Hamlets age is open to interpretation; however he is often known to be in young adulthood, since he returns from university studies to come home after his father's death. At this point he is going through a difficult time in his life as he is experiencing the transformation from adolescence to adulthood. ... His constant mood swings and role playing could be his way of express his feelings and also showing the internal conflict he is experiencing. ... Through the use of multiple soliloquies the reader is able to gain a better insight on the personal thoughts that Hamlet experiences. Yet b...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In all forms of literature, characters develop and progress throughout the story after experiencing several events that change them as a person; this is what gives the story substance and interest in the readers' eyes. ... That is why with this ideology he himself embodied the limbo between childhood and adulthood. ... In "The Catcher in the Rye", the protagonist Holden, after experiencing many life shaping events, develops and ends up not only altering the way he views the world around him but also how he views himself. ... Salinger's novel is a good portrayal of the emoti...

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She is a twelve year- old girl experiencing the changes of becoming a woman. She is in between her innocent days of childhood and the difficult and real days of young adulthood. ... She must go through a brief and challenging experience of self-awakening in order for her to grow and learn. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

We share the experiences of these two fictional families through the duration of their lives on Cloud Street. ... Through these experiences we are able to identify with each character as they deal with real life problems. ... The novel follows both the Pickles" and Lamb's over twenty years of living on Cloud Street, throughout this we are exposed to many emotions all of which are feelings we also to tend to experience. ... Characters of the novel made it hard to determine whether the text was actually fiction, due to the fact we as readers find we have similar lives and experiences to tho...

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• Grade Level: High School

An example can been seen in the scene where Holden wants to be the "Catcher" in the Rye and stops children falling off the Cliff, which could also be symbolised as Holden wanting to catch children from falling into adulthood. ... He wants to experience it but every time he tries he is scared about it or he feels that he is ruining someone's innocence. ... In this short story, initially the main conflict focus on an Asian boy being beaten in the toilets, but it moves on to one of his opponents, who experiences a great inner conflict as he sees his opponent beaten up, we as viewers were rep...

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