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J D Salinger First Person Point
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... a phony or moron. This behavior is seen when
Holden comes in contact with Sally Hayes. Holden
is talking of her somewhat positively, but then
when she answers, Yes-who is this? Holden calls
her a little phony. Id already told her father who
it was. (Salinger 106). As Holden's realization
that she is not what he is looking for becomes
clearer so does his anger with her. He later
continues his attempts to have Sally fill the
emptiness he yearns to fill by asking her to marry
him, and does not ...
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Catcher In The Rye Elkton Hills
1,394 words
What does phony mean to you? Do you consider it
something that is not what it really seems? Or
even something or someone that isn't normal in all
ways or just in some? Phony is one of the words in
the English literature that can have an endless
amount of interpretations. Can be being phony
possibly hinder an attempt to accomplish a task to
fully function mentally? Can phony delay an
individuals maturing period? In J. D. Salinger's
Catcher in the Rye, Holden's "phony phobia"
restricts him from be...
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Book Was Written Catcher In The Rye
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In 1964, J. D. Salinger composed a novel titled
The Catcher in the Rye that became quite
controversial and was banned from several schools
because of inappropriate content. The story is
pretty dramatic, but it has many comical
incidents. The book is trying to project the idea
that you can run from your problems as much as you
want; however it is inevitable that you face them.
You cant run forever! If this were a scary movie,
the evil laughter would start now. Our main
character Holden Caulfield ...
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Trouble Growing Up In Catcher The Rye
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Throughout the entire book Catcher in the Rye by
J. D. Salinger, Holden Caulfield experiences a lot
of trouble while struggling with the boundary
between adolescence and adulthood. Holden's basic
problem in life is that he is unable to accept
adulthood and grow up because he is not mature
enough to handle a complex world. He likes to see
things frozen because this way things are always
the same so he doesnt have to worry about it. He
would rather recede into a false, fantasy world he
created tha...
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Committing Suicide Third Stage
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Maturation is the journey from childhood to
adulthood, where time represents everyones
unavoidable passageway to adulthood. An awakening
in life can help one become aware of the world
around him. In the novel, The Catcher in the Rye,
the author J. D. Salinger, traces the process of
maturation through the protagonist Holden
Caulfield. Firstly, Holden commits many wrong
doings and hurts others through his actions.
Secondly, he encounters pain and anguish and
thirdly, he is healed. The three stages...
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Character Analysis Of Holden In Catcher The Rye
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In the novel, The Catcher in the Rye, written by
J. D. Salinger, Holden, the main character wants
to be a catcher. Holden hears a young boy on the
street singing If a body catch a body coming
through the rye and it made Holden feel better
(115). He wants to be the only big person around
in a rye field, near a cliff, to catch all the
kids playing from running off the cliff. It is
obvious from this statement that Holden wants to
help children, but how can Holden when he cannot
even take care of hi...
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Catcher In The Rye Holden Caulfield
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In The Catcher In The Rye Salinger portrays the
main character Holden Caulfield as a protector of
innocence which is shown through his protection of
children, giving up his own innocence to help
others, and his disgust of the graffiti on the
walls. Holden is a very strong minded individual
and is very open about the way he feels about
things. Although it does not seem that he is the
protector of innocence at first, as the story
progresses he begins to shed more of his own
innocence to affect tho...
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One Of The Most Important Side Of The Street
975 words
One theme developed in Catcher in the Rye by J. D.
Salinger is that bonds to our family is one of the
most important factors in life. This is evident
throughout the book since Holden spends so much of
his time thinking about, and striving to be with
his brothers and sister. Each one of Holden s
siblings plays an important role in helping him
cope with his life in school and the many
questions that he faces in his everyday life.
Aswell as give him a positive thought when he was
down. Looking at h...
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Didn T Care Five Dollars
744 words
Throughout life, an individual may endure several
emotionally or physically straining moments. In
The Catcher In The Rye, Holden Caulfield suffers
much verbal abuse, as well as physical. Both forms
of the abuse, combined with other factors,
eventually leads Holden to suffer a mental
breakdown. Holden s actions prove that A blow from
a whip raises a welt, but a blow from the tongue
smashes bones. Holden experiences several fights
throughout the story. Near the beginning, he
begins a struggle with...
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Catcher In The Rye Jane Gallagher
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Holden Caufield lives in a psychiatric hospital in
California. While in the rest home, Caufield tells
the story of a four day flash back when he was in
school. Holden's roommate, Ward Stradlater arrives
to get ready for his date with Jane Gallagher, a
girl whom Holden knows and likes. Afterward,
Holden and some friends go out for the night.
After an argument with Ward, Holden decides to
leave the school. He goes to New York. While
sitting in his room he decides to call Jane
Gallagher but instead...
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Catcher In The Rye Grab For The Gold Ring
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In JD Salinger's Catcher in the Rye, a post war
novel written in 1953 is about a troubled teenager
named Holden Caulfield, who struggles with loss of
innocence and the fact that everyone has to grow
up. He yearns for perfection. He illustrates
individualism and alienation in adolescents in
American society, and JD Salinger uses symbolism
and irony to get this point across to his
audience. Holden? s language, his colloquial
speech of teenagers above all provides the
excitement, surprises and clue...
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Catcher In The Rye Elkton Hills
1,381 words
What does phony mean to you? Do you consider it
something that is not what it really seems? Or
even something or someone that isnt normal in all
ways or just in some? Phony is one of the words in
the English literature that can have an endless
amount of interpretations. Can be being phony
possibly hinder an attempt to accomplish a task to
fully function mentally? Can phony delay an
individuals maturing period? In J. D. Salingers
Catcher in the Rye, Holden's phony phobia
restricts him from becomi...
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Holden Caulfield Ivy League
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It s nothing new, that everybody feels depressed
at some time or another in their lives. However,
it becomes a problem when that depression is so
much a part a person s life that she can no longer
see the happiness right in front her. (As
tragically happens to the young boy, Holden
Caulfield in J. D Salinger s novel, The Catcher in
the Rye. ) Mr. Antolini accurately views the cause
of Holden s depression as his lack of personal
motivation, his inability to self-reflect and his
stubbornness to ov...
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Museum Of Natural History Catcher In The Rye
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QUESTIONS FOR THE CATCHER IN THE RYE CHAPTERS 13
038; 14 1. Show two ways in which the incident
with Maurice and the prostitute demonstrate the
theme of man? s inhumanity to man (an aspect of
the world of experience). One incident (which
involves the prostitute) is when Holden didn? t
want to have sex with her but instead wanted to
chat, she responded by saying, ? What the heck ya
wanna talk about? ? This just shows that talking
isn? t what she is used to doing, even if she is
getting paid fo...
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Catcher In The Rye Positive And Negative
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Catcher in the Rye The Language of Cather in the
Rye The passage of adolescence has served as the
central theme for many novels, but J. D.
Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye, long a staple
in academic lesson plans, has captured the spirit
of this stage of life in hyper-sensitive form,
dramatizing Holden Caulfield's vulgar language and
melodramatic reactions. Written as the
autobiographical account of a fictional teenage
prep school student Holden Caulfield, The Catcher
in the Rye deals with mater...
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Catcher In The Rye Positive And Negative
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The passage of adolescence has served as the
central theme for many novels, but J. D.
Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye, long a staple
in academic lesson plans, has captured the spirit
of this stage of life in hyper-sensitive form,
dramatizing Holden Caulfield's vulgar language and
melodramatic reactions. Written as the
autobiographical account of a fictional teenage
prep school student Holden Caulfield, The Catcher
in the Rye deals with material that is socially
scandalous for the times (Gwynn,...
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Catcher In The Rye Elkton Hills
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Holden Caulfields Attempt Into Maturity Through
Phony Holden Caulfields Attempt Into Maturity
Through Phony What does phony mean to you? Do you
consider it something that is not what it really
seems? Or even something or someone that isnt
normal in all ways or just in some? Phony is one
of the words in the English literature that can
have an endless amount of interpretations. Can be
being phony possibly hinder an attempt to
accomplish a task to fully function mentally? Can
phony delay an individ...
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Decides To Leave Power To Make
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Holden's Red Hunting Hat and its Symbolism Can a
hat really provide a person with emotion, or for
that matter, can a hat ever protect a person from
their own emotions? In the book The Catcher in the
Rye by J. D. Salinger the image of the main
characters red hunting hat comes up many times.
Holden, the main character buys a hat while he is
in New York with his school fencing team. Holden
has just been kicked out of his school because for
academic reasons, he decides to leave his school
before the...
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Catcher In The Rye Holden Caulfield
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J. D. Salingers The Catcher in the Rye provides a
provocative inquiry into the crude life of a
depressed adolescent, Holden Caulfield. Without
intensive analysis and study, Holden appears to be
a clearly heterosexual, vulgar yet virtuous,
typical youth who chastises phoniness and decries
adult evils. However, this is a fallacy. The
finest manner to judge and analyze Holden is by
his statements and actions, which can be
irrefutably presented. Holden Caulfield condemns
adult corruption and phonine...
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J D Salinger Catcher In The Rye
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Catcher in the Rye? s pallid cover, adorned only
with seven multicolored bands in its upper-left
corner, is not what one would call eye-catching.
Its reverse side lacks criticisms or reviews of
any sort; in fact, it is bare of anything except a
copyright date. Human beings are advised not to
judge books by their covers, rather that they
should look further than the obvious and try to
apprehend the implied meaning. The world has
peered past Catcher in the Rye? s cover, cracked
its pure, uniform s...
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