They still wanted to spend the rest of their lives together but that was not possible because of Zeena, for she needed a better girl to take care of her. At the end of the novel, when Mattie is about to leave, she and Ethan went sledding and decided
I felt like giving somebody a buzz. I left my bags right outside the booth so that I could watch them, but as soon as I was inside, I couldn’t think of anybody to call up... Then I thought of giving Jane Gallagher’s mother a buzz and find out when Jane’s vacation started, but I didn’t feel like it. Besides, it was pretty late to call up. Then I thought of calling this girl I used to go around with quite frequently, Sally Hayes... but I was afraid her mother’d answer the phone” (59) Holden knows he wants to call someone, but ends up interdicting all his options. The proof is evident as with every name Holden thinks of, he can find a good reason in his opinion not to call them.
Scout misunderstands. She thinks the mob is a group of friends, and rushes into it “(2001).Scout is not ready for the seriousness of becoming a women. She is more worried and playing around and enjoying herself as every other child. She also looks up to the only sibling that she have which happens to be a boy. Scout is only following the hand that she has been delt.
Lucy decides as her friends are reaching puberty that because she will never look like them she will never be loved “in that way” (150). Sadly, Lucy longs for physical beauty because “ When I tried to imagine being beautiful, I could only imagine living without the perpetual fear of being alone, without the great burden of isolation, which is what being ugly felt like,” (177). Beauty will bring her happiness and the confidence to have relationships. Instead of seeing that she could have this through her inner beauty Lucy decides that she can start living once she has fixed her face. Until then, life is on
Seclusion in New York City: A Journey of Holden Caulfield In Catcher and the Rye by J.D. Salinger, Holden Caulfield is confused about himself and fails to make personal connections with his peers. In this Bildungsroman tale, a complex high school student takes a literal journey through New York City, but really he takes a figurative journey with himself. His life journey is relatable to Telemachus in the Odyssey; however, his views are more comparable to Creon from Antigone. (1A) His stubbornness can be associated with Oknokwo from Things Fall Apart.
This book relates to the quote because Holden tried going out and living on his own after getting kick out of school and with all the stuff that happened to him like getting robbed and beaten up by a strippers body guard, and getting drunk Holden has had enough and wanted to go home and tell his parents. So although Holden went home after trying to live in the city on his own he is now home which is better for him. This relates to the quote because Holden’s goal was to live on his own in the city and although he did not succeed at doing it is unimportant because now he is living at home with people that care for him and know what is best for
He is proud of her and shows it to the public, he is protective and he is loyal to her. This quote conveys “my child is yet a stranger in the world, she hath not seen change of fourteen years; Let two more summers wither in their pride, ere we may think her ripe to be bride.” This quote shows that he respects her and shows that he loves her and he tells Paris that she is too young to marry him. Later he changes his mind and wants her to marry Paris. But when Juliet refuses to marry Paris he then immediately grows angry as the head of the family he doesn’t like to be challenged. This quote suggests “Hang thee, young baggage, and disobedient wretch!
He then explains that his duty will be to catch any child who starts to go over the cliff. With this in mind, Salinger creates this image of children falling off the cliff to symbolize them losing their innocence; therefore explaining Holden’s desire to save them. In addition to wanting to be the catcher in the rye, Holden displays his appreciation for innocence when he is truly disturbed by profanity on a school wall. He anxiously wonders what Phoebe and the other kids would think if they saw it and fears that its meaning would be unfolded by an older kid. Holden is so enraged by the profanity that he exclaims, “I kept wanting to kill whoever’d written it” (201).
Through Flyboy, Bambara shows what happens when society ignores people leaving in poverty. In conclusion, “The Lesson” is a trip of obligation and discovery. The children face generational poverty; Mercedes however, will find a way out because she has parents who care about her while Sylvia learns of the unfairness in the distribution of wealth. Because of Miss Moore though, she will move beyond the social restraints set before her. By end of the story, she says herself in a moment of epiphany “ain’t nobody gonna beat me at nuthin” (Bambara 350).
Jassim and Salwa had so far been fruitful in adopting the American culture, as far as materialistic things went, but soon all the success was not important. They were being targeted and frowned upon simply because they looked like those who were currently hated for the immense loss of lives in the twin towers in New York City. Once the event happened, their lives started to go what one would call downhill. Jassim was being investigated by the FBI and Salwa had fallen into the temptation of being with another man who was not her husband. The other characters, like Jack, served as the connection between Salwa, Jassim, and their difficulty in choosing when to follow the beliefs of their Islamic culture and their newly acquired American culture.