The Crooked Man Summary

At this time, Holden is “so depressed I can’t even think” (102), he says the decision is against all his “principles” (102), but in a state of loneliness, drunkenness, and teenage horniness, Holden agrees to purchase a prostitute for a quick “throw”. A woman named Sunny knocks on Holden’s door,

Son’s method of addressing real issues without the use of over the top flashy gay scenes and graphic violence appeals audiences of all backgrounds. The play manages to have laughable moments without the need for fabulosity and its exaggerated glamour and

“I saw a man and a woman squirting water out of their mouths at each other… I’m not kidding, the hotel was lousy with perverts.” (34.1). Holden reveals a great deal about his feelings toward sex and toward what makes him uncomfortable about sexuality. Although, he did admit that he was roused by the idea of spitting in someone’s face, he believes that people should only have sex if they care deeply for one another. Overall, sexuality is something secretive and shameful to Holden. To him, it seems there’s no such thing as a healthy sex drive, automatically means you’re a

20. American Beauty: The Tide Has Turned. „I rule!“ (01:11:41) Lester further boycotts her red-rose-mania by indifferently putting his bare naked feet and a bottle of beer next to a bouquet of roses in the living room, dressed in sloppy clothes, playing with a remote-controlled toy car – one of the causes for their marital arguments. The bad language Americans censor and allegedly despise so much, however, is exactly what makes these films about daily life so unique, or in Carey Mulliagan’s words, “authentically real” (McQueen/Fassbender/Mulligan). Particularly Frank and Brandon use of language exhibits some serious swearing towards April and Sissy.

Another example of guilt is the hallucinations that Macbeth has after he kills someone. One of the worst hallucinations he has is after he has his best friend, Banquo, killed he sees his bloody ghost at the table. This happens in act 4, scene 3, lines 101-102 when Macbeth says

And when I say absurdly intimate, I mean their relationship is a level of disgustingly creepy. They cannot stand being separated from each other for even a few minutes, one of them will have a complete melt down or explode. They did everything together growing up: sleep in the same room, go to the same clubs, use each other for comfort, everything. But Julia’s brother is a psychopath. He kills.

In the novel, The Catcher in the Rye, Holden Caulfield is a young man who seeks the acceptance of others. When Holden reaches out for acceptance from the most disgusting boy in the whole dorm, Ackley, he is rejected, which triggers him to leave Pencey early. He also receives rejection from a prostitute named Sunny, who thinks she is getting paid to give him a good time, when in reality, all he wants is some company and someone to talk to. He is rejected in this scenario when Sunny and her pimp barge into Holden’s hotel room, steal five dollars, beat him up, and leave him lying on the ground. However, Holden meets the nuns and feels as though they see him for who he is.

After going to the movies and seeing a woman character in the movie, Winston dehumanizes a woman. He describes a violent sexual fantasy imagining, “He would ravish her and cut her throat at the moment of climax... He hated her because... he wanted to go to bed with her and... round her sweet supple waist... was only the odious scarlet sash, aggressive symbol of chastity” (Orwell, 15). Violent sexual fantasies appear to be normal for Winston. His casual approach to sexual violence mirrors the violence throughout 1984.

Once Jake picks up a pretty prostitute named Georgette and her attempt for sex was faced by Jake’s declaration that he is sick. The brief presence of Georgette and her attempt to get sex for the sake of money led to establish one of the important themes of the novel which was the death of love. Jake leaves Georgette at dancing club named a Bal Musette after he has met Brett there. Jake and Brett left the club. They both got in a taxi and Brett exposed her miserable

I learned that I could be religious but gay, naïve but intelligent, confident but doubtful. While the words of my peers and society might be offensive and disrespectful at times, I could tolerate and befriend them, as their homophobia didn’t represent nor encompass their entire personality. Additionally, if I do ever experience homophobia again in my life, I’ve learned how to appropriately respond without disparaging the other person and without enabling them to besmirch me. Ultimately, I learned that being levelheaded and validating the other person’s perspective has enabled me to successfully thrive during moments of