.... of them follow." In the book, Between Parent and Teenager, it states the substance abuse is the number one cause of death amongst teenagers. Studies show that among high school students age 14 - 17, 60% of the students use alcohol once a week, 75% use it at least once a month, and 85% have used it once in the year. In the novel, Holden Caulfield has very easy access to alcoholic beverages. Throughout the novel, it seems that every time Holden gets depressed, he turns towards alcohol. in Chapter 12, Holden is at Ernie's night club and he got served even though he .....

.... the adjustment skills necessary for survival in the real world. Consequently, Carrie’s discovery of her menstrual period- the initial event associated with the emergence into womanhood- brings her only fear and loathing ( Magistrale 336 ). One of Carrie White’s biggest and greatest downfalls in her misinformation to life is her misunderstanding of the pre-adolescent menstrual cycle. Carrie White experiences some sort of dysmenorrhea which functions as a portent of her personal destruction and the destruction of her community ( Burns .....

.... son, has grown into a young man and he's constantly battling Suitors from destroying and wasting his father's wealth while looking to marry Penelope, Odysseus' wife. In Oedipus the King, a wild plague has been killing a big population of the city-state of Thebes . This was a big conflict that the people in Thebes turned to King Oedipus to solve. He helped the city before by solving the riddle of the Sphinx and they needed help from him once more. During this plague, blight on the crops was present, children stillborn, women dying after giving birt .....

.... a day works save a few lives which will be put to death under the guillotine by the over thrown citizens. The main character of this book is the Scarlet Pimpernel or known as Sir Percy Blakeney. He is the man of courage who with his crew has saved many lives. In his everyday lives he acts as though he was a dull but rich gentleman. While his business are daringly dangerous. His rival fiend Chauvelin a French spy. He use many ways to try to find the identity of the Scarlet Pimpernel. He even use his old friend Lady Blakeney. She is Sir Percy wife and .....

.... run us outa Weed,” he exploded triumphantly. Anyone would have given up on him and left, but not George. George stayed with him because he loved him. He remained for a friend. George’s other strong characteristic was taking the life of a friend, out of love and compassion. He also did it out of respect, so Lennie could die with dignity. “George was quite for a moment. “But not us,” he said. “Because____” “Because I got you an’____” “An I got you. We got each other, that’s what, that gives a hoot in hell about us,” Lennie cried in triumph. George cared, he car .....

.... snow from a tree blots out the fire and the character realizes "he had just heard his own sentence of death." Jack London introduces death to the reader in this scene. The man realizes "a second fire must be built without fail." The man's mind begins to run wild with thoughts of insecurity and death when the second fire fails. He recollects the story of a man who kills a steer to stay warm and envisions himself killing his dog and crawling into the carcass to warm up so he can build a fire to save himself. London writes, "a certain fear of death, du .....

.... Their very existence falsified by the Ministry of Truth. Winston hid his hate of the Party very well from the telescreens. He hated the party but he knew there was nothing he could do. He had heard of an anti-Party organization called the Brotherhood, but there was no way of knowing if it really existed. He didn¹t know if anyone felt the same way he did, but he was sure there must be. The Party was reconstructing society as a whole, and no one seemed to notice. it was done so systematically and effectively, it was hard to believe the world had ever .....

.... trial and tribulations though out his journey. Candide searches for his love, Lady Cunegonde, never able to obtain her. But by the end of the book Candide got what he always wanted by making her his wife. This shows that his belief in things happening for best is a true statement. He declares that one is responsible for there own actions. People are in control of their own lives, and it is not God’s job to decide it for us. God created the universe for us to live in. We live though him each day, make our own choices and live with the outcome that we determ .....