In the second part of the novel we see Holden escape top New York three days before he is due to return home. Holden's new surroundings are important in that it is in New York that Holden no longer is able to carry on with his miserable and confusing life, and his mental inability to understand his troubles alone becomes too overwhelming. ... As Holden leaves pencey prep and goes to New York on a journey into self discovery Holden interacts with people of low moral standards and are rude with little with or no respect for anybody but themselves. ... Holden finds himself in one of the worl...

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• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Many times, we try to separate ourselves from the world around us; we distance ourselves from the society. For most of us, this delibarate isolation is temporary, but for Willa Cather's protagonist in the short story Paul's Case, this seclusion is permanent. In fact, many researches show that Paul'...

• Word Count: 886
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• Has Bibliography
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BIOGRAPHY According to Life Magazine and several other sources, Thomas Edison was "the most influential figure of the millennium." Contrary to what is sometimes assumed, Thomas Edison was not born into poverty in a backwoods mid-western village. He was born, on Feb. 11, 1847, to middle-class parents in the bustling port of Milan, Ohio: a community that, next to Odessa, Russia, was the largest wheat shipping center in the world. In 1854, his family moved to Port Huron, Michigan, which was also an up and coming shipping center. Not long after young Tom - who was called "Al" in his earliest...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate