Joan Fontaine

Joan loved being a healer, and few illnesses and injuries made her squeamish. But when it came to children in pain, as a mother, Joan found it difficult to separate her feelings as a mother from her duties as a healer. As an apprentice, trying to remove herself emotionally from a child’s distress while working to help them was her greatest challenge. Pawl – Court Healer –explained with time and practice, it would happen, though same cases would always “stick in your gut.” Joan had just finished cutting

After ending a war that had lasted for over a century, the young French hero, Joan of Arc, was tried and executed by the English for heresy when she was only nineteen. Growing up as a peasant in Pucelle, France, she heard voices which she thought to be the voice of God. Later she was told by these voices to fight for the French, and ended up playing a major role in the Hundred Years War between France and England. She led an army to liberate the city of Orleans and won over Patay, which allowed Charles

Further, she wanted to argue with this man, to inform him the knights of Camelot and King Arthur were fair and just men and would never war without reason. However, she and her friends had been on the receiving end of subtle defiance, and Joan did not want to risk the ladies being injured further. The Pict’s dark eyes narrowed. “Your king’s hunger for power and dominance has caused great suffering to my people. Do you know he claims lands that are not rightfully his? Have you any idea how he and

A child never sees the world as complicated as an adult does. A child is always innocent until they see what a cruel world we live in. In the novel The Catcher In The Rye, written by J.D. Salinger, Holden Caulfield is always trying to protect the innocence of the little children. He does this because of his own struggles growing up. Holden’s enemy is the world and how cruel it can be. Holden is trying to make people keep their innocence and he is trying also trying to keep it himself. We are all

When thinking about heroes in American literature, reader's many times think about people who go out of their way to help other people and put their needs above their own. The thing with Holden is he does not do these things. He is the exact opposite, honestly, but he is someone that most teenagers can relate to, so that makes him a hero in American Literature. He does embody many of the qualities that people relate with Americans. Because he has a very negative view of everything, he makes more

Joan of Arc is credited with leading the French army to victory over England during the 100 years war, which actually lasted around 116 years. She believed she was a messenger of god and was born to bring an end to the war. With permission from the king, Joan of Arc, lacking military and tactical training, led the french army against the English in the city of Orléans. Joan met a tragic end when she was captured by the Anglo-Burgundian and tried as a witch. She was called guilty as a witch and a

J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye, examines the evolution of protagonist Holden Caulfield, from a disturbed and self-isolated sixteen-year-old, unwilling to face impending adulthood, to a teen recognizing the inevitability of that destination and finding a semblance of peace in that understanding. Holden’s red hunting hat, a prevalent symbol throughout the novel, serves to protect him from constant loneliness and alienation, shields him from a world of phoniness and adulthood and peers and ultimately

Holden is a mess from the moment this novel took place. He was expelled out of school, his brother has died, and he literally has no friends. There are a lot of moments throughout the story where Holden just needs to talk to someone, whether that be a prostitute, a royal pain in the ass, or just a dancing sister. The people around Holden are clearly missing the clues of his depression, even though it’s right in front of them. Whether that be because of Holden’s past, his drinking and smoking habits

Do most kids fail for attention, or is there another reason behind it? In The Catcher in the Rye Holden is a seventeen year old boy who is constantly failing. His failure makes some people wonder whether or not he is doing it for attention, or if it is caused by something else going on in his life. Holden is constantly failing for attention as this is shown throughout the book. Holden’s parents are not around much in the book, leaving him to find his own ways to get their attention. As edited

The Character of Holden Caulfield Everyone has insecurities and some form of defense for themselves, whether it be emotional or physical. In the novel The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger, Holden Caulfield, the main character, has plenty of insecurities and emotional defense mechanisms that he uses in everyday interactions with others. Holden’s character is portrayed as someone who always sees the cup as half empty as to half full; in other words he finds the negative in everything. Salinger