
Anne Marie Thornton
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Answered a Question in Hamlet
Madness is a social construct, and it always has been. Deciding to be crazy, or pretending to be, is both an excuse and a rationalization. If people think that Hamlet is "mad", then... -
Answered a Question in The Catcher in the Rye
Holden actually likes a lot of things; he just doesn't know to articulate them. He knows, for example, that he likes his little sister Phoebe and his dead brother Allie. The obvious... -
Answered a Question in The Catcher in the Rye
Because Holden is in crisis in Catcher in the Rye, he seems to always feel the necissity to create reality (lie) rather than tell the truth. There are dozens of examples which illustrate his... -
Answered a Question in The Glass Castle
Rex and Rosemary Walls are not "traditional" parents. Rex is a nomadic dreamer who is always one step ahead of the bill collectors and drags his family from place to place through the desert... -
Answered a Question in The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood came of age in the Second Wave of feminism, when rights had been established, but there were still significant inequalities in society regarding gender roles. I think the best... -
Answered a Question in The Catcher in the Rye
Holden is conflicted in a number of ways, but his complete lack of communication is his primary conflict with the adult world. He doesn't talk to his parents, he barely listens to his... -
Answered a Question in Lord of the Flies
Golding appears to be pessimistic about the nature of mankind, but optimistic about the ways in which people can learn and grow from difficult experiences. There seem to be elements of... -
Answered a Question in The Catcher in the Rye
For Holden, in an "ideal" world, everyone is still a bit naive about life. Holden wants to protect children from having to face the harsh realities of life (thus his desire to be a "catcher... -
Answered a Question in E. B. White
The best way to answer this question is to read The Essays of E.B. White, because White's writing is all about the visceral reaction of living. He describes nature with a mixture of awe and... -
Answered a Question in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
There are many similarities between these two books, but the easiest one to address is the position of black women in society, because they had no real rights at the time. Both books are... -
Answered a Question in Girl, Interrupted
First, the "parallel universe." "Madness" was defined differently in the 1950s than it is in 2011. Perhaps Susanna says she feels like she's in a parallel universe because she... -
Answered a Question in Slaughterhouse-Five
"So it goes" is a nod to the existential nature of Kurt Vonnegut's life philosophy. Whenever someone (or something) dies in the novel, "so it goes" is Vonnegut's automatic mantra. There...