Camille Stone Ms. Freeburg English 11 Honors-6 24 August‚ 2012 The Catcher in the rye: Chapter 1 Significant passage: “You were supposed to commit suicide or something if old Pencey didn’t win” (2). Speaker: Holden Caulfield Audience: Reader Significance to the story: This passage shows the extremity of the schools dignity and school spirit. Reading this helps you realize that the school doesn’t tolerate failure and imperfections. You can assume that this could be one of the reasons Holden
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In the novel‚ The Catcher in the Rye‚ by J.D. Salinger‚ Holden feels isolated‚ even in crowded situations and in turn isolates himself even more. Holden isolates himself subconsciously because he does not want to get hurt again like he did when his brother‚ Allie died. However‚ no matter how much Holden isolates himself he ends up getting hurt one way or other. In the novel‚ The Catcher in the Rye‚ by J.D Salinger‚ he uses the isolation to say that people try and isolate themselves that way they
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The Catcher in the Rye - An analysis of the novel The Catcher in the Rye is published by the American author J.D Sallinger in 1951. The story is about a teenager Holden Caufield’s turbulent last few days before his Christmas vacation. During these days‚ Holden leaves Pency Prep‚ a boys’ school he has been kicked out of and takes off for a few nights alone in New York City. Through this story‚ he tells about his mental problems and gets some flashbacks to remember his experiences. The story begins
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CIR Writing Prompt: Phoniness is the key theme illustrated in the controversial author J.D. Salinger ’s Catcher in the Rye. This novel depicts the main character Holden Caulfield ’s experiences just after getting kicked out of the prestigious Pency Academy. Through his journey Holden often describes people and situations he comes in contact with as phony. In fact it is Holden ’s "phony phobia" that keeps him from maturing from an innocent boy to an independent adult. It is Holden ’s "phony phobia"
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Mariah Lindsey A.P Literature & Composition 9/7/12 Catcher in the Rye Analysis Essay Elizabeth Norton once used a quote that’s states “To be depressed is to be lonely; to have a friend is to be happy.”” Start each day by affirming peaceful‚ contented and happy attitudes and your days will tend to be pleasant and decided to look beyond the imperfections‚ so you want feel the need of a friend”. In Catcher in the Rye‚ Salinger uses Holden to suggest children around the world are depressed
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“The Element of Innocence” “I’d just be the catcher in the rye and all. I know it’s crazy‚ but that’s the only thing I’d really like to be.” (Salinger 173). Innocence can have an array of meanings. However‚ for Holden Caulfield‚ innocence means preserving the most important points in life‚ keeping them in a standstill form of art. The idea of innocence in Holden’s point of view is somewhat altered‚ leaving him to think that death of his brother‚ Allie‚ won’t be so hard to deal with if he protects
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Catcher in the Rye Chapters 1-3 Discussion Questions 1. Who is telling the story? What are your impressions of the narrator? Would he be a friend of yours? Holden Caufield maybe because he seems rebellious and open 2. How much time has passed since the events in the story? What do you think is Holden’s purpose in telling the story? 7 months has passed and to make sense of everything that has happened 3. What is Pency Prep like? Why is Holden leaving? How does he feel about leaving?
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Research pap. Catcher in the Rye is a book of many themes of many different types of different things. The main character of the book is Holden Caulfield‚ this guy has major problems. He’s alone and he knows it‚ he hates everyone and judges them too. Some themes of this story are the sadness‚ the lies and deceit‚ and Holden’s youth. Every one of these themes describe Holden in different ways‚ mostly it describes what he’s like. SADNESS Sadness permeates The Catcher in the Rye. Main character
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Innocence‚ Compassion‚ and some Crazy’ Cliff A novel‚ which has gained literary recognition worldwide‚ scrutiny to the point of censorship and has established a following among adolescents‚ The Catcher in the Rye is in its entirety a unique connotation of the preservation of innocence and the pursuit of compassion. With certain elegance the writer J.D. Salinger‚ substantiates the growth and perils‚ which lie between childhood and adulthood. Embellishing the differentiation between innocence and
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events in life that changes people’s perception. In the big picture‚ the human condition is also the reasons which causes a child to grow and mature into a man. J.D. Salinger explores this condition through his character Holden in his book The Catcher in the Rye and director Fred Schepisi in his film Six Degrees of Separation‚ through his main character‚ Paul. Both texts delve deep into the workings of the human condition. While one boy fights to break apart from the uniformity of society‚ the other
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