Catcher In The Rye Holden Caulfield is teen angst bull-crap with a pickax. He's sarcastic, nasty, and completely unlikeable. He also doesn't give a crap. He is every teenager caught between the crapy little games of high school ("you're supposed to kill yourself if the football team loses or something") and the fear of adulthood ("going to get an office job and make a lot of money like the rest of the phonies"). The greatness in Holden Caulfield is that what he has to say is better than a million Celestine Prophecies or anything said by Jonathan Livingston Seagull (save for the squawks after you shoot him) or Jesus (save for the apocryphal "hey Peter I can see your house from here"). Holden Caulfield says that life sucks, everyone is a phony, and you'll be inevitably disappointed by everyone that you hold in awe. If you think that this sounds awful, ask yourself one question. When was the last time you found any joy in watching Barney or the Care Bears? It isn't just what he says but the way he says it. He goes through life making dead-on observations that completely shoot the kneecaps out from under the terminally self-righteous. When a successful mortician tells the school to follow his example and pray when things go bad, it is Holden Caulfield who points out that the guy is praying for more people to die. He's depressed by nuns and annoyed by shallow girlfriends, while in love with his platonic friend. Even more interesting is the fact that Caulfield's general pissed off attitude and his hormones are inextricably linked. He practically wants to kill his roommate, Stradlatter, because Stradlatter might have screwed a girl he desires. He guiltily admits to making out with phonies, and in a major confession he confesses to being a virgin. He gets the crap beat out of him by a disgruntled pimp after deciding that he doesn't want a to have sex with a prostitute for the silliest of reasons.(he just found it disconcerting to see her take her clothes off without fanfare.)The fact that his little brother has just died and that he's being kicked out of yet another school takes second place to the whole sex question. In other words, Holden Caulfield is a guy; stereotype away. What is also interesting is how closely Caulfield captures the attitude and culture of adolescence. There is the caste system in which Caulfield hates and wishes to be his roommate Stradlatter. Meanwhile zit-encrusted Ackley, whom he maybe should feel sympathy for, is an annoying guy that
To summarize the Fourth Amendment, it protects people from unreasonable searches and seizures. A search conducted by the government exists when the area or person being searched would reasonably have an expectation of privacy. A seizure takes place when the government takes a person or property into custody based on belief a criminal law was violated. If a search or seizure is deemed unreasonable, than any evidence obtained during that search and seizure can be omitted from court under
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.
William Fredrick Halsey, Jr. was born on October 30, 1882. He was born and practically bred to become a sailor. His father, Captain William Halsey, raised William Halsey, Jr. on stories of his naval career which led to his interest in joining the navy and later attending the United States Naval Academy. In the two years waiting to gain admission to the Naval Academy, Halsey had decided to study medicine at the University of Virginia and try to enter the Navy as a doctor. He finally received admittance in 1900. Halsey was not the strongest in academics as he finished forty-second in a class of sixty-two, but he was athletic and participated in many clubs.(1) During that time in history, the Navy was in need of officers as it was expanding, so the class of 1904 graduated on February 2 instead of in June.(2) Upon graduation he went to serve his mandatory two years of service aboard his first ship the battleship USS Missouri. He was commissioned as an officer on February 2, 1906. (3) In 1907, Halsey was aboard the battleship USS Kansas as the “Great White Fleet” of Theodore Roosevelt set out of Hampton Roads on its expedition across the world. During World War I, Halsey commanded the destroyer USS Benham and earned a Navy Cross for his anti-submarine patrol actions. In 1922 he became ...
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.
Tom is, as I’m sure every reader should be, heartbroken at Casy’s death. Casy was his only real friend since he left prison, the first person he truly connected with. Tom was so connected to Casy that after the policeman bashed in his head with a pick handle, he went and did the same to his murderer out of hatred, without truly thinking about it. This also reflects just how far Tom is willing to go for his friends and family. Tom begins his journey with Casy as somewhat of a disciple, and in Chapter 28, he tells Ma some of Casy’s final thoughts, about how one man’s soul is just one part of a greater soul, encompassing the whole world. Tom plans on spreading Casy’s preachings to every person he meets in order to keep Casy’s spirit alive and organize the people, because it would have been what he wanted if he had the time to proclaim a dying wish.
The Fourth Amendment values privacy in the home and protects people's privacy from unlawful search and invasion.
A-58). It also requires “a warrant that specifically describes the place to be searched, the person involved, and suspicious things to be seized” (Goldfield et al. A- 58). The Fourth Amendment protects the privacy of the people by preventing public officials from searching homes or personal belonging without reason. It also determines whether “someone 's privacy is diminished by a governmental search or seizure” (Heritage). This amendment protects citizens from having evidence which was seized illegally “used against the one whose privacy was invaded” (Heritage). This gives police incentive to abide by the Fourth Amendment. The Fourth Amendment protects a person’s privacy “only when a person has a legitimate expectation to privacy” (FindLaw). This means the police cannot search person’s home, briefcase, or purse. The Fourth Amendment also requires there to be certain requirements before a warrant can be issued. The Fourth Amendment requires a warrant “when the police search a home or an office, unless the search must happen immediately, and there is no opportunity to obtain a warrant” (Heritage). The Fourth Amendment protects the privacy of the people, but also the safety of the people. When there is probable cause, a government official can destroy property or subdue a suspect. The Fourth Amendment prevents government officials from harassing the public.
...er, I also believe that this would result in an unjust Islamic state. I personally believe that one cannot measure how religious a person is. It is between them and their God, and be it politicians or leaders, we are unable to do justice to what the Qur’an regulates are right and wrong. We are flawed, thus any system we create will have those flaws within. It would simply be a secular political system in which all people are treated as equals, which is unjust as each individual has their own relationship with Allah. As much as my generation would want to believe that Islam and democracy are compatible, it simply is not possible. Indeed, both can coexist globally, but merging the two would be like trying to fix something that is not broken. The root of Islamic law is incompatible with democracy; Islam is a theocratic system where it is only Allah that may judge you.
The Fourth Amendment is the basis on which defendants of privacy base their arguments in legal battles. It guarantees that citizens will never be subject to “unreasonable searches and seizures”. The key word is unreasonable; that is, indiscriminate snooping on another person's personal information. Many court cases have hinged their decisions on interpretations of the Fourth Amendment.
In the Muslim religion, women are not to be thought of as a piece of meat. That is why their bodies and head are covered by clothing. The main reason for this is so the women do not tempt men if they are married. However, the responsibility should not fall on the woman’s shoulder just because the man cannot control himself. This shows that instead of the women, the men are the weak ones if they can fall into temptation so easily. Women are not even allowed to pray with the other men in a masque, because they will distract the men from praying. Women have to change so much for men so that men can function in society without being tempted and without any trouble.
The biggest fear I have for my future is financial security. I worry that I will not be able to afford things and pay back my debts. This is my biggest worry because I have never been very financially secure and I am worried that I never will be. This has always been a fear of mine and I hope that one day financial security is something that is not an issue for me.
It’s nonsensical to believe that every sixteen-year old should know what he or she wants to do with his or her life, and even more so to discourage someone from pursuing his or her interests. In a capitalist society, it makes sense that average salaries a few years out from college graduation would strongly influence the interests of many young people. It’s not uncommon to come across newspaper articles or editorials bemoaning the United States’ lack of engineers or glut of unemployed English majors. It’s even more common to...
“Are political Islam and democracy compatible?” This question has been troubling both Muslims and non-Muslims living in East and West for a long time now. Contemporary Islamic political thought has become deeply influenced by attempts at reconciling Islam and democracy. Muslim thinkers who deal with political debates cannot disregard the significance of the democratic system, as it is the prevailing theme of modern western political thought. Hence, it is necessary for any alternative political system, whether it is religious or secular, to explore its position with regards to democratic government. In fact, a large literature and media publications have developed over the last century on this heated discourse of democracy versus Islam. While many argue that Islam has all the ingredients of modern state and democratic society, many other reject the phenomena “modernism” and “democracy” as a whole because of their “foreign nature”—alien to “Islamic values”. For Islamists and modernists, the motivation for such effort to either embrace or reject democracy often is to remove suspicion about the nature and goals of Islamic movements and Islamic revivalism or resurgence. But before diving into this discourse, one needs to understand the definition and origins of “democracy.” Although purely a Western ideology in its origin, there is no consensus on the definition of “democracy” as a political system. The Oxford English Dictionary describes democracy as: “A system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives” (“democracy, n.”). In my paper, I will examine whether or not democracy and Sunni political Islam are compatible through the eyes of three revolutionary Sun...
In today’s modern society, most students are usually not enthused by the idea of coming to school. However, if each and every one of those students were to be enrolled in a music education class, their perspective on school would most likely be swayed. Esteemed news article author, James Catterall, expressed his opinion on what would happen if music education were to be removed from schools’ prog...
A major factor in anyone’s life is education. It mandatory to spend at least twelve years in school and you learn about everything you would need to know as a functioning adult, But what does education limited to? Music should not be a limitation for any education program. There are many factors and a large pool of compelling evidence why music is important to students whether it be benefits to the brain or the emotional confidence it gives to students, music is important.