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…and symbolic car scene. In this scene, Lester sits slouched down in the back seat with a look of emptiness while his daughter Jane sits up front, next to his wife Caroline who is driving the car. The symbolism is shown through Carolyn driving the car, as she drives…

…“It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.” – Jane Austen This opening line of Pride and Prejudice could well describe the whole point of her book. With this single short…

…of acceptance. Holden wishes to gain acceptance from those who represent innocence, and a childhood friend, Jane Gallagher happens to be one of those people. In the beginning of the novel, Holden tells us the story of Jane Gallagher and how they use to play checkers…

…and sickly also. Shortly after Edward VI’s death she went to claim the throne. She was secretly warned by an unknown person of Northumberland’s plot to capture her or kill her, and take the throne for himself through the marriage of him to Lady Jane Grey…

…, but inevitably the cat died and was not able to live in this society. They also try to show that having blue eyes and blonde hair will lead to beauty. They flaunt Mary Jane candies that have a small picture of a young girl with blue eyes and blonde hair. Pecola…

…, is disgustingly unclean. Stradlater is sexually mature and experienced for a Pencey boy, and utterly preoccupied with himself; he tends to assume everyone else is preoccupied with him, too. Jane Gallagher - Holden's former girlfriend, now dating Stradlater. Jane's…

…. Next Holden is upset, and worried about Jane’s date with Stradlater. He fears that Stradlater is determined to steal Jane’s innocence. He explains, “If you knew Stradlater, you’d have been worried, too. I’d double-dated with the bastard a couple of times…

…was dying, he though he may not even finish his Ph.D. It was around this time that he met his future wife, Jane Wilde. Hawking's graduate thesis discussed what happens when a star burns off its fuel and collapses into a black hole. In 1965 he applied…

…Background Jane is a new sales rep in a major small appliance manufacturer. She is placed under the guidance of the firm’s most productive sales rep, Ann Green. Jane has a problem with the reporting of expenses. She feels that she should only…

…of having rather too much her own way and a disposition to think a little too well of herself." These defects lead Emma to begin the novel misreading many situations such as Frank Churchill's affections. Jane Austen uses dramatic irony to expose Emma's…