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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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Catcher In The Rye Holden Caulfield
1,892 wordsCatcher in the Rye's pallid cover, adorned only with seven multicolored bands in its upper-left corner, is not what one would call eye-catching. Its reverse side lacks criticisms or reviews of any sort; in fact, it is bare of anything except a copyright date. Human beings are advised not to judge books by their covers, rather that they should look further than the obvious and try to apprehend the implied meaning. The world has peered past Catcher in the Rye's cover, cracked its pure, uniform she...
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Catcher In The Rye Holden Caulfield
1,016 wordsHolden Caulfield - The protagonist and narrator of the novel. When the novel opens, Holden is a sixteen year-old junior at a school called Pencey Prep; he has just been expelled for academic failure. Holden is intelligent and sensitive, but he narrates his story in a cynical, jaded voice. Though he never says so outright, he longs to live in a beautiful and innocent world, and finds the hypocrisy and ugliness of the world around him almost unbearably painful; his cynicism is his attempt to prote...
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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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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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Catcher In The Rye Holden Caulfield
1,147 wordsJ. D. Salingers The Catcher in the Rye provides a provocative inquiry into the crude life of a depressed adolescent, Holden Caulfield. Without intensive analysis and study, Holden appears to be a clearly heterosexual, vulgar yet virtuous, typical youth who chastises phoniness and decries adult evils. However, this is a fallacy. The finest manner to judge and analyze Holden is by his statements and actions, which can be irrefutably presented. Holden Caulfield condemns adult corruption and phonine...
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J D Salinger Catcher In The Rye
1,938 wordsCatcher in the Rye? s pallid cover, adorned only with seven multicolored bands in its upper-left corner, is not what one would call eye-catching. Its reverse side lacks criticisms or reviews of any sort; in fact, it is bare of anything except a copyright date. Human beings are advised not to judge books by their covers, rather that they should look further than the obvious and try to apprehend the implied meaning. The world has peered past Catcher in the Rye? s cover, cracked its pure, uniform s...
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