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    The Catcher in the Rye‚ a Medley of Failure All humans make mistakes‚ unfortunately‚ Holden Caulfield is notorious for committing one too many. J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye appears to be a long string of consecutive failures for the protagonist. The novel describes his attempt to reconcile with these failures and find a path that suits his qualities and desires. However Holden can not find a way to succeed and even Mr. Antolini says‚ “This fall I think you’re riding for – it’s a special

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    Catcher in the Rye Synthesis Essay Holden confronts many issues throughout Catcher in the Rye that still pose a problem to teenagers: such as the need to succeed‚ the desire for friendship‚ and the need to mature. These issues are generally forced upon a teenager by a more authoritative figure with higher expectations in comparison to themselves. Although some may regard these as a eustress‚ they cause distress to many teenagers‚ and society still upholds such standards. The need to succeed was

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    JD Salinger’s Catcher and the Rye was written during a time of suppression for teens and often behave in outburst or turn to music that speaks to them. Although at the time music did not cater to the young folk‚ now there’s an abundant amount even for songs that cater to that demographic. This song A Letter to Myself by Denace. This song in many ways can be speaking to Holden as he goes through his troubles and he can identify with the song. Holden is one who is highly critical of himself and shown

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    feelings of guilt or low self-worth‚ disturbed sleep or appetite‚ low energy‚ and poor concentration. (Encyclopedia of Public Health‚ 2008) Someone who deals with depression often realizes it is difficult to live an everyday normal life. The Catcher in the Rye‚ written by J.D Salinger in 1951‚ narrates the life of a teenager‚ who is suffering from severe depression. The novel is a story about childhood and of finding one’s self in society. Initially published for adults‚ the book has become popular

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    Lastly‚ what helps us to identify if The Catcher in the Rye is a coming of age novel‚ is how Holden’s immature responces turned into mature responces. He always ran away from his problems but then he changed and learned how to take resposibily for his actions and care about his future by making correct actions. Holden was expelled from Pencey Prep for failing all of his classes exept English. His last day being at Pencey was supposed to be Wednesday‚ however‚ Holden couldn’t bring himself to stay

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    In the fictional book “The catcher in the Rye” by Jd Salinger Holden is immature. Although he is struggling to come to terms with the death of his brother Holden is not so different from the rest of the teenagers in the world. He dos things all teenagers do‚ or at least most of them. Like wanting sex‚ coursing‚ hating a lot of things‚ and hating their parents. In this essay I will prove my thesis statement and make it look awesome. A topic of my evidence would be the decisions he makes through

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    "Catcher in the Rye" written by J.D. Salinger‚ is a novel in which the author creates much irony in the way he presents the loss of innocence or the fall from innocence in his main character‚ Holden Caulfield. While Holden clearly believes in protecting the innocence of children in society‚ he himself cannot seem to hang onto his own innocence. Throughout the novel Holden shows his love and protection for childhood innocence‚ the irony that he in fact himself may be losing his own childhood innocence

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    The Catcher and the Rye: Tragedy or Comedy? In the novel The Catcher and the Rye by J.D. Salinger‚ I viewed the novel as a tragedy. This novel is based on a sixteen-year-old boy named Holden Caulfield who has not decided what he wants to pursue in life. From the beginning of the novel you get an assumption of what state of mind Holden is in. He began saying in the text “ IF YOU REALLY want to hear about is‚ the first thing you’ll proberly want to know is where I was born‚ and what my lousy

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    this immaturity‚ events he experienced developed him greatly. The most pivotal moment took place when Holden was talking to his little sister about what he’d like to be: “I keep picturing all these little kids playing some game in this big field of rye and all. Thousands of little kids‚ and nobody’s around--nobody big‚ I mean--except me. And I’m standing on the edge of some crazy cliff. What I have to do‚ I have to catch everybody if they start to go over the cliff--I mean if they’re running and they

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    In J.D. Salinger’s A Catcher in the Rye‚ Holden Caulfield battles with growing up and maturing from a boy into a man. Holden struggles with the idea of children growing up and whether or not they should be sheltered. He also struggles with facing his problem of depression‚ rather than running from it. Holden matures when he realizes children cannot be protected‚ and he cannot keep running from his problems. Holden shows signs of maturation when he realizes that kids cannot be protected from growing

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