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Alienation And Catcher In The Rye

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Adolescence alienation in To Kill a Mockingbird and The Cather in the Rye Research Question How does the authors portray alienation during Adolescence in the novels To Kill a Mockingbird and Catcher in the Rye? Name: Osama Ahmed Syed Table of content Introduction……………………………………………………………………. 3 Paragraph 2……………………………………………………………………… 3 Paragraph 3……………………………………………………………………… 5 Paragraph 4……………………………………………………………………… 8 Paragraph 5……………………………………………………………………… 8 Paragraph 6……………………………………………………………………… 12 Paragraph 7……………………………………………………………………… 13 Conclusion……………………………………………………………………… 14 Introduction This extract is based on the two classic novels ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ by Nelle Harper Lee and ‘The Catcher in the Rye’ by …show more content…

Firstly is there an age where a person is considered an adolescent? Adolescence usually occurs between the age of 10 to 18 and can go on till the age of 25 [apa fix me]. Usually Adolescences are portrayed quite negatively in the media and are usually associated with drugs, sex, self-abuse and violence. There is currently no set definition for the word “adolescent” [apa fix me]. It is can be described using factors such as physical, social, cognitive development as well as age or the time from puberty until one receives economic independence. [apa fix me]. Alienation is one of the effects of Adolescence which is a phase where the adolescent want to run away from society and be his own …show more content…

The title of the novel originates from the main message of the story which was to not harm something which does not harm you as it only sings and does not pester crops or people. Similarly to J. D. Salinger, Harper Lee has only published one novel in her life which sold over 30 million copies worldwide. Harper Lee claims that she has written more novels although she says that she wants them to remain unpublished. The novel is narrated by a young tomboy girl by the name of Scout Finch. Harper Lee was the youngest of four children and a lot of Harper Lee’s characters are familiar to her life story. She had a mother suffering from mental illness who barely left the house which resembles Arthur Radley. Her father was a lawyer (Atticus). She herself was a tomboy who was tougher than many boys (Scout). Before Harper Lee became a writer she used to work for the school newspaper and

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On the other hand, Lee’s mother, Frances Cunningham Finch, suffered from mental illness, rarely leaving the house (“Harper” 1). Lee was the youngest out of four children (“Early” 1). She also grew up as a tomboy and didn’t focus on much on boys, makeup, and other girly stuff (“Early” 1). She attended Monroe County High School in 1944. She also attended Huntingdon College in Montgomery

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Alienation is an experience of being isolated from a group or a society. It is something that affects people everyday at school, work or any social events. The theme of alienation is showed in The Lego Movie when the character tries very hard to meet society’s standards. In the novel Fahrenheit 451 alienation is showed when no one listens or pays attention to the protagonist. The Lego Movie and Fahrenheit 451 does a good job demonstrating the theme of alienation with the usage of character emotions, feelings and society’s standards and labels throughout the movie and the novel.

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IN the novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Scout finch, a daughter to Atticus and a sister to Jem Finch. Scout is an innocent five year old girl at the beginning of the book, but by the time the book ends she is a 9 year old girl finding out just how evil things can be. Scout is a young girl with a free spirit. She speaks her mind all throughout the book witch make the book very comical, as the novel goes on it is obvious that scout is an outspoken, intelligent, and brave girl.

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Scout demonstrates the idea that adversity does strengthen an individual by learning how to take her life situations, furthermore turn them into positive outcomes, resulting in her building an emotional wall in order to prevent her past from breaking her down, leading her to show the world that she is transitioning into a mature, young woman. In Harper Lee’s novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, Jean Louise Finch (Scout Finch) becomes exhibited to adversity in her early childhood. Scout begins by having an arduous time trying to be herself without facing the wrath of people narking on her about the way she dresses as well as the way she acts. Without a mother figure present in her life, the only way she feels like herself is by doing what she knows best, acting as well as dressing like a boy.

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He demonstrates both physical and moral courage, even though he ends up getting the brunt of the attack, he does his best to save Scout and stands up for her from the attack of Bob Ewell. Lee wants to show that Jem's courage is against the fears and saving her sister without regard for his own safety. Harper Lee highlights instances of heroism and courage in a small town – Maycomb, riddled with the poverty and racial tensions characteristic. She conveys the real courage throughout her life – not least, by writing a book and using many of the characters as well as circumstances in her novel to demonstrate all facets of courage that is fighting against the tide of majority white opinion in the American South at the time and confronting the shyness of ourselves

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