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The Psychological Message Of Catcher In Rye
1,034 wordsThe Psychological Message of J. D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye A novel, like a movie, is a form of entertainment; however, some novels do a great deal more than entertain. Some pack an emphatic psychological message. An illustration of such a publication is Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. In addition, Ken Kaseys One Flew Over the Cookies Nest is a narrative with a comparable central theme. J. D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye is yet another instance of a story with an i...
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Allie Dont Let Me Disappear Dont Let Me Disappear Holden
1,221 wordsIf there were one word to tell what the theme of the book was it would be innocence. How we are all innocent at some point, how to try to keep our innocence, and how no one can keep their innocence forever. We all fall from our innocence. Adam and Eve fell from grace and innocence and set the tone for all of our lives. Throughout the whole book Holden is trying to make people keep their innocence and he wants to hold onto it himself. What he needs to learn and does learn through the course of th...
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Achieve This Goal Catcher In The Rye
1,248 wordsIn JD Salingers Catcher in the Rye, a troubled teenager named Holden Caufield struggles with the fact that everyone has to grow up. The book gets its title from Holden's constant concern with the loss of innocence. He did not want children to grow up because he felt that adults are corrupt. This is seen when Holden tries to erase naughty words from the walls of an elementary school where his younger sister Phoebe attended. " While I was sitting down, I saw something that drove me crazy. Som...
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Catcher In The Rye Grab For The Gold Ring
1,644 wordsIn 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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Traumatic Stress Disorder Post Traumatic Stress
1,723 wordsLike many people, Holden Caulfield suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder. Post-traumatic stress disorder occurs when one or more disturbing events create an overwhelming feeling of helplessness or powerlessness. 1 In Holden s case, this event in his life was the death of his younger brother Allie. Holden s relationship with Allie was so great that everyone Holden encounters has to fit Allies model. The fact that Allie was only a kid when he died is why Holden cares so much about Phoebe and...
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Decides To Leave Power To Make
1,459 wordsHolden'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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