paul Abrams is a conniving teenager who causes trouble when he is around his best friend Sheldon. Since he was the new kid, he acted shy and quiet until he made some friends. Paul met a teen named Sheldon, he was Paul’s first friend in New York and they shared similar interests. When he arrived at Don Carey High he felt weird because it was a dump and know care ...
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