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"An epiphany means a sudden, ovewhelming insight or revelation evoked by a commonplace object or scene in a poem or a work of fiction" (Hamilton 102).
The first time I heard the word epiphany, I thought my English teacher sneezed my name...ahhpifany.
So obviously that drew my attention. As I listened to him ramble on about the Catcher in the Rye, which was dry and annoying throughout the entire novel until Holden sees the carosel and has the epiphany. He says "I mean how do you know what you’re going to do till you do it?” Throughout the novel Holden was trying to figure out what was going to happen next and why. He didn't find a solution but he found HOW to find a solution. The idea of an epiphany.
So to me...the term epiphany has in a way sentimental value to me, if that is what you want to call it. To make it all better, After realizing the epiphany (HA!) In the Catcher in the Rye, it is my absolute favorite book.