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Catcher In The Rye Holden Caulfield
764 wordsThe Catcher in the Rye, by JD Salinger, is a display of characters and incidents portrayed through the eyes of an adolescent. Holden Caulfield, the main character has been revealed in the first person view in a unique narrative of a teenage boy who forms a transition into adulthood. Holden perceives the world as an evil and corrupt place where there is no purity and that individuals in the world acquire a trait known as "phony. " Throughout the novel, Holden Caulfield refers to the conditions of...
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Charles Scribner Sons J D Salinger
1,204 wordsHolden Caulfield is the controversial character in The Catcher in the Rye. He goes through many changes throughout the novel as he matures from a child to an adult. In this book, he is portrayed as a confused teenager trying to find his place in the crazy world, while criticizing his foes and contradicting himself. The way he presents himself throughout the novel allows readers to relate to him better. His experiences and his thoughts vary, but still revolve around one main center of gravity whi...
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J D Salinger First Person Point
1,293 words... 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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J D Salinger Catcher In The Rye
495 wordsJ. D. Salinger's novel The Catcher in the Rye has been accused of excess vulgarity and banned from highschool classrooms, however close examination reveals it is merely the expression of a disturbed adolescent and therefore appropriate. Salinger's background and adolescence can be examined and compared to that of Holden Caulfield, the hero in Catcher in the Rye, as well as Holden's deep emotions and intense feelings in order to fully understand why the language was used. J. D. Salinger was born ...
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Children From Growing Grab For The Gold Ring
1,112 wordsIn The Catcher in the Rye, Holden Caulfield views the world as an evil and corrupt place where there is no peace. "His anger turned to relentlessly unforgiving social scorn. " (Coles) This perception of the world does not change significantly through the novel. However as the novel progresses, Holden gradually comes to the realization that he is powerless to change this. "Holden Caulfield had much going for him -- a comfortable suburban life and a privileged educational background in a private s...
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Allie Dont Let Me Disappear Dont Let Me Disappear Holden
752 wordsThe Catcher in the Rye is a first person narrative told through the eyes of the protagonist, Holden Caulfield. He begins his story in the style of a psychoanalytic project in which Caulfield will tell on his own terms. This limits the scope of the story to only what Holden wants to talk about. This, coupled with his mercurial changes of mood, his stubborn refusal to admit his own sensitive-ness and emotions, his cheerful disregard of what is sometimes known as reality which is expected of an ado...
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J D Salinger Catcher In The Rye
1,802 wordsJ. D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye is the story of a sixteen-year-old boy named Holden Caulfield. He comes from quite a wealthy family, has attended several private preparatory schools, but has been expelled from all of them. In the beginning of the book, Christmas is drawing near, and Holden has been kicked out of Peace Prep because he has failed most of his subjects. He does not want to tell his parents yet, so he decides not to go home until the beginning of the Christmas vacation. Inste...
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J D Salinger Catcher In The Rye
791 wordsTeenagers throughout the century have always had trouble going through their adolescent years of their lives. The book Catcher in the Rye, is a realistic fiction and it is by J. D. Salinger. The novel was basically about a teenage male high school student who has been in and out of school for his unacceptable grades. Most of this story takes place around New York. The Catcher in the Rye is set in the 1950 s. The setting is important to the book because the only reason he is in New York was becau...
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Catcher In The Rye Holden Caulfield
1,067 words... ous breakdown. This was evident by his bouts of unexplained depression, impetuous spending and generally odd, erratic behavior, prior to his eventual nervous collapse. Some critics have argued that Holden's character is erratic and unreliable, as he has many of the middle-class values that he claims to reject. Later on critics began to have praised the twisted humor of the main character. These critics have commented that the structure of the novel helps you understand Holden's unstable stat...
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Fell In Love Holden Caulfield
1,421 wordsPreface - This book has been steeped in controversy since it was banned in America after it's first publication. John Lennon's assassin, Mark Chapman, asked the former beatle to sign a copy of the book earlier in the morning of the day that he murdered Lennon. Police found the book in his possession upon apprehending the psychologically disturbed Chapman. However, the book itself contains nothing that could be attributed with leading Chapman to act as he did - it could have been any book that he...
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Holden Caulfield Principal Thurmur Mersault
560 wordshave so clearly portrayed in both books. But as much as both have been alienated, one is an essentialist while the other remains an existentialist. Holden Caulfield being the essentialist that he is, has psychological motivation for every action he takes. He is a teenager that is struggling with the fact that everyone has to grow up, which to him means that you have to become "phony or corrupt." While on the other hand Mersault, the existentialist, does things for no reason whatsoever. He is a c...
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Drinking And Smoking Perception Of The World
2,255 wordsBailey 1 Erica Bailey Period 1 Honors English 10 19 April 2000 Boys Will Be Boys Holden Caulfield, portrayed in the J. D. Salinger novel Catcher in the Rye as an adolescent struggling to find his own identity, possesses many characteristics that easily link him to the typical teenager living today. The fact that they book was written more than forty years ago clearly exemplifies the saying boys will be boys? no matter what period of time is taking place. Holden's actions are those that any teena...
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J D Salinger Catcher In The Rye
913 wordsTHE CATCHER IN THE RYE By, J. D. Salinger The Catcher In The Rye, a novel written by J. D. Salinger, is appropriate reading for todays youth although he wrote this book in 1951. It is apparent that this title has a lot to do with the contents of the book. Holden Caulfield, the main character, said at one point, I mean theyre all right if they go around saving innocent guys lives all the time. He is speaking to the reader, and the idea of saving is the catcher. It is the same as in a baseball gam...
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Holden Caulfield Third Person
895 wordsThe World Through Holden Caulfield s Eyes When writing a novel, the author has the option of using the first or third person narrative. In The Catcher in the Rye, J. K. Salinger creates Holden Caulfield in the first person. As we go from one adventure to the next, we see everything that happens from Holden s point of view. This helps to make him a sympathetic character. Throughout the novel, Holden Caulfield has a constant inner monologue which reflects on everything that s going on in his life....
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Holden Caulfield Pencey Prep
694 wordsAuthor: J. D. Salinger Major Characters: Holden Caulfield Holden Caulfield is the main character and narrator of the story. The story consists of what he is telling a psychologist about several days that Holden spent in New York after being dismissed from Pencey Prep School. During the time he talks about he had been having a nervous breakdown. The death of his brother Allie, which he blames himself for, has made him depressed and sapped his motivation. Allie s death shows that Holden doesn t kn...
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Catcher In The Rye Holden Caulfield
2,043 wordsIn a perfect world, everyone would be happy with the way they are and everyone would accept the differences of others. Unfortunately, the world we live in is not perfect and not everyone accepts who they are. Is there a reason why people cannot be content with their lives or with the differences of other people? The answer is yes, and the reason for the discontent is society. With society telling the masses what is, and is not acceptable, it is no wonder that people seem? lost? , and are despera...
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Order To Find Friends And Family
1,235 wordsA Lack of Companionship, a Lack of Joy Those friends thou hast, and their adoption tried, grapple them to thy soul with hoops of steel (q. in Davidoff 106). As long as man has existed, man has strived to have companions: to feel the love of friends and family. In J. D. Salinger s The Catcher in the Rye, protagonist Holden Caulfield rose from his sadness and found happiness only when he realized the importance of the love and companionship offered by friends and family. Holden faced many obstruct...
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Main Character Holden Catcher In The Rye
636 wordsCatcher in the Rye is a fiction book written by J. D. Salinger in 1945. In the book the main character, Holden Caulfield, narrates to us the 1950 s memory of his final day at the school Peace Prep and the mental breakdown he suffered in his expedition on the streets of New York. In Catcher in the Rye there were certain important characters that need to be mentioned. The was the main character Holden Caulfield. In the flashback he was 16 years old and on the verge of mental break down. He sees th...
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Tells His Father Holden Caulfield
1,507 wordsIn J. D. Salinger? s, The Catcher in the Rye, the novel tries to capture the adolescent life in a hyper-sensitive form, dramatizing Holden Caulfield as the main character who is known to be a? rebel against society. ? Holden Caulfield, a seventeen-year-old boy, believes in protecting the innocent. He strongly believes in saving the innocence of children who yet not know adulthood. Especially the innocence of his little sister because he lost his brother who he believes lost his innocence when he...
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Holden Nervous Breakdown
1,410 wordsSocieties Influence Upon Humanity Rejection is the key to self-destruction. Rejection of an individual could possibly cause the mental deterioration (nervous breakdown) of that individual due to the repudiation of society. Ostracization is not always induced by the physical appearance of a person but is sometimes caused by a character flaw. In both J. D. Salinger? s The Catcher in the Rye and E. L. Doctorow? s Ragtime the main characters, Holden and Evelyn, feel rejected by society and in isolat...
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