Holden Caulfield is an American 16-year-old boy, who flunks schools and goes to New York. Holden though isn’t just your average typical teenager, he’s different. Holden does some very bizarre things, and has a very unusual behavior. Holden comes from a wealthy background, Holden’s family lives in New York Manhattan. Phoebe Caulfield is Holden’s younger sister, though only at 10 years old, phoebe is significantly more mature than Holden.
Myrtle is married to poor man, George Wilson, and lives in the valley of ashes. She doesn't have much since they struggle with business, and yearns for more. She's not satisfied or content with what she has which brought her to a rich guy like Tom. With the kind of money that he has, he's able to provide her with the kind of "love" that she's been wanting and waiting for, but Daisy seems to get in the way between them. Even though Tom is cheating on Daisy, he still has much love for her, which holds him back from giving all of his love to
September 21, 2011 Nothing But A Fantasy Oh, the joys of the grand and luxurious life. Some people are born into such a world while others work there entire lifetimes and never quite reach it. It is something we would all enjoy to experience but, we are all guilty of fantasying about such a carefree lifestyle. In the short story “The Necklace” translated by Edgar V. Roberts the character of Mathilde Loisel takes her fantasy of having such a luxurious lifestyle to another level. We can see through her thoughts the dangers of living your life in a fantasy constructed by your mind and thoughts.
In “Maestro” the inspirational journey of Paul trying to grip his highest dream there was disappointment but he still received “Honorable mentions”. Paul ended up within a life “with a women and child that he loved, within the confines of I life he hated” the disappointment of not achieve his dreams and the loss of Eduard Keller does show in “maestro” but Paul doesn’t realize that he isn’t failing he is at a great level he may not be “one in a million” but he sure is “one in a thousand” and that itself is a pretty big goal to achieve itself. Paul ended up with a girl that he loves, he was no longer shy to bullies and gained confidence and he grew so much throughout “Maestro”, not all of Paul’s life is full of failure and disappointment but rather “a small hurt to save a wasted life”. Paul achieved high and he gained a wife and child afterwards this overthrows the big disappointments in his life to make his journey through it
She knows that he is going to be flirting with girls all night, so she allows it while she sneaks away to do a little flirting of her own with Mr. Gatsby. Daisy’s worst quality would be her snobby attitude. Daisy thinks she is so much better than anyone else. She focuses on the opinions of others before anything else. d. Daisy is a wife and mother.
His body resembled a girls body and his body parts looked feminine. He was very insecure about his own body and how his friends and family reacted to it. J has a best friend who is always by his side and makes him feel like his life is going to get better. “In J’s head, he was nothing; in J’s head, he was just a head, floating, trying to forget he had body parts he hated.” (pg. 3) J wanted to figure out what he really was, but inside he didn’t really know.
Forrest 3/29/12 American Literature "Winter Dreams" Although it appears Judy Jones is the epitome of the American Dream and the embodiment of happiness and fulfillment she turns out to be more of a fallacy. Dexter sees her as a temptation and builds many aspects of his life according to her. Judy's abundance of men as well as her declining looks with age prove her to not be the idealistic women that Dexter thought she was. Judy symbolizes the American Dream with her beauty and charming personality. She is desirable in many ways and men see her as a perfect catch.
“Candide” Candide is a good-hearted but hopeless young man. His tutor, Pangloss educates him that their world is “the best of all possible.” Candide is expelled from his adopted childhood home because he is caught with the Baron’s daughter in a romantic position. So he travels around the world and meets with a variety of misadventures. He had confidence and safety in following Cungegonde, the women he loved and aims to achieve her. His reliance in Pangloss’ straight optimism is frequently tested.
I cant live like this. But, every time I try to make it stop. This feeling comes back. I guess it can be used for good. So many times I have tried to leave this world.
* Theme- Love: characters are in a love triangle which they never escape. Ethan loves Mattie and wishes to reveal this to her, but he never truly can, and in the end they are stuck back at the Frome’s house with Zeena forever. This novel shows how Ethan maybe never even loved Zeena, he only married her because she helped Ethan’s mother while she was sick. Then Ethan has a small glimpse of love with Mattie, but it is taken away from him, and at the end of the story, it seems that their love is completely