J. J. Thomson

Individuals explore their responses to conditions of internal and external conflicts throughout literature. Going in depth to a character allows the reader to better understand that character’s internal and external conflicts. Arthur Miller uses this technique in several of his plays, including Death of a Salesman. Miller portrays the character of Willy Loman in Death of a Salesman through his internal and external conflicts. The internal conflict begins with Willy’s expectations for his sons

Confucius, a Chinese philosopher, once stated, “You cannot open a book without learning something.” Throughout time, books, molded by their authors, have been the key source of knowledge. Regardless of the subject, most works of literature often have a message or theme for the reader. Not only do authors use themes, but also well developed characters to bring a novel to life. In the bildungsroman, The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger, characterization is often found, especially regarding the

John Joseph Pershing was born in Laclede, Missouri, on September 13, 1860. As a young child, he was exposed to the horrors of the Civil War. His home town of Laclede was raided by a band of Confederate Soldiers. Growing up, he never aspired to have a career in the military. He instead dreamed of one day studying law and becoming a lawyer. However, after his father experienced economic troubles in an economic depression during 1873, Pershing submitted an application to West Point Military Academy

These days our artistic landscape is so deeply defined by visual narratives on TV and in the movies that we can hardly imagine a world without images. Sometimes quality is judged solely based on a stories actions. In this image drenched society we sometimes struggle to appreciate and celebrate books and movies where the quality arises not exclusively from plot but also from the language and characters itself. The novel The Catcher in the Rye written by J.D. Salinger and the movie Stand by Me directed

The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D Salinger, consists of many minor characters. There are more than about sixty characters in the novel in which only three of them are major characters (Holden, Allie, and Phoebe) and the rest minor. Many of these characters are just mentioned with no lasting impact on either the novel itself or Holden. Salinger uses minor characters in the Catcher in the Rye to tell the readers about Holden and his views about the world. The first minor character seen in the Catcher

In Touch with Society In The Catcher in the Rye, J.D. Salinger discusses the ideas of alienation and isolation. He notes that if one is unable to keep up with society they lose touch. Salinger portrays alienation and isolation through literary devices such as symbolism. Some of the symbolic features use in the novel is Holden’s red hunting hat which shows Holden’s uncommon desire compared to society’s desires. Another significant symbolic feature is the catcher in the rye; this represents Holden’s

There are numerous reasons that might have caused Willy Loman to end his life. In Arthur Miller’s play, Death of a Salesman, Loman is in conflict with his son, Biff Loman, his job as a salesman, and himself. In the play Loman’s job as a salesman no longer became beneficial to him and his family. As time passed by, new ideas and younger salesmen began to take over the salesman industry, and Loman was left behind. His wife, Linda, and he discuss all of the bills that have to be paid by the end of

Adolescence is stressful and confusing to say the least, and is a time in one’s life where one begins to discover who they are and what they want as they transition into the adult world. In J.D. Salinger’s classic American novel, The Catcher in the Rye, the main character Holden, is a downhearted teenage boy used by Salinger in order to portray universal themes to the reader including isolation, loss of innocence, and the phoniness of the adult world. Through Salinger’s use of symbolism, the reader

The principal idea of this theory is the capacity of the companies to adapt, reconfigure as such, as reintegrate internal and external skills, competencies and resources in reaction to the changes in a competitive environment. (Teece, Pisano and Shuen, 1997) The flexibility in this case is crucial and the ability to sustain a competitive advantage in a business market that change constantly as well rapidly, is essential. The principal difference between RBD and Dynamic capabilities theory is while

The strategy to present a new technology was the same to astonish the public, revealing the progress apropos the Artificial Intelligence. This is the idea of IBM promotion, demonstrate how complex will be the future of the technology as same they had done in the past, anticipating the capacity of the personal computers. After the TV show, the Company invested in videos and materials1 promoting the idea of evolution and future of the computing, based on the cognitive science, however in a larger