Outline Thesis statement: The relationship Holden and Blanche have between family and people in society leads them to an inner turmoil, which eventually results in their psychological breakdowns. I. Family A. Positive relationships in The Catcher in the Rye. 1. Phoebe is the only person who Holden needs 2. Holden is proud of D.B’s accomplishments 3. Holden truly admires the personality Allie had a.) “He was two years younger than I was, but he was about fifty more times intelligent” (38). B. Positive relationships in A Streetcar Named Desire. 1. Stella and Blanche are very close, telling each other everything 2. Stella takes Blanche in when she has nowhere else to stay 3. Blanche wants Stella to escape from Stanley a.) “Animal habits! Eats like one, moves like one, talks like one!”(72) C. Negative relationships in The Catcher in the Rye. 1. Holden gets angry when his family/siblings do something he does not like 2. Holden does not get along with his parents a.) “Daddy’ll kill you”(166) 3. Holden thinks D.B has turned into a phony D. Negative relationships in A Streetcar Named Desire. 1. Blanche flirts with Stella’s husband, Stanley 2. Blanche makes fun of Stella’s lifestyle II. Society A. Role in society in The Catcher in the Rye. 1. Holden despises when people refer to him as a minor. a.) “The waiter came up… a Scotch and a soda for myself, but the sonuvabitch wouldn’t bring me one, so I had a Coke, too” 2. Holden does not have and direction in his life Zago 2 B. Role in society in A Streetcar Named Desire. 1. Blanche has no job 2. Blanche tries to live off of others a.) “I have always had a strong dependence on the kindness of strangers” (142). 3. Blanche had no direction in her life C. Relationships with peers in The Catcher in the Rye. 1. Holden is infatuated with Jane a.) “She said I was wild and that I had no direction in life” (59). 2. Holden views everyone as “phonies” 3. Holden always gets into fights and arguments with his roommates a.) “About all I know is, I sort of miss everybody I told about. Even old Stradlater and Ackley, for instance” (214) D. Relationships with peers in A Streetcar Named Desire. 1. Blanche plays with Mitch’s mind 2. Blanche lies about how old she is a.) “Stella is my precious little sister. I call her little in spite of the fact she’s somewhat older then I” (55) III. Inner-selves A. Alcohol problems in The Catcher in the Rye. 1. Holden drinks when he is upset which increases his depression 2. Holden has hallucinations of pain when he drinks too much a.) “When I was really drunk, I started that stupid business with the bullet in my guts” (150) 3. Holden is able to admit he has a drinking problem B. Alcohol problems in A Streetcar Named Desire.
4. “My hunting hat really gave me quite a lot of protection…but I got soaked anyway…I didn’t care though. I felt so damn happy all of a sudden.” (Salinger, 275)
2. He served Balducci more tea, hesitated, the… {Hesitation before the person forcing the situation upon him}
In JD Salingers' Catcher in the Rye, a troubled teenager named Holden Caufield struggles with the fact that everyone has to grow up. The book gets its title from Holden's constant concern with the loss of innocence. He did not want children to grow up because he felt that adults are corrupt. This is seen when Holden tries to erase naughty words from the walls of an elementary school where his younger sister Phoebe attended. "While I was sitting down, I saw something that drove me crazy.
26. “You might as well say that the woman lies on top of the man when they are making the children.”
They fell into a long silence. Sam finished his beer. Antonello’s second glass of wine sat untouched. They turned to watch the chef in his checked pants and white jacket leaning across the pool table, the cue aimed at a ball in the far corner, he was completely focused on the game, taking his time, shifting to the right and then back, and then again, as if nothing else existed. It took him three shots to finish the game. The barman laughed, ‘At this rate I’ll still be paying for your drinks into the next
C. A man is killed by the “Hells Angels” biker band who they had hired as their security
“My glorious hour, yeah right,” and with that said, he nearly fell on his face, grabbing the meter before hitting the ground. Holding on for support, he rocks back and forth. With a loud clap of thunder, the clouds open with a heavy pouring; a cold and clammy feeling captures the air, at the same time the rainwater bounced off his forehead down the cheek of the drunk [leaving a trail of a concealed intimate pain]. The lowly drunk pulled the cherry wine from his pocket and looked deeply into the container, temporarily satisfying his desire.
A: I grew up in many places, my dad and I moved houses a lot because of the incident when I was a baby, when people found out it was us and started being mean we moved to another town. My childhood wasn’t like most other kids. I spent a lot of time thinking if I was going to grow up to be crazy, like my mother had been. I analyzed things that I did to see if that was a sign i was going to, Like talking to plants and writing letters to fictional characters.
d) David Berkowitz had a job as a taxi driver which would have given him familiarity with the
Upon arriving home, I made my way directly to the liquor cabinet, in the hopes of discovering a tangible comfort to assuage the misery brought on by my scholarly defeat. A mostly filled bottle of bourbon sat in the foremost corner of the cabinet. I swallowed it all down that afternoon, and was left with an empty decanter - which I stowed away in the cellar, lest my parents know of this newfound pastime – and a somewhat intriguing sense of inebriation. Days, weeks, months passed, and I found myself indulging in alcohol much more often, for a myriad of reasons. One day, I had a terrible quarrel with my girlfriend - a bit of Jack Daniels put that unpleasant situation out of my mind.
2). Once he received what he wanted from the main character, which was sex, he moved on to another girl at her school. As the narrator’s character was already facing inner struggles with depression and insecurities, the break-up only added to her misery. She felt completely betrayed and heart-broken when Martin dumped her while she thought they were clearly in love; so much so that she turned to alcohol. Along with being sorrowful, the main character had always been filled with curiosity; curiosity about alcohol. Her parents had constantly warned her about the dangers of alcohol consumption her whole life (pg. 1). So, now filled with despair and curiosity, she decided to have a drink while babysitting at her neighbors’ house. The character’s knowledge on alcohol was so minimal that she believed getting drunk would help solve her inner struggles (pg. 5-6). However, she soon finds out the truth behind alcohol and how it multiplied her depression drastically, instead of actually helping her cope. Once the entire town found out about how she had gotten sloppily drunk over Martin, the narrator’s character felt more depressed than ever (pg.
D-This writer apologized for meeting the patient for his session as this writer was wrapping up another session prior. The patient reports he's been working hard everyday and haven't used any opioids, besides THC. Again, the patient is adamant about not discontinuing his use on THC because he's been doing it for so long and is aware of the side effects. The patient further stated, " I wanted to do one drug at a time and it was the heroin, not my marijuana." Addressing the patient dose change, the patient stated, "I haven't been doing any dope, so the decrease had no affect on me." This writer provided positive feedback as the patient for being opioid free. This writer did a role play with the patient about his THC whereas the patient was the
B. (Restatement of reason to listen): I wasn’t the most out going kid growing up, but knowing Reid, he has brought that out along with our crude humor and inside jokes.
5) Another drink, my eyes focus on the crystal clear glass in front of me as the background slowly fades away. The liquid appears clear as the moon's light, as I watch gravity push the transparent liquid to the bottom of the glass... I can't recall whether that glass of alcohol was her fourth or fifth. Living with an alcoholic is the most significant challenge I have faced and overcame to acquire the strong will and determination I possess to this day. Living with an individual who is in alcoholic, created a long hardship of problems that would test my perseverance and grit.
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