A farm boy from the piney woods of North Louisiana, he was colorful, charismatic, and controversial. ... He also conducted long imaginary conversations with FDR and Hoover, which were designed to humiliate them and show their subservience to the country boy from the piney woods of Louisiana. ... For about sixteen years, from the mid-twenties until the United States entered World War II, Father Charles Coughlin was probably the most influential religious figure in the United States. ...

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He is a teen- age boy who goes through some major changes. ... This is another interesting fact about him. ... As the book progresses he begins to think more and more about suicide. ... He even fantasizes about murdering Maurice. ... Holden is a boy who becomes increasingly paranoid and delusional, which leads to him being put in an institution because he has attempted suicide. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

John never realized allurement of Mercedes was such overwhelming and powerful that he cared about cars more than about anything else in the world. ... This summer was different but people preferred don't talk about mystical changes of the weather. ... He had a good ear, and just at the moment, when boy was whispering that phrase, elegant red Mercedes appeared on the street. ... "Of course," without hesitation replied boy. ... "Sign," the man gave John pan with blood and the boy signed, he even didn't read the paper. ...

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These are problems that a teen-age boy might face in the world today. ... Holden is an extremely intelligent boy, even though it might not seem so. ... Spencer says, "Life is a game boy." ... They go to a play together but during the intermission Sally flirts with a boy next to her. ... My last quote from this novel is about motivation. ...

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"A&P" By John Updike John Updike uses the persona of an immature teenage boy to illustrate an ambivalent attitude towards women and the growth into adulthood. ... Updike is able to relate this to his readers through a young, growing boy, Sam, who works at an A&P. Updike then tells about an incident in which Sam had been faced with that relates to his adolescent immaturity. ... He barely begins to scan their item before his manager appears and scolds the girls about improper dress in the store. ... In Updike's tale, "A&P", the persona of an immature teenage boy is used to illust...

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The plot of The Catcher in the Rye is about Holden living his life, the reader takes a look at the insight behind all the things Holden does and why he does them. ... The first verse of "The Boxer" is this : "I am just a poor boy, though my story's seldom told, /I have squandered my resistance /For a pocket full of mumbles, /Such are promises, /All lies and jest /Still, a man hears what he wants to hear, /And disregards the rest." ... He also gives his opinion twice in the book about how he feels people don't relay messages because they don't really care. In the second verse o...

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She is introduced and portrayed (however tragically) as a trophy girl, an object or prize that Dunny competes for (and wins one time) against his best friend and enemy Boy Staunton. After realizing he has lost her by going to the war Dunstan immerses himself in Leola and Boy's lives so completely it is almost like he is trying to live his life through them. This character's low self-morale further reduces her to nothing but a pretty face and she represents Dunstan's profound relationship with Boy Staunton. ... Liselotte Vitzliputzli Certainly the opposite of Mary Dempster, t...

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In his writings, Updike liked to write about normal people struggling with realizations of the world around them. Pigeon Feathers involves a young boy, David, moving from the city to a country farm with his family. David is a curious boy who begins to question life and death, and reads H.G. ... David confronts the reverend and asks him about heaven and soul. ...

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Later, he meets Cole Sear (Haley Joel Osment), a nine-year-old boy who just happens to have the same characteristics as Vincent Grey. ... A question in my mind rises about the huge blank spot between when Dr. ... From what I can figure out, it has been about one year with absolutely no information on what or where he has been. ... I believe the best was the boy that had been shot in the head. ... The one thing I didn't like about the movie is that there were parts that weren't very practical. ...

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I saw some other friends of mine enter the backyard with a boy who looked dramatically like Paul. He was a bit shorter, thinner, with a stoical look about him. ... I asked Paul, staring at the boy, trying not to be obvious. ... About a week later, we broke up. ... Brian and I started dating about 2 weeks later. ...

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Most Americans recognize his name, and the titles of his more popular poems, but many do not know about him personally, or his childhood. ... His first book, A Boy's Will, was accepted by a London publisher and brought out in 1913. ... This poem was about a small town boy who was "too far from town to play baseball," so he swung on birches like an art that could be mastered. Frost was very descriptive about swinging on the birches and recalled it as a joyful childhood activity. ... I feel there is a lot more heart put into this poem and all the poems written about his childhood. ...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

From the Ramayana one can derive many virtues of the Hindu culture such as perfectionism, honesty, order, obedience, and respect. All of these characteristics make a human being perfect and are achieved through the practice of dharma as shown by the main character, Rama. Rama is indeed a perfect m...

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Like Emily, in "Death of a Salesman", Biff is a young boy who is not well prepared to stand on his own feet in the life because of his father's inadequate advisories. ... These words show how Biff is hopeless about his life. ... "You ought to do something about her with a gift like that-but without money or knowing how, what does one do?"...

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The Red Badge of Courage is a book that tells the story of Henry, a young boy who goes off to fight in the Civil War and goes through changes in his character. ... The Red Badge of Courage is interpreted as a simple war story about a young boy who develops into a man by his experiences in battle. ...

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Paul Baumer is a boy of 19 years, who voluntarily joined the Army with several of his friends after hearing a patriotic speech given at his school. ... After the men return back to the camp, they think about what they are going to do at the end of the War. ...

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Oliver about the Florida investment. In he and his families memories Oliver thought highly of Biff and believed that he would surely extend a welcome hand to the young boy he so admired even if they hadn't seen each other in fifteen years. ... "Pop, facts about my life came back to me. ... Even after telling Willy straight out that he never was a sales clerk, Willy just retorts, "I"m not interested in stories about the past or any crap of that kind-(1929). Biff wants to talk about the facts, ending the family's history of speaking in dreams, but Willy keeps interrupting him and si...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

His self-confidence and unnecessary thought of what people thought about him gained him popularity and trusting friendships. ... Him believing that everyone is like him makes him have no doubt about anyone. ... Finny was the "all American boy next door", which befriended people with his good looks and his charm. ... He doesn't see the what the big deal is about breaking the school record, he just wanted to swim to see if he could accomplish his own goal. ... Finny's acts somewhat selfishly by not allowing gene to tell anyone about this, but because of his personality of not striving ...

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Although Asher Lev was a great artist whose art sold for hundreds of dollars, he had to put up with the gossips and rumors about him. ... He also learned more about himself and his family. ... It is the story of a Hasidic Jewish boy in Brooklyn beginning in the 1950s, a community traumatized by the Holocaust and focused on the plight of Jews in Stalin's Soviet Union. ...

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"Paul's Case," by Willa Cather, is about a teenage boy named Paul who despises his common, dreary life. ... Without these symbols, Paul's life could only be experienced with the detachment of a news story about a teen committing suicide. ...

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Jack feels gratification when he kills the pigs; he fits the description of an animalistic driven savage and does not care about anything even his own life. ... Although Jack's character develops into a ruthless leader, he was introduced into the novel as a fairly innocent boy. ...

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He is described as a young boy, dressed in Indian attire, with "straw-colored" hair, pale blue eyes, and light-colored skin. ... John may have thought he was entering a better society, but in realism he was about to experience something far from a utopia. ...

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Carol Burgoon writes, "I thought about all of the stories we read and which ones I liked the best. After I chose a story that I liked, I decided to write about the main character. ... "The Rocking-Horse Winner" is a story about a young boy who is desperately searching for luck and money in order to please his unhappy mother. ... All that readers know about him is that he works in town, and his good prospects never materialize. ... However, Paul is telling his mother not to worry about him, or money, indirectly. ...

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Everything was about Biff. ... Biff knows his weaknesses and his failures and he is aware that he needs to find a decent job and when his father baggers him about it, he gets defensive and mad. ... Happy never knew about Willy's mistress and if Biff would tell him, he probably would call him a liar because he really believes that Willy is a man of genuine goodness. ... And he says how he is a great boy and that one day he"ll become successful. ... Also, Willy lied about his job as a salesman. ...

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He knew about my struggles within myself and told me the only way to cure myself of these struggles would be to travel through my hell, prison. ... This group reminded me of an embarrassed school boy. ... Virgil warned me that I was about to meet the reason hell was created. ...

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Salinger expresses through Holden Caulfield's first person point of view on how a teenager struggles with the rules of society, growing up, and forgetting about the past. ... What a lady, boy. ... Holden asks the readers questions about women and displays sexual frustration as he fails to become romantic with any woman in New York City. ...

• Word Count: 930
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• Grade Level: High School