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    The Catcher within the Rye. The allegory. fictional character. Harry Potter. The Diary of Anne Frank. Animal Farm. To Kill a Mimus polyglotktos. The Leonardo Code. The Grapes of Wrath. These literary classics are important to the education of the many‚ particularly youngsters and adolescents. These nice novels each teach vital values and educate youngsters regarding international affairs and classic themes. sadly‚ every of those novels has been illegal at one purpose in time. several of those classic

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    A Critical Analysis of The Catcher in the Rye In J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye‚ the protagonist‚ Holden Caulfield‚ is put through the harsh reality that is life. Holden is kicked out of school and must make his way back to New York to tell his parents the upsetting news‚ but he first spends a few days finding himself along the way in the Big Apple. He spends these days thinking and seeing first-hand what the adult world is like‚ consistently reinforcing his belief that the real world is

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    11/25/12 The Catcher in the Rye Theme Essay The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger is a novel about the life of a troubled teenage boy called Holden Caulfield. He believes that he’s surrounded by phonies. Therefore‚ Holden spends a few days in a New York hotel in the search of something real in his life. However‚ he fails to find anything else but loneliness‚ disappointment and phoniness. There are many themes to this novel‚ but in my opinion the three main themes are loss of innocence‚ dealing

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    Holden’s desire to be the ’Catcher in the Rye’ comes from his realization‚ near the end of his horrible‚ nearly sleepless weekend of cigarettes‚ alcohol‚ phonies‚ and freaks‚ that he isn’t ready and doesn’t even want to be an adult. He also knows he is different from his sister‚ Phoebe‚ that he is no longer a child. He has seen too much reality to still be a child‚ even though he is only 16 in the story. He doesn’t have a home like a child would. He feels like he is someone in between adulthood and

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    illness? In the novel The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger‚ a sixteen year old boy named Holden Caulfield gets kicked out of the private school he is attending and stays in New York for a couple of days instead of going home. Holden struggles with depression throughout his journey and has many problems like lying and drinking. Holden is suffering from depression because of many traumatic life experiences‚ most things make him miserable‚ and he participates in risky behavior to cope with his misery

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    Title: The Catcher in the Rye Author: J.D. Salinger Text type: Extended written text – novel In the novel The Catcher in the Rye‚ written by J.D. Salinger‚ I found the idea of self-isolation from human relationships that was portrayed through the protagonist Holden Caulfield very interesting. While over the course of the novel‚ which is set into a timeframe of three days‚ Holden interacts with many others‚ we see that he does not have a close relationship with any of these people other than his

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    Zainab Ali 3/23/15 Baez Pd. 8 Delayed Adulthood The “Catcher in the Rye‚” is a story about a young man named Holden Caufield and his resistance to the process of maturity‚ in other words known as delayed adulthood. A recent article published by The New York Times states that “Prolonged adolescence‚ in the right circumstances‚ is actually a good thing‚ for it fosters novelty-seeking and the acquisition of new skills.” Despite the fact that prolonged adolescence in beneficial‚ it seems like Holden

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    problem. It affects millions of people each year. IT causes one to feel hopeless or that they do not belong. It also contributes to anger and hostility towards others. It even causes one to withdraw from friends and family. The Catcher in the Rye‚ focuses on Holden Catcher. The book talks about what Holden did after he was kicked out of high school for having bad grades. Underneath all the problems he was dealing with the underlying cause was depression. Throughout the story Holden showed many signs

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    J. D. Salinger’s novel The Catcher in the Rye concerns a teenaged boy‚ Holden Caulfield‚ journeys and experiences in around his home of New York City after he was expelled from his prep school‚ Pency Prep. Salinger utilizes and invents the concept of the “Cather in the Rye” to highlight Holden’s yearning and desire to protect and shelter the idea of innocence in younger individuals. The first occurrence of the “Cather in the Rye” in the novel is when Holden is strolling along a street in New York

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    The Dangers of Isolation in The Catcher in the Rye   It is normal to want to get away from all of the problems of the world‚ but it is not normal to want to be completely isolated from people. Holden wanted to have no human contact what so ever‚ and that is not normal. Throughout the book Holden expresses a rebellious attitude toward the world‚ and this rebellious attitude comes from his infatuation with being alone. He isolates himself from the world because he has not yet found himself and is

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