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The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath and Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

magazine contest whose prize is the opportunity to work in New York City for a month. She is a sensitive and highly intelligent wo...

Approaching Sylvia Plath's 'The Bell Jar' from a Freudian Perspective

that have molded Esthers negativism. Her home life has instilled in her a constant need to pushed herself. Due to her low self-est...

Mothers and Daughters in the Works of Dorothy Allison, Sylvia Plath, and Edith Wharton

Relationships between mothers and daughters are contrasted and compared as they are represented in Bastard Out of Carolina by Doro...

Father and Violence in The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

Sylvia Plaths life parallels Esthers in significant ways. For example, Esthers father in the novel has died when his daughter was ...

Metaphorical Uses of the Mountain in the Writings of John Updike and Sylvia Plath

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares how mountains are metaphorically used in Rabbit, Run by John Updike and The Bell J...

Comparing Salinger's Catcher with Lee's Mockingbird

This essay contrasts and compares J.D. Salinger's coming of age novel Catcher in the Rye with Harper Lee's account of a Southern c...

Literature Portrayal of Extreme Experience

and to bear up under the influence of extended stress. This aspect of extreme experience can be seen in many ways in the three sel...

The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath and Relationships

This paper consists of five pages and considers the difficult relationships with men and what they represent in the lone novel by ...

Government's Policies on War and The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

and have fail to have a clear cut goal. Todays present situation in Iraq typifies this Bell Jar Effect. The goals were specific wh...

J.D. Salinger’s “Catcher in the Rye”

because Holden cannot seem to figure out how to grow up, how to become an adult he would admire and respect. He is frightened of g...

Holden, Mental Illness

mean a person who saves children from going over a precipice. As this indicates, he wants to be a "savor/ defender of the innocent...

Imagination Paralysis in Six Degrees of Separation by John Guare

In five pages this paper discusses imagination paralysis in a consideration of Paul's theory regarding Holden Caulfield in J.D. Sa...

A Comparison of Two Literary Protagonists

This paper compares and contrasts two adolescent protagonists, Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn and J.D. Salinger's character Holden ...

J.D. Salinger's Writings

feel strong emotions? We may also speculate whether his indifference to peoples opinions is not actually a means of hiding his fe...

Catcher in the Rye from a Critical Perspective

Seminal works like J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye spawn reams of critical opinion. This paper presents three views on this...

Holden Caulfield on Being a Phony in J.D. Salinger's Catcher in the Rye

This paper examines how protagonist defines being a phony in J.D. Salinger's Catcher in the Rye in five pages. One source is cite...

Triumphant But Not Conquering Evil in Literature

In five pages this paper examines Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird and J.D. Salinger's Catcher in the Rye within the context of ...

The Censorship of Catcher in the Rye

A book with a long history of censorship is JD Salinger's Catcher in the Rye. This novel is discussed in depth along with the atte...

An Analysis of Salinger's Catcher in the Rye

This paper analyzes J.D. Salinger's novel, Catcher in the Rye. This ten page paper has five sources listed in the bibliography....

Literature and Social Outcasts

In seven pages this paper social outcasts Daisy Miller, the protagonist featured in the title of Henry James' novella and Holden C...

Feminists Sylvia Plath and Cary Churchill and Their Literary Messages

societal need. Plath and Churchill would both serve as vehicles through which we can not only better understand these injustices ...

The Meaning of Ethnic, Racial and Gender Imagery in Plath's The Bell Jar

is a sense of familiarity. In some way, this author does not want to reveal the prejudices or insights of the narrator too early o...

J.D. Salinger's Catcher in the Rye, F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, and Materialism

with money, as the underlying theme is that which revolves around Gatsby using the pursuit of money, and the acquisition of money,...

J.D. Salinger's Catcher in the Rye

seems only to be related to her nature as a reference point. Mr. Caulfield is never seen in the novel, and there is little inform...

Sylvia Plath's Poetry Experience

In five pages Sylvia Plath's poetry is considered in an analysis of reader experiences and how their tragic elements differ from t...

J.D. Salinger's Catcher in the Rye as a Personal Narrative

This research paper/essay discusses the journey of personal discovery that is described in Salinger's famous coming-of-age novel. ...

World Dissatisfaction in J.D. Salinger's 'Catcher in the Rye' and Gustave Flaubert's 'Madame Bovary'

In a 5 page paper, the characters' dissatisfaction with the world that has rendered their lives meaningless is explored. There ar...

Internet Perspectives

In eight pages this essay discusses a Chinese immigrant student's American experiences in an overview of the impact of the Interne...

Use of Symbolism in Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

In five pages this paper examines how Salinger developed his alienation theme and deepened his characterizations through the use o...

Communication in Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

In six pages this paper examines teenager Holden Caulfield's inability to communicate with others and how that reinforces his alie...