Chapter Summaries Chapter 1 In the first chapter of "The Catcher in the Rye" by J.D. ... He has on brother that is in the movie writing business and as far as his parents are concerned we find out that they are nice, but irritated easily. ... He decided to write about his brother Allie's, who died of leukemia, baseball mitt that Allie had written poems all over. He mentioned how he reacted to his brother's death and described Allie personality and how much he loved him. ... The chapter ends with Holden's deciding to go over to a nightclub called Ernie's, a nightclub...

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;0) Key Concepts Love, Prejudice, Despair, Hope, Poverty, Sacrifice, Selfishness, Church Summary The film is a true story portraying the McCourt family battling unemployment, their father's alcoholism, poverty, prejudice and infant mortality over a 15 year period, from 1935 to 1950, initially in New York and then for most of that time in Limerick. ... Click here for a detailed summary Background The film is based on the book of the same name, which stayed at the top of the best-seller lists in the UK and USA for months from mid-1998. ... Detailed Summary: This is just the ...

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In the first chapter, a Lithuanian immigrant couple Ona and Jurgis, arrive in Chicago and wait to be married. ... In chapter two through five, it's mainly about Jurgis' and Ona's background and once they arrive to Chicago. ... Teta Elzbieta was a friend of Ona's and her brother Jonas knew of a man named Jokubas Szedvilas who made a fortune in America, and once they finally got to Chicago, Jokubas gave the newly arrived family a tour of Packingtown. ... The family found a four-bedroom home, which is in their budget, three hundred dollars down and a twelve-dollar monthly pay...

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Short summary and more information about Wuthering Heights II. ... When the novel Wuthering Heights first published, it found revolting, iredeemably monstrous, and too odiously and abominably pagan to be palatable to the most vitiated class of English readers. ... Short summary and more information about Wuthering Heights Giving a short summary is important to explain well enough because of the complex characters and non-chronological order in the novel: Owner of the mansion Wuthering Heights, Mr. ...

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One of these, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, was founded on the ideals of social equality and sharing. ... As it happened, Blair's first posting was to Moulmein, but he found Burma girls to be scarce on the ground. ... In his second book Burmese Days, he gave accounting to his experiences in the civil service, working in a system that he found to be impressive, yet flawed in its attempts at control. ... The next chapter of Eric's life began when he visited and worked among the poor and oppressed in England itself and his political views took full shape. ... What he found...

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Chapter 2 Mr. __ is gone for the entire weekend, chasing Shug Avery around town. ... Chapter 3 The beginning of this section is marked with the arrival of Mr. ... Chapter 4 Sofia is put in jail because when the mayor and his wife make racist remarks to her, she loses her control and punches the mayor's wife. ... Chapter 5 In this section, Shug and Mr. __ begin flirting again. ... The following is a brief summary of Nettie's first letter to Celie: After Nettie had left their house (following Mr. ...

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When they had decided their fun was done, they threw her in the back of Billy Ray Cobb's yellow pickup truck and found an abandoned bridge, where they threw her to die. A family nearby found her and brought Tonya home. ... This is when Jake found out about the rape of Tonya Hailey. ... He had defended Carl Lee's brother in a murder case a few years ago. ... Elsewhere, Carl Lee was meeting with his brother, Lester, and an old friend of Lester's. ...

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About the Author Born on July 26, 1959 in Piedmont, Alabama, Rick was raised, along with his two brothers, in a life of poverty. ... It is only the story of a strong woman, a tortured man and three sons who lived hemmed in by thin cotton and ragged history in northeastern Alabama, in a time when blacks and whites found reason to hate each other and a whole lot of people could not stand themselves. ...

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"You are not your job. You are not how much you have in the bank. You are not the contents of your wallet. You are not your khakis. You are not a beautiful and unique snowflake. What happens first is you can't sleep. What happens then is there's a gun in your mouth. And what happens next is you meet...

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