Joan Baez

J.D. Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye idealizes childhood for its nature of innocence and purity, yet explores the negative effect of childhood trauma on vulnerable adolescents who are struggling to identify themselves amidst a diseased culture. Holden Caulfield, the cynical, recently expelled, high school protagonist becomes obsessed with the preservation of innocence. Holden’s younger brother, Allie, who died three years prior of leukemia, is commemorated as the perfect child. Holden suggests

last form around 1337 to 1453 by the House of Plantagenet. It was accompanied by some significant battles and people during this time period of the Hundred Year War. The origins of the Hundred Years War included Joan of Arc Liberates the Orleans, The Battle of Agincourt and Philip VI. Joan of Arc liberates the Orleans was one of many events that occurred during the Hundred Year War. Joan’s passion and influence on the French inspired and unified the French army. In the beginning of the war she led

As most teenagers and young adults would agree, growing up is a difficult task to which no alternative is present. Every person must grow up and lose much of the innocence they had as youth, no matter how badly one may want to hold on to it. Holden Caulfield, an expert “catcher in the rye”, seems to think he can thwart time and the natural progression to adulthood by keeping as boyish and innocent as he possibly can. He tries to find acceptance among his peers and his teachers, only to be met

The Smack of Reality “I don’t give a damn, except that I get bored sometimes when people tell me to act my age. Sometimes I act a lot older than I am - I really do - but people never notice it. People never notice anything” (Salinger 12). In the book, The Catcher in the Rye, J. D. Salinger talks about growing up and how depressing it can really be. Throughout the story he makes many comments about adults being phony, shallow, and hypocrites. He explains how children are none of these and they need

An outsider has different social, emotional, and moral views to the outside world, and this influences the outsider’s sense of self, and opinions of their world. The protagonists from both The Catcher in the Rye and The Year my Voice Broke take pride in their quirks and nonconformity, without becoming downtrodden or antisocial; making them motivational, inspiring characters for readers to relate to. Holden Caulfield is the misguided storyteller, the wandering young man from The Catcher in the Rye

Joan of Arc was a young woman who came from very humble roots, and eventually overcame these roots through God in order to fight for war torn France. In Donald Spoto’s, Joan: The Mysterious Life of the Heretic Who Became a Saint, Joan is portrayed as having many visions from God telling her what to do, and eventually following them which began to prove France wrong about women in battle. After many victorious battles, she was captured, locked up in a cell and held for ransom until Cauchon, who

“Black people be like, ‘Gimme that fried chicken or Imma shoot’,” said the desperate comedian, who was dressed up as a “gangster” in a poor attempt to disguise his prejudice in the name of humor. Humor similar to the latter further endorses single stories, and because the comedian is popular, he has the power to promote an oversimplified generalization of an entire group of people regardless of their individual differences and make his racism appear tolerable, therefore laying the foundation of the

Throughout this scene, Angus can be compared to a child, such that he wants a lot in life, especially to remember. At the beginning of the scene, my character, Angus, wanted Miles to tell his and Morgan’s story of the two tall English girls. Thorough that conversation, I learned that Angus can go to any extend to get his wish fulfilled, all while respecting the other person’s desire. As the scene progressed, he wondered about the location of the two houses and whether they got started or not. In

Into the Wild is a documentary film by Sean Penn that follows the life of Christopher Johnson McCandless, a vagabond who tramped across the United States for two years before his journey led him to Alaska, where he lived in the wilderness, sheltered by an abandoned transportation bus, preceding his death. McCandless grew up with all the privileges of being raised in the suburbs by a middle class family, he later went on to graduate from Emory University in Georgia, and seemed to have his whole life

Existentialist Elements In The Catcher In The Rye In The Catcher In The Rye, written by J.D Salinger, Salinger uses the character Holden Caulfield to demonstrate the elements of existentialism. Holden Caulfield is put through numerous situations throughout the story where he makes decisions based off his existentialist views. Salinger also uses different symbols to help convey the use of existentialist elements, for example Holden’s red hunting cap. An extremely important and recognizable