Chapter Summaries Chapter 1 In the first chapter of "The Catcher in the Rye" by J.D. Salinger, the narrator, Holden Caulfield, tells us quite a few things about himself and his family. 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. ... standing on the top of a hill next to his ex-school, watching a football game between his school and Saxon Hall, thinking about saying goodbye to Pencey and preparing to go over to his teacher, Mr. Spencer's", house as he was asked to do. The chapter ends wit...

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... with no chance. While the mills are developed, the workers are hopeless and wait for death. The rich are always right and attack the workers by writing and speaking while the poor are always wrong and unreasonable. By saying this, Stephen attacks the capitalist like Bounderby, getting the most advantages, but doesn't care about the laborers who make the city prosper. That Bounderby tells ... take care of his wife lying on the bed. Everything seems to be perfect and in order when she is in the room. She also prevents his wife from committing suicide. When Stephen is accused of robbing th...

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... see that he has been named after St. Stephen, the first Christian martyr, who was "stoned" by his friends and also saw a beautiful image before his death. It almost seems as if Stephen, instead of having a guardian angel, has an evil spirit lurking on his shoulder. And indeed he does, his ... or at least a "closed off area" in their personalities. Finally, after obtaining all this information, we can analyze the title, book-titles and chapter-titles. The main title of the book "Hard Times" is fairly uncomplicated. It makes reference both to the fact that the workers of that time ... at ...

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... of it's predecessors who had written about a labyrinth in some sense. Jorge Luis Borges inspired Danielewski to use the labyrinth in his writing. Although Danielewski was inspired by Borges, he incorporates the labyrinth not only as the main theme in the novel, but also in the form, or layout of ... dimensions of the house defy explanation and continue to shift until another hallway appears in one of the walls of the living room. " She continues on by saying " This hallway is far more threatening as it is utterly dark, and it's dimensions change with a menacing growl. Navidson calls for ...

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... cruelty they harbour - he hunts down Frankenstein, threatening to take his life in revenge. In this essay, I aim to examine Frankenstein's behaviour in Chapter 5; the chapter that the monster was created and deserted in. I will be explaining different techniques Mary Shelley (the author) uses to make us feel things for the ... has made - he is alone and needs guidance, but there is no-one to give it to him. Shelley again uses her clever writing skills here by making Frankenstein ill; it takes a few months for Frankenstein to recover from this. This could have been done to make us pity Fr...

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... themselves, what they are expected to represent and how they are utilised by their agencies' marketing machines. Chapter 3: The Engineers of K-pop This chapter identifies the three founders of the top three K-pop music labels in Korea. It first touches on Lee Soo-man, the founder of SM Entertainment, who is a central ... hired production teams that decide what is being sung and in what style. Even in the case of G-Dragon, who is known for composing and writing a majority of the group's songs, it is a collaborative effort with Hong-jun "Teddy" Park, YG Entertainment's in-house producer. ...

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... justify his actions. The play is full of noble speeches, heroic battles, and valiant English underdogs fighting their way to victory against all odds. King Henry seems to be a perfect leader - brave, modest, and fiercely determined, but with a sense of humour. Although his intentions may be ... future? This is also evident in Henry V, as he somewhat turns his back on his drinking and womanising pals as he tried to escape being "guilty by association" and display the behaviour typical of a King of England. He allows the hanging of Bardolph, a long-term friend, acting as ... and Henry IV t...

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... on September 20, 1878 and became an American author who wrote close to one hundred books in many genres. He achieved popularity in the first half of the twentieth century, acquiring particular fame for his classic muckraking novel, The Jungle that was written in 1906. Before his success at the age of fifteen, he began writing ... an attempt to educate the people involved in what he portrayed in the story. The story takes place in the early twentieth century. In the first chapter, a Lithuanian immigrant couple Ona and Jurgis, arrive in Chicago and wait to be married. They have their veseli...

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... together with hopes for racial assertion and self-definition. Toomer wrote most of Cane during the summer of 1921, by Christmas the first draft of all sketches including Kabnis were complete. During the early 1920's when Toomer was writing there was much emphasis on becoming a 'New Negro', forging a new identity for ones self through the mediums of literature, art and music. Due ... uses folk musical styles such as call and response to help foreshadow events within the first section of his book, as the poems act as spiritual calls to the next chapter or section. The poem Portrait i...

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... up above the din and emerge as a true American classic. The Jungle by Upton Sinclair is both a comment on and a product of its times. Upton Sinclair's career is "best described as prolific." He had any type of writing that anyone interested in Socialism could possibly want. But he was not always ... to be a poet, but this ended once Socialism was unmasked before his eyes. From then he plunged into writing about it, doing many articles for Socialist weekly, Appeal to Reason. It was while on assignment for them that he was sent to Chicago's stockyards to spend over two months observing a...

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... many different perspectives. One chapter is entirely quoted from Judge Horton's decision in Haywood Patterson's trial while the next is quoted from a prominent black newspaper of the time. Goodman allows his audience to understand the Scottsboro conflict from studying conflicting perspectives about the case. Stories of Scottsboro has two main points. The most obvious point is given by the title. Goodman conveys ... womens' allegations, a crowd of ten thousand came to town for the trials of the men. Judge A.E. Hawkins tried to figure out who would represent the nine defendants. Chattanoo...

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... can do well and good at the same time, while telling the story of how it's worked for him. Blake begins the book by using the first chapter to summarize how he got the idea for his most successful company, and how it got it's feet off the ground. The company he ... Blake had finished introducing TOMs, he used the rest of the book's chapters as a guide that gives the reader insight on how to make a good idea into a successful business. In chapter two, "Find Your Story", Blake insists that the story of your company should be the most important aspect ... had simple business plans like Goo...

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... suffering mainly affect Lear himself but other good characters as well such as Gloucester, Cordelia, Edgar and Kent. For Cordelia and Kent, They got banished by the overly proud King who lack of a sight to distinguish between the flattery and the sincerity. Similarly, Edgar has to escape and disguise himself because his credulous father who ... went back in Act 3 Scene 2, he begins to care for the Fool who accompanied him even in the storm: "My wits begin to turn. Come on, my boy. How dost, my boy? Art cold?"(3.2.65-66). He even sorry for what he did to the Fool "I have one part in ... ...

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... honest no matter what it takes. He pretends to be foolish, but he knows exactly what is going on. He is loyal to the king and he supports him even we he is no longer the king of the realm. Throughout the play, we learn that The Fool is right in everything he says. It ... rather profound wisdom. Kent and The Jester have something that Lear lacks; this thing is sanity and wisdom. And they are always by Lear's side to provide him with wisdom to shape a perfect king. When contrasting Goneril and Regan with Cordelia, they are oceans apart. They are in a sense, personifications of evil; they h...

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... does keep him in Carthage for some time and takes his thoughts away from his fate and upon his new love. Aeneas' unnatural love is also encouraged by Juno, the wife of Jupiter (King of the gods) and Queen of the gods. Juno does not wish Aeneas to fulfill his destiny. Juno's favorite city is Carthage and Juno knows Rome ... Mercury comes to Aeneas and reminds him his fate is not with Dido but lies somewhere else. It is then that Aeneas again begins to follow his destiny. Jupiter, the king of the gods, also plays a large part in Aeneas' journeys. Jupiter is the god in charge of fulfilling ...

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... this? Macbeth, by William Shakespeare centres on the character of Macbeth and his downfall from noble thane and courageous soldier to evil and barbarian king. At the beginning of the play, Macbeth is visited by three witches; they are the ones who plant ideas or possibilities of becoming king into his head. ... His ambition grows and the prospect of becoming king ... it is quite questionable whether Macbeth would have walked away unnoticed and unsuspected, as it was herself that placed the blood of King Duncan on his guards and fainted when Macduff questions became too intense and insis...

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... of the reason of the plague and ridding the citizens of the misery they endure. The city fuels their king's pride by agreeing with him. The Oracle at Delphi proclaimed that the murderer of the king should be banished, and the plague will be lifted. Oedipus, in his pride, declared without thinking, that ... the oracles were actually correct and they were mother and son as well as husband and wife. The pride of Oedipus brought his downfall. Shakespeare, on the other hand, uses jealousy as the tragic flaw of Othello. Othello's tragic flaw comes out first when the evil antagonist Iago says h...

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... by the "I" instead of "we" (Hills,14). Moreover, what identifies mostly the king's speech with pride is his warning to Kent: "Come not between the Dragon and his wrath". Lears identifies himself with a powerfully mythological beast. Tom's command, "set not thy sweet heart on proud array" becomes valid in face of the proud king ... on the stage holding a torch. The torch signifies the Promethean fire which in Renaissance iconology, stands for clarity of knowledge (Hills,93). That symbolizes Lear's newly gained mental lucidity regarding his life. Further more, the motifs of sight and eyes a...

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... Offensive Action. To achieve his main objective of destroying the enemies main body he favoured battle plans involving offensive movement or manoeuvre and supported by massive Artillery fire. c. Speed. Napoleon always believed that the speed could transform danger into opportunity and defeat into victory. He also believes ... column or movement. f. Time. He realized the vital significant of time and its accurate calculation in relation to space. This is proved in his writing, "Strategy is the arts of making use time and space. I am less chary of the lafter than of the former: space we r...

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... male passenger. In a "quiet, calm, dignified manner" she refused and was arrested for violating segregation laws . Word eventually arrived to Dr. King, who, in agreement to the suggestion by a friend of Mrs. Parks, to boycott the buses proceeded to organise a meeting of all the civic leaders of different Negro communities at his ... forming the Montgomery Improvement Association (MIA). To his utter joy about forty turned up and by the next day, their course of action was under way. On the Monday that the boycott was due to take place, Dr. King and his wife were desperately hoping for abou...

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... also related to the black church tradition (Siebold 60). The themes of King's sermons were often based on ideas of others. King's first introduction to the concept of nonviolent social resistance came through his reading of Henry David Thoreau's essay on civil disobedience. King was so moved by Thoreau's concept of "non-cooperation with evil" that he read many of Thoreau's essays ... multiple times (Warren 114). Another person with whom King learns from is Walter Rauschenbusch. King agreed with Rauschenbusch in that ones religion should go beyond the people themselves ... a stage for e...

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... for the main characters. Above all, many critics undermine the standing of King Lear as a tragic figure by suggesting that with a little more wisdom, he could have avoided the catastrophes in his life. Critics may go on speaking of the grandeur of Shakespeare's achievement and of Lear as a character ... truth about humanity. Lear's speeches in act 4, scene 6 are very powerful and express some fundamental truths about politics; Edgar is moved to comment on the king's words: "O, matter and impertinency mix'd, Reason in madness" (4.6.174-75)." But before we are tempted simply to equate Lear...

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... him. This is what Jack wants from the assembly. Later in the book, as in chapter five, he has changed his identity to the extent that he is no longer governed by the rules set by Jack - "Bollocks to the rules!" (P.114). This phrase can be cross-referenced to " ... "primitive" (P.62). His eyes give away his inner-self, a mad animal - "eyes that in this frustration seemed bolting and nearly mad." (P.62). He is on the edge - "The madness came into his eyes?rage?compulsion" (P.65). He has become a physical hunter - "swung?hurled'strength?hard?castanet? seductive'maddening?rushed' ... for a ...

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... in exchange for new taxes, he would be seen as weak. In the summer of 1787, the parliaments called on the king to summon the Estates-General. # King Louis XVI wanted to raise taxes on the nobles and wanted Parliament to register the land and stamp taxes, which of course they refused. In response ... meeting hall. This forced the third estate to meet on a tennis court, taking an oath to create a new constitution and claiming legitimate sovereignty and an authority equal if not more powerful than that of the king of France. What is considered by many historians to be the turning point in t...

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... anything they say. The chorus sees Oedipus to be of higher power than them, as they call him their king. This can be seen through quote 9 on the handout, which reads "Never will I convict my king, never in my heart." Another issue to be discussed in the 1st Stasimon is Accusation, Distrust and Denial ... . The whole Stasimon is based around the one main accusation; this being the accusation made towards Oedipus by Tiresias. The chorus is ... they wish to deny the accusations, and try to ignore the bad that has been brought upon their king. This can be shown from quote #13 on the handout,...

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