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J.D. Salinger and the confort he uses to characterize his charcters. - 3 views

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started by Sierra Chrisman on 21 Jan 11 no follow-up yet
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    Claim: "Salingers works often use
    religion in order to portray comfort. "
    Arrgument: Salinger does use religon to provide confort towards his characters.
    Evidence: "In Salingers Nine Stories
    Franny Glass keeps reciting the "Jesus Prayer" to cope with the
    suicide of her brother Seymour (Bloom in Bryfonski and Senick 69).
    Salinger is able to use this prayer as a means of comfort for Franny.
    The prayer stands for the last hope for Franny in this situation.
    Franny would be lost if their was no prayer. (Bryfonski and Senick
    71). Salinger shows us comfort in Catcher in the Rye. Holden
    Caufield, the protagonist, is very much in despair for losing his
    girlfriend, so Caufield reads a passage in the Bible. This helps
    Holden change his outlook on life (Salzberg 75). Holden was all alone
    at this point and had no one to turn back on, until he found the Bible
    (Salzberg 76)."
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Nine Stories - 1 views

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    Claim:"where his Zen interests coalesced with his emerging themes, where he gave new life to the American short story." Argument: J.D.Salinger reveals what the new American life with the characters and families who chooses to make in his novels. Evidence: "Thornton Wilder published a magazine piece on the declining moral standards of America's youth, and John Cheever, as if to chronicle these uncertain times, published The Enormous Radio and Other Stories--featuring such emblematic titles as "The Season of Divorce," "O City of Broken Dreams," and "Christmas is a Sad Season for the Poor." Nine Stories tapped into this ambivalent milieu [(being in a area where there is a positive and negitive feeling towards one person)]: the stories dealt with genius, spiritual integrity, moral corruption, and the occasional ability of innocence to transform our lives."
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J.D. Salinger - 0 views

started by Sierra Chrisman on 10 Dec 10 no follow-up yet
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