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Tells His Father Holden Caulfield
1,487 wordsIn J. D. Salingers, 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 died...
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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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Teenagers Of Today Typical Teenager Of Today Holden
262 wordsHolden Caulfied in my opinion is a strange person who seems to keep to himself. In some ways he can and can? t be considered a typical teenager of today. Holden is a young male who is struggling through school and trying to get over the death of his young brother who died of leukemia. Along with this misfortune, Holden gets kicked out of Peace University when his grades reach and ultimate low. Holden has trouble interacting with people and he just can? t stand his roommate Stradlater. He conside...
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Catcher In The Rye Uncle Wiggily
1,575 wordsSalinger's children, as they appear in various novels and short stories, portray the ills of modern society through their innocence and spirituality, their honesty and sometimes, erratic behaviour. They are often as fragile and odd as they are intelligent and endearing, and the obscenities of life tend to overwhelm them at times. My intention is to show how Salinger uses the same technique over and over in his work. That is the use of children with all the innocence and idealism of youth, to dep...
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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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Catcher In The Rye Holden Caulfield
827 wordsThe dawning of mourning The Catcher in the Rye JD Salinger Little, Brown, 1951 When JD Salingers The Catcher in the Rye was first published, the reviews were hostile and dismissive. However, by 1953 when I, a sulky 17 -year-old American, read the book, it was already a classic. I could recite whole passages by heart while looking suggestively into the eyes of my date who, like me, thought everything about the adult world was, as Holden Caulfield said, phoney. The book celebrated the good English...
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