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Holden Sees Gold Ring
746 words"This fall I think you " re riding for- it's a special kind of fall, a horrible kind. The man falling isn't permitted to feel or hear himself hit the bottom. He just keeps falling and falling. The whole arrangement's designed for men who, at some time or other in their lives, were looking for something their own environment couldn't supply them with. So they gave up looking. They gave it up before they ever really even got started. " Holden Caulfield's fall to psychological breakdown begins with...
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Grab For The Gold Ring Innocent Children
686 wordsIn The Catcher in Rye, Holden views the world as an evil and corrupt place where there is no peace of mind, or innocence. His perception of the world does not change as the novel develops however, towards the end Holden gradually comes to realize that he is powerless to change it. Ironically I think he does mature as the novel progresses. Although we are only told of a short period of Holden's life in the book, Holden is very successful in telling his point of view of the world, a crazy, and cor...
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Life Is A Game Point Of View
1,653 wordsThe Catcher in the Rye has truly earned its place among great classic works. J. D. Salinger created a literary piece that was completely unique. The entire novel was written in the first person view of the 17 -year-old, Holden Caulfield. The majority of the story is compiled of Holden's rudimentary monologue of 'complexly simple' thoughts, the rest utilizing his relay of previous dialogue. That and the use of unique punctuation, digressing explanations, and complex characterization, transformed ...
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Holden Critiques The Weaknesses Of Society
439 wordsHolden attacks various weaknesses in our society. Many incidents in the novel portrayed Holden as a person with full of hate in society. He critiques everything that had happened to him, many of the situations that he has experienced come across in todays society. His point of view on phonies; loosing a loved one; not remembering the true meaning of Christmas, are all the weaknesses in society. As we read further, we start to understand Holden's reason for hating phoney's. The many people that H...
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Decides To Leave Catcher In The Rye
914 wordsIn life, we always have dreams that we desire and wish to become reality and we have goals that we plan on accomplishing. However, most of the time succeeding is harder said than done. Holden and Homer represent the people who seem to be categorized under those who have the trouble succeeding. Although they are two different people who live in two different types of society, they both share the same goal. Living in two different types of societies and being so different from each other many woul...
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Catcher And The Rye Siddhartha
902 wordsSiddhartha's dream throughout the entire novel consisted of finding his own self, and to be united within the great Gods. 'One must find the source within one's Self, one must possess it. " (Hesse, pg. 5) In his village many people admired him for his intellectual ability because he knew so much about finding peace and being at one with the universe. However, he always searched for a better world and a better understanding of the purpose of life. He knew the people in the village couldn't furthe...
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Lord Of The Flies Loss Of Innocence
1,050 wordsIn Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, we find a group of British boys stranded on a tropical island while the rest of the world is at war. Their plane has been shot down and they find themselves without adults to tell them how to act. As they struggle to survive, they encounter conflicts that mirror the decayed society from which they have come. In The Lord of the Flies, the theme is innocence and the loss of it. Another way to describe the fear of the unknown could be man ultimately reverti...
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Gold Can Stay Catcher In The Rye
905 wordsHolden Caulfield, from J. D. Salinger's The Catcher In The Rye, and Robert Frost, in his poem Nothing Gold Can Stay have very similar views on certain prospects of life. Frost shows the same perspective as Holden Caulfield. For example, both Caulfield and Frost want beautiful thing to last forever. They both protest the mutability of time. Lastly, they both want to hold on to innocence. In short, you could say that both Holden Caulfield and Robert Frost have a desire to be a catcher in the rye. ...
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Thoughts And Feelings Baseball Mitt
709 wordsIn J. D. Salingers The Catcher in the Rye, the first person narration is critical in helping the reader to know and understand the main character, Holden Caulfield. Holden, in his narration, relates a flashback of a significant period of his life, three days and nights on his own in New York City. Through his narration, Holden discloses to the reader his innermost thoughts and feelings. He thus provides the reader not only with information of what occurred, but also how he felt about what happen...
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Catcher In The Rye Adult World
942 wordsThe title of the book A Catcher in the Rye is reflected in the mistaken words of a poem by Robert Burns. Holden thought it was If a body catch a body coming through the rye. Thats what he wanted to be. The only older individual in a group of kids in the rye, that he would catch them before they fall off the cliff. Many events caused this belief or illusion that he could stop people falling off and eventually he came to many realisation's. Holden Caulfield was (believe it or not) an average teena...
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Catcher In The Rye Holden Caulfield
989 wordsAnalysis of the Catcher in the Rye In 1919 Jerome David Salinger was born to Sol and Miriam Jillich Salinger. This man would have a moderately normal childhood attending the private Mc Burney School in Manhattan, and afterwards the Valley Forge Military Academy in Pennsylvania, where he graduated in 1936. He then attended New York University for an unsuccessful summer session in short-story writing. This 20 th century novelist would later come to be known as J. D. Salinger and write many short s...
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Catcher In The Rye Ways Of Life
782 wordsCatcher in the Rye A classic theme in American literature is a youths journey into adulthood. This journey is usually met with some adversity. Such is the case with J. D. Salinger's book The Catcher in the Rye. In this book the protagonist, Holden Claufield, is a nineteen year old expelled college student who is going through some tough times. Most of Holden's problems stem from his inability to disregard his childhood and proceed to maturity. Throughout the novel, Holden tries to hold onto the ...
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Mentally Ill One Example
647 wordsMany people in the world today suffer from mental illnesses. In the novel, The Catcher in The Rye by J. D. Salinger, Holden Caulfield is a teenager who just got kicked out of his private prep school. Throughout the novel, Holden demonstrates many qualities of a person suffering from some kind of mental illness. Many times throughout the novel, Holden deliberately lies to people. He considers himself a terrific liar. One example of when Holden exhibits qualities of a mentally ill person is when h...
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Year Old Boy Catcher In The Rye
966 wordsIn this book, the main character, Holden Mc Field, tells the story about what happened during his Summer vacation. Holden is a sixteen-year-old boy who has flunked out of a private prep school. Because he is afraid that his parents would find out this fact, he goes to a hotel in Las Vegas instead of going home after he leaves school for Summer vacation. In Las Vegas, many things happen to him within a few weeks. For example, he goes to the hotel bar and meets two women after he first arrives the...
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Catcher In The Rye Negative Feelings
496 wordsThe Catcher in the Rye Many times in literature, the setting is particularly significant to the novel in terms of plot, themes, or characters. The Catcher in the Rye, by J. D. Salinger, takes place in 1950 New York City. The main character, Holden Caulfield, got expelled from school and goes into the city for a few days before returning home. He spent his time dealing with his feelings about growing up. The setting is significant to this story because it supports the theme of Holden trying to gr...
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Holden Wasn T
499 wordsJ. D. Salinger uses Holden Caulfield? s anti-heroic characteristics to develop the theme of innocence and childhood. Holden is afraid of growing up and would prefer to remain an innocent child. He seems unable to face the responsibilities that come as one gets older. His continued flunking at school shows this. ? They kicked me out. I wasn? t suppose to come back after Christmas vacation, on account of I was flunking four subjects and not applying myself at all. ? (Page 4). School is normally wh...
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Catcher In The Rye Elementary School
433 wordsHappy endings offered throughout novels are results of spiritual reassessments or more reconciliation of specific characters. Considered as a more relaxed novel, Catcher in the Rye catches the spirit of the reader with its moral reconciliation, defining the books meaning as a whole. Holden Caufield serves as the protagonist in the novel by J. D. Salinger, Catcher in the Rye. Holden trudges through the book lonely, making assumptions of everyones characters. Every character in this novel accordin...
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Catcher In The Rye Elementary School
429 wordsSuccessful conclusions offered throughout novels are results of spiritual reassessments or moral reconciliation of specific characters. Considered as a more relaxed novel, Catcher in the Rye catches the spirit of the reader with its moral reconciliation, defining the books meaning as a whole. Holden Caufield serves as the protagonist in the novel by J. D. Salinger, Catcher in the Rye. Holden trudges through the book lonely, making assumptions of everyones characters. Every character in this nove...
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J D Salinger World War Ii
1,997 wordsMany critics consider J. D. Salinger a very controversial writer, for the subject matters that he writes... J. D. Salinger? s works were generally written during two time periods. The first time period was during World War II, and the second time period was during the 1960? s. Critics feel that the works during the 1960 time period were very inappropriate, because of the problems for which he wrote. The main characters were generally misfits of society. In most of his works, he has the protagoni...
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Falls In Love Catcher In The Rye
1,865 wordsFinal Paper Has Final Paper There s a famous saying that goes like this: Behind every great man, there is a great woman. However, not all men are great. All men have flaws and women help men get through tough times and problems so they can come to resolutions. In the novels The Man Within, Lord Jim, and The Catcher in the Rye and in the movies Fight Club and American Beauty, the female characters relationships with the male characters are important and help the male characters with their respect...
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