The Yearling The Yearling is a story of a young boy named Jody and his fawn. In the story the author shows how Jody enjoyed the responsibilities of raising the fawn. Jody also shows his sense of responsibility by helping his family survive in the backwoods of Florida. He also has to deal with the fawn's interference of his family's survival. The Yearling, by Marjorie Rawlings, illustrates how Jody's sense of responsibility helped him to resolve his conflict between meeting his own need to raise the fawn and meeting his family's need for survival.
People within society tend to confront challenges within their lives, one way or another. ‘The Shipping News’, written in 1993 by American author E. Annie Proulx, is narrated within the contexts of Proulx’s personal hardships, thus showing its impact upon the involvement of the main character Quoyle. In ‘The Shipping News’, the protagonist, Quoyle, an awkward, worthless, yet kind-hearted man faces the sufferings of an uphill battle in life, due to childhood experiences. His personality, which collides with the challenges that face him, promotes the values of social and economic change within societies. In turn, Proulx shows that confidence in oneself is considered the best way to overcome suffering one may have in ones life.
Catcher in the Rye Formal Essay The novel “Catcher in the Rye” written by J.D. Salinger, follows a brief part of the life and events of 16 year old Holden Caulfield through his own narration. The story, being told through the main character, allows readers to correlate their own thoughts and perspective on the many situations Holden experiences with Holden himself. A contrast can be made between what Holden sees as reality and what is truly happening. Holden is still a very childish and juvenile individual and his reluctance –even perhaps fear- of growing up, changing, and accepting his behaviour is wrong leaves him unable to cope with society.
His desire to become the catcher was caused by the traumatic death of his younger brother. Towards the end of novel Holden realizes that is okay for children, and him to grow and face the true reality of the world. Growing up is not ideal for everyone. Having to take on the responsibilities of adulthood is not easy. Also the problems are not as simple to deal with as they were during childhood.
Mrs. Jenkins English 10E 23 September 2012 Coming to Terms with Adult Life “The Catcher in The Rye” can strongly be considered a "coming of age" novel due to the main theme, which is about Holden, a young teenage boy who has to get used to adulthood and is struggling in many ways to accept it. Many situations and themes in the novel, such as different signs of immaturity at different levels, and having trouble with accepting society and struggling with many issues, many of which he does not realize, are reasons why the novel could be classified in this genre. Holden's struggle with school is an example of how he struggles to come to terms with the adult world. He sees all the flaws that adulthood has when being surrounded by the situations and people in school. He sees pure phoniness, cruelty, and lack of individuality in school life as everyone considers themselves part of a group or else they are worthless, which is the way he sees himself.
In Tim Winton’s series of short stories Scission, the characters are afflicted with a sense of fragmentation from others, yet they still continue to make new discoveries about themselves and their relationships. In many of the short stories, the characters form a sense of rehabilitation or renewal in themselves and with other people – even if the problems are unsettled. An exemplification that supports this are the short stories: Secrets, Thomas Awkner Floats, Getting Ahead and Neighbours. In the first story Secrets, Kylie and her “new” family have a very estrange relationship. Kylie is trying to recognize and acknowledge the changes in her family as her new step-father, Phillip gains control and power of her mother while he minimizes her
A Bumpy Ride In life everyone has something in life that they long to have, or search for such as love, happiness, safety, or even just a purpose in life. Throughout the book Catcher in the Rye the main character, Holden, was searching for a constant in his life. Something that did not leave or change. Holden, like many other people is simply looking for something constant in his life. He gives us clues when he describes that he was “kicked out” of Pencey for “flunking four subjects and not applying [himself]” (4).
Symbols are used all the time both in stories and real life; often times, people use symbols to describe emotions and certain feelings that they have through a real object. People do this in order to materialize their thoughts and to express their mind through a way others can understand. In J.D Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye many different examples of symbolism are used throughout the novel to enable the reader into the mindset of Holden Caulfield. Three major examples of his symbolism are the ducks with the frozen pond, Jane Gallagher, and the Museum of Natural History, representing both his past and fears for the future. Salinger uses all three of these symbols to represent the thoughts of the central character, Holden Caulfield.
As in Crow Lake, characters from The Other Side of the Bridge also set realistic goals. Following the death of his father, Arthur needs financial resources to provide for his family. To generate the income required, Arthur plans to work on both his and the Luntz’s farm (The Other Side of the Bridge). This demonstrates Arthur’s ability to isolate and prioritize the issue at hand. Hence, as with Luke, Arthur also sets goals to support his family.
If one is fortunate enough, their parents might choose to support their decision; yet, most teenagers suffer from the unfortunate event in which their parents feel the need to take control and lead their lives in another direction. The short story “Brother Dear,” is told from the perspective of a young girl named Sharlene. Her brother, Greg, is a university student visiting home. He has always had a different perspective from his father, which eventually caused them to developed issues with one another. This time around however, Greg has come back home to take a stand for his passions and beliefs once and for all.