... process, Henry and Holden transfer from juvenile to mature behavior with different rates and struggles, as demonstrated by their unique actions and thoughts at various checkpoints throughout Red Badge of Courage and Catcher in the Rye. Each of the novices struggle psychologically during their novel's separation stage as their location exacerbates their insecure conditions; however, Holden's stubbornness creates a treacherous cycle in which ... regarded the wounded soldiers in an envious way. He conceived persons with torn bodies to be peculiarly happy. He wishes that he, too, had a woun...

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... , The Scarlet Letter is based on the puritanical custom of affixing a giant red, letter "A" to anybody that committed adultery. The novel centers on the adulterous Puritan Hester Prynne. Throughout the novel, she loyally refuses to reveal the name of her partner. The novel is generally regarded as Hawthorne's masterpiece and as one of the classics of American literature. However, it also reflects the typical, partriarchical ... we see from this passage, no matter what Hester has done, despite her courage and her independent spirit, despite the fact that she ultimately claims the dreaded ...

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