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…Pride and Prejudice The title of the novel Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen, can be interpreted as a theme running through the novel. Pride, observed Mary, . . . is a very common failing, I believe. By all that I have ever read, I am convinced…

…a struggle with Stradlater, his roommate, over his friend’s date, Jane Gallagher. Holden was upset to learn that the couple were alone in a car, knowing Stradlater’s sexual history. Holden’s mind chooses to push out the incident, so it is foggy in his…

…“And upon looking over his letters and things, she found it was so, and is perfectly sure that this must be the very man, and her head is quite full of it, and of poor Richard!” (Austen, 34) Richard Musgrove is a very, very minor character in Jane…

…with their quest for freedom. Another appeal of the river it’s ideal peacefulness. It does not seem like Huck enjoys the company of others too much with the exception of Jim, Tom Sawyer, and secondary characters such as Mary Jane Wilks. He seems to enjoy a tranquil…

…friend of Holdens. Stradlater did not even say that he did anything with Jane (Holden's friend), but just the little things like that set Holden off. This violent outburst is evidence of his unstable mental state. Furthermore, Holden first asks his friend…

…Jane Austin’s novel Sense and Sensibility focuses on the struggles of the Dashwood daughters when they are left with little money after their father dies. The lack of any kind of dowry leaves the future marital status of the girls uncertain. However…

…as examples of the foolish society are not in the film. The naiveté of the Wilks sisters is disturbing to Huck who attempts to help them stop the frauds from stealing their inheritance. The movie is dissimilar to the book in that it concludes with Mary Jane and her…

…"Sense and Sensibility" In Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility there is a theme that runs along with males in the novel. The first born sons are forced to deal with the promotions and abilities that come along with the laws of primogeniture, yet even…

…has reached the point of hysteria and is insane. But, the narrator sees it differently. She declares that she is now free by saying: "I've got out at last,..in spite of you and Jane! And I've pulled off most of the paper, so you can't put me back…

…they haven’t anything to say. They even say “thank you” when you tighten their skates, and they don’t go behid a post to button their pants.”; (Costello 7) Holden admires how Phoebe keeps her mouth shut sometimes, which he considered as “non-phony” “Both Jane…