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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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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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Life Is A Game Sister Phoebe
1,203 wordsEveryone knows and wants the all too true American dream, to be or wants to be something that is better than what you are or have already. In The Catcher in the Rye, by J. D. Salinger, Holden Caulfield is an idealist who always envisions his life as it should be, and not as it truly is. It is the story of an emotionally disturbed sixteen-year-old boy; told through a flashback. In an attempt to deal with his problems and try to find himself, he leaves the school, which he was kicked out of to vac...
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Younger Siblings Holden Describes
1,126 wordsMark Jason S. So March 1999 Each and every action the children performed in school and in any place is a reflection of the quality of life they have in their own homes. Parents have a responsibility of taking care of their children and parents have the influence and impact that creates the primary personality of an individual. This influence can mold a certain individual into a responsible citizen or a rebellious delinquent as perceived in J. D. Salinger's "The Catcher in the Rye." The protagoni...
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Catcher In The Rye Love And Affection
1,372 wordsJerome David Salinger was a very famous American author who wrote several books. One of his most successful books was The Catcher in the Rye. Other works by Salinger include the short story collection Nine Stories, Franny and Zooey, and Raise High The Beam, Carpenter and Seymour. In the book The Catcher in the Rye Holden Caulfield, became a model of the rebellious and confused adolescent who detected the phoniness of the adult world. (Microsoft Encyclopedia 98). This showed that he had a serious...
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J D Salinger World War Ii
1,312 wordsEveryone struggles to find their place in society. Some follow the rules society has set for them exactly, while others have a hard time dealing with the transition from childhood to adulthood. The Catcher in the Rye was written post World War II, and magnifies some of the problems Americas youth was going through. Salinger uses everything from comedy and obscenity to violence and death to get his point across. J. D. Salinger's The Catcher in The Rye exemplifies the struggles a forlorn and confu...
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Loss Of Innocence Catcher In The Rye
704 wordsIn a novel, the theme is the insight of real life. J. D. Salinger's initiation novel, The Catcher In The Rye, describes the adventures of 16 -year old Holden Caulfield, the protagonist and first person narrator, who refuses to grow up and enter manhood. The most important theme developed by Salinger is Holden's problem of dealing with change; he has trouble dealing with death, he refuses to accept children's loss of innocence as a necessary step in the growing-up process, and has difficulties wi...
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Make Him Feel Part Of Society
1,013 wordsThe novel The Catcher in the Rye is about a young man named Holden Caulfield who is on a subconscious quest to find love. Holden attends a private school named Peace where he feels he does not fit in once again. Holden Caulfield is reliant on physical love, family love as well as friendship in order for him to feel accepted in society. Holden has a subconscious desire for physical love to make him feel a part of society. Holden hired a prostitute to help him get over his feelings of being alone ...
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Holden Moral Beliefs Fight With Stratlater Holden's
697 wordsMoral Beliefs are lessons about the right or wrong behaviour that is shown in a fable or event. Everyone has moral beliefs; it is hard to name them all or to even name any at all. However, situations in society help reveal and confront ones moral beliefs. Like Holden Caufield, in The Catcher in the Rye, conflicts and situations in society, forced him to confront his moral beliefs. The fight with Stratlater and Maurice, the confrontation of Mr. Antonlini and the many visits to the museum all were...
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Brother Allie Inferiority Complex
1,558 wordsWho is Holden really? ? ? A lousy, uninteresting phony? Or is he the most intelligent and cleverest person you ever met? Well This question isnt really easy to answer. Personally I think that he is a very intellectual human who unfortunately doesnt know how to use his intellect and who is suffering from major mental problems. On the one side, he is this guy who tries to be cool and accepted by other people. However, on the other hand, he is this little lonely child who is seeking for someone who...
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Holden Caufield Baseball Mitt
717 wordsJ. D. Salinger s book The Catcher In The Rye is a very controversial book in the academic and societal community because of many things. Holden Caulfield, the books central character has many problems. Holden is entering the phase where he is moving from childhood to adolescence. Holden Caufield is a hostile, negatively charged character that suffers from depression which stems from a desire not to grow up and a lack of closure in his brothers death. Holden s use of language and his explicit beh...
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Catcher In The Rye Holden Caulfield
1,373 wordsCATCHER IN THE RYE The book, Catcher in the Rye, has been steeped in controversy since it was banned in America after its 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 he murdered Lennon. Police found the book in his possession upon apprehending the psychologically disturbed Chapman. However, the book itself contains nothing that might have lead Chapman to act as he did. It could have been just any boo...
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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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Holden Decides Sister Phoebe
2,329 wordsChapter one: Starts off in a mental hospital somewhere near hollywood. Holden Caufield is the narrator and begins to tell the story through a flashback. His flashback starts off with him standing alone on a hill looking down on a football game. He was watching the game because he got home early from the fencing match because he left all of the teams gear on the subway (he was the manager for the team). Holden was waiting for an ending to his private highschool days at peace (he was kicked out be...
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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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Wanted To Die Choice Of Words
865 wordsIn The Catcher in the Rye, the main character, Holden, can be perceived as a masochistic person. His younger brother, Allie, had died from leukemia and Holden somehow blamed himself. He thought of his brother as being a better person than he was and that he should have died instead of Allie. After his death, Holden projected his anger against himself in a masochistic manor. Three instances where the reader can see that Holden is a masochistic person are when he punched the car and garage windows...
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Style Of Life Allie Foxx Story
524 wordsThe Mosquito Coast The Mosquito Coast depicts the story of an unstable, antisocial individual whose unsubstantial paranoia causes him to dramatically alter the courses of his and other peoples lives. The mans continual fear of a nuclear invasion by an irate, immoral country eventually this man to move himself and his family to a remote jungle area of Honduras where he planned to establish a utopian society of his own design. Some themes that are conveyed through this story are the ability of spl...
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J D Salinger First Person Point
2,676 wordsCritical Analysis Of J. D. Salinger? s Catcher In Critical Analysis Of J. D. Salinger? s Catcher In The Rye Critical Analysis of J. D. Salinger? s Catcher in the Rye Everyone struggles to find their place in society. Some follow the rules society has set for them exactly, while others have a hard time dealing with the transition from childhood to adulthood. The Catcher in the Rye was written post World War II, and magnifies some of the problems America? s youth was going through. Salinger uses e...
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J D Salinger Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
813 wordsThe Loss of Innocence Certain childhood experiences are missed out by some people because of mishaps early on in life. Any unfortunate event could cause the loss of innocence and make a child mature before his or her time. This event or experience would cause them to sacrifice their innocence. Many pieces of literature contain the loss of innocence as a theme. Examples of these would be The Scarlet Letter, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and The Catcher in the Rye. The Scarlet Letter, by Nat...
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Catcher In The Rye Adult World
1,052 wordsHolden Caulfield, the narrator and the main character of The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger, is a young adult, who, at first seems to simply describes his four day adventure in New York City after bring expelled from his forth school. However, at the same time he narrates more; through his many experiences, which he describes in the book, we can see the themes of the work. The theme that definitely stands out is the loss of innocence. Holden portrays himself as an individual, who does not ...
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