Cliff S Notes On The Catcher In The Rye

Author : J.D. Salinger
Publisher : Back Bay Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2018-11-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0316450863

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The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger Pdf

Anyone who has read J.D. Salinger's New Yorker stories, particularly A Perfect Day for Bananafish, Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut, The Laughing Man, and For Esme--With Love and Squalor, will not be surprised by the fact that his first novel is full of children. The hero-narrator of THE CATCHER IN THE RYE is an ancient child of sixteen, a native New Yorker named Holden Caulfield. Through circumstances that tend to preclude adult, secondhand description, he leaves his prep school in Pennsylvania and goes underground in New York City for three days. The boy himself is at once too simple and too complex for us to make any final comment about him or his story. Perhaps the safest thing we can say about Holden is that he was born in the world not just strongly attracted to beauty but, almost, hopelessly impaled on it. There are many voices in this novel: children's voices, adult voices, underground voices--but Holden's voice is the most eloquent of all. Transcending his own vernacular, yet remaining marvelously faithful to it, he issues a perfectly articulated cry of mixed pain and pleasure. However, like most lovers and clowns and poets of the higher orders, he keeps most of the pain to, and for, himself. The pleasure he gives away, or sets aside, with all his heart. It is there for the reader who can handle it to keep.

Author : Stanley P. Baldwin
Publisher : Cliffs Notes
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2000-06-13
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0764585916

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CliffsNotes on Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye by Stanley P. Baldwin Pdf

The original CliffsNotes study guides offer expert commentary on major themes, plots, characters, literary devices, and historical background. The latest generation of titles in this series also features glossaries and visual elements that complement the classic, familiar format. CliffsNotes on The Catcher in the Rye introduces you to a coming-of-age novel with a twist. J.D. Salinger's best-known work is more realistic, more lifelike and authentic than some other representatives of the genre. Get to know the unforgettable main character, Holden Caulfield, as he navigates the dangers and risks of growing up. This study guide enables you to keep up with all of the major themes and symbols of the novel, as well as the characters and plot. You'll also find valuable information about Salinger's life and background. Other features that help you study include Character analyses of major players A character map that graphically illustrates the relationships among the characters Critical essays A review section that tests your knowledge A Resource Center full of books, articles, films, and Internet sites Classic literature or modern modern-day treasure — you'll understand it all with expert information and insight from CliffsNotes study guides.

Author : Stanley P. Baldwin
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2011-05-18
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780544180765

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CliffsNotes on Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye by Stanley P. Baldwin Pdf

The original CliffsNotes study guides offer expert commentary on major themes, plots, characters, literary devices, and historical background. The latest generation of titles in this series also features glossaries and visual elements that complement the classic, familiar format. CliffsNotes on The Catcher in the Rye introduces you to a coming-of-age novel with a twist. J.D. Salinger's best-known work is more realistic, more lifelike and authentic than some other representatives of the genre. Get to know the unforgettable main character, Holden Caulfield, as he navigates the dangers and risks of growing up. This study guide enables you to keep up with all of the major themes and symbols of the novel, as well as the characters and plot. You'll also find valuable information about Salinger's life and background. Other features that help you study include Character analyses of major players A character map that graphically illustrates the relationships among the characters Critical essays A review section that tests your knowledge A Resource Center full of books, articles, films, and Internet sites Classic literature or modern-day treasure—you'll understand it all with expert information and insight from CliffsNotes study guides.

Author : Stanley P. Baldwin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2022-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798889159575

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CliffsNotes on Salinger's the Catcher in the Rye by Stanley P. Baldwin Pdf

Author : Robert B. Kaplan
Publisher : Cliffs Notes
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1965
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0822003015

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Cliff's Notes on the Catcher in the Rye by Robert B. Kaplan Pdf

Take a look at America through the eyes of Holden Caufield in The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger. CliffsNotes on The Catcher in the Rye takes you into the Atomic Age of the late 1940s - a historical setting that was both politically conservative and liberal, but leaning increasingly to the right. Find out why Salinger's writing is so highly praised, and why this novel continues to appeal to the young, the young at heart, and the dreamers of every generation. CliffsNotes on The Catcher in the Rye shows you how to catch on to the plot, characters, themes, and symbolism of the story with helpful commentaries, essays, and character analyses.

Author : Charles Dickens
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 556 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1868
Category : Electronic
ISBN : PSU:000029568239

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The Personal History of David Copperfield by Charles Dickens Pdf

Author : Regina Higgins,Charles Higgins
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2011-05-18
Category : Study Aids
ISBN : 9780544180079

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CliffsNotes on Huxley's Brave New World by Regina Higgins,Charles Higgins Pdf

The original CliffsNotes study guides offer expert commentary on major themes, plots, characters, literary devices, and historical background. The latest generation of titles in this series also features glossaries and visual elements that complement the classic, familiar format. The new world in CliffsNotes on Brave New World is not a good place to be. Readers have used the word "dystopia," meaning "bad place," to describe Huxley's fictional world. But your experience studying this novel won't be bad at all when you rely on this study guide for help. Meet John the Savage and enter Huxley's witty and disturbing view of the future. Other features that help you study include Character analyses of major players A character map that graphically illustrates the relationships among the characters Critical essays A review section that tests your knowledge A Resource Center full of books, articles, films, and Internet sites Classic literature or modern-day treasure—you'll understand it all with expert information and insight from CliffsNotes study guides.

Author : Robert Bruce
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 113 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2011-05-02
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780544182103

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CliffsNotes on Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Robert Bruce Pdf

The original CliffsNotes study guides offer expert commentary on major themes, plots, characters, literary devices, and historical background. The latest generation of titles in this series also feature glossaries and visual elements that complement the classic, familiar format. In CliffsNotes on Huckleberry Finn, you follow the Mississippi River adventures of Mark Twain's mischief-making protagonist Huck Finn and the runaway slave Jim. Just like Huck's makeshift raft, this study guide carries you along on his incredible journey by providing chapter summaries and critical analyses on life in the late-19th-century American south. You'll also gain insight into the man behind this American classic—Mark Twain, a.k.a. Samuel Clemens. Other features that help you study include Character analyses of major players A character map that graphically illustrates the relationships among the characters Critical essays A review section that tests your knowledge A Resource Center full of books, articles, films, and Internet sites Classic literature or modern-day treasure—you'll understand it all with expert information and insight from CliffsNotes study guides.

Author : Suzanne Pavlos
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2001-03-07
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780544179318

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CliffsNotes 1990s Newbery Medal Winners by Suzanne Pavlos Pdf

The original CliffsNotes study guides offer expert commentary on major themes, plots, characters, literary devices, and historical background. The latest generation of titles in this series also features glossaries and visual elements that complement the classic, familiar format. The works covered in CliffsNotes 1990s Newbery Medal Winners are a reflection of the society in which they were written. A recurring theme in the novels that won the Newbery Medal Award in the 1990s, regardless of the time period in which they were set, is the interdependence of people. Other significant themes that appear as a common thread are friendship and family, courage and bravery, and the dilemmas of adolescents struggling to become adults. With plenty of background information about each author, plot synopses, character maps, and in-depth analysis of characters and themes CliffsNotes 1990s Newbery Medal Winners is your ticket to understanding and enjoying all of the following novels: Holes, by Louis Sachar Out of the Dust, by Karen Hesse The View from Saturday, by Elaine Lobl Konigsburg The Midwife’s Apprentice, by Karen Cushman Walk Two Moons, by Sharon Creech The Giver, by Lois Lowry Missing May, by Cynthia Rylant Shiloh, by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor Maniac Magee, by Jerry Spinelli Number the Stars, by Lois Lowry Classic literature or modern-day treasure—you'll understand it all with expert information and insight from CliffsNotes study guides.

Author : Richard O Peterson
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 69 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2007-08-20
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780544182851

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CliffsNotes on Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing by Richard O Peterson Pdf

One of Shakespeare's romantic comedies, this play is set in the seaport town of Messina, in Sicily. The drama concerns "the battle of the sexes" and focuses on the barbed wits and intrigues that two sets of lovers and their friends and family create. Brimming with wit and antagonism, the play has amused and provoked audiences for centuries.

Author : Richard O Peterson
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 83 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2007-08-20
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780544180932

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CliffsNotes on Paton's Cry, the Beloved Country by Richard O Peterson Pdf

The original CliffsNotes study guides offer a look into critical elements and ideas within classic works of literature. CliffsNotes on Cry, the Beloved Country takes you into a compassionately told story set in the troubled and changing South Africa in the 1940s. Focusing on a people who are caught between two worlds -- the old with its rituals and and respect and the new with its lack of values and order -- this study guide explores a novel of social protest through character analyses and critical essays. Other features that help you figure out this important work include Profile of the author Alan Paton's life and work Historical background of the troubled and changing South Africa of the 1940s Character web and in-depth analyses of the major roles Summaries and commentaries for each chapter within the book Review questions and suggestions for theme topics Classic literature or modern-day treasure — you'll understand it all with expert information and insight from CliffsNotes study guides.

Author : Jill Colella
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2011-05-18
Category : Study Aids
ISBN : 9780544184213

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CliffsNotes on O'Brien's The Things They Carried by Jill Colella Pdf

The original CliffsNotes study guides offer expert commentary on major themes, plots, characters, literary devices, and historical background. The latest generation of titles in this series also feature glossaries and visual elements that complement the classic, familiar format. In CliffsNotes on The Things They Carried, you discover Tim O'Brien's powerful and innovative novel about the experiences of foot soldiers during and after the Vietnam War. Drawing largely on his own experiences during the war, the author creates a fictional protagonist who shares the author's own name, and allows this fictional "Tim O'Brien" to relate disturbing war stories as he creates an indictment against the wastefulness of war. Chapter summaries and commentaries take you through Tim O'Brien's very personal journey. Critical essays give you insight into the novel's historical context, the novel's narrative structure, and the theme of loss of innocence. Other features that help you study include Character analyses of the main characters A character map that graphically illustrates the relationships among the characters A section on the life and background of Tim O'Brien A review section that tests your knowledge A Resource Center full of books, articles, films, and Internet sites Classic literature or modern-day treasure—you'll understand it all with expert information and insight from CliffsNotes study guides.

Author : Andrew Bernstein
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 97 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2001-03-07
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780544179554

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CliffsNotes on Rand's Anthem by Andrew Bernstein Pdf

The original CliffsNotes study guides offer expert commentary on major themes, plots, characters, literary devices, and historical background. The latest generation of titles in this series also features glossaries and visual elements that complement the classic, familiar format. CliffsNotes on Anthem is an excellent introduction to Ayn Rand’s philosophy of human nature. The novella’s theme and central conflict—the individual versus the collective—is an important element of her moral and political philosophy. This study guide will help you understand the story of Anthem which takes place in an unnamed Communist- or Facist-like dictatorship of the future. Meet the hero, Equality 7-2521, a brilliant young man who yearns to be a scientist but is held back by a government that fears his intelligence. Your grasp on this novella will be strong with these features that help you study: Character analyses of major players A character map that graphically illustrates the relationships among the characters Critical essays A review section that tests your knowledge A ResourceCenter full of books, articles, films, and Internet sites Classic literature or modern-day treasure—you'll understand it all with expert information and insight from CliffsNotes study guides.

Author : CliffsNotes,Cliffsnotes
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 74 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2009-05-11
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780470460221

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CliffsNotes On Sparks' A Walk to Remember by CliffsNotes,Cliffsnotes Pdf

Get the most from Nicholas Sparks' A Walk to Remember with CliffsNotes—the original study guides Whether you've read the novel countless times or are a newcomer to Nicholas Sparks' work, this book is the perfect study guide companion to A Walk to Remember. You'll fall in love with the story of Landon and Jamie in a new way through the valuable insight and trusted guidance of CliffsNotes. Inside, you'll get: An author interview and comments throughout by Nicholas Sparks Author background Introduction to the novel List of characters Summaries and commentaries Character analyses Insight on underlying themes and Sparks' style and language Critical essays

Author : John Chua
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2011-05-18
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780544184206

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CliffsNotes on Achebe's Things Fall Apart by John Chua Pdf

The original CliffsNotes study guides offer expert commentary on major themes, plots, characters, literary devices, and historical background. The latest generation of titles in this series also feature glossaries and visual elements that complement the classic, familiar format. In CliffsNotes on Things Fall Apart, you explore the ground-breaking work of author Chinua Achebe, considered by many to be the most influential African writer of his generation. The novel, amazing in its authenticity, leaves behind the stereotypical portrayals of African life and presents the Igbo culture of Nigeria in all its remarkable complexity. Chapter summaries and commentaries take you through Achebe's world, and critical essays give you insight into the novel's themes and use of language. Other features that help you study include Character analyses of the main characters A character map that graphically illustrates the relationships among the characters A section on the life and background of Chinua Achebe A review section that tests your knowledge A Resource Center full of books, articles, films, and Internet sites Classic literature or modern modern-day treasure — you'll understand it all with expert information and insight from CliffsNotes study guides.