Entry One Quote: “... and all that David Copperfield kind of crap but I don’t feel like going through it if you want to know the truth... my parents would have about two hemorrhages a piece it I tell anything pretty personal about them.” (Page 1) Response: This excerpt makes me very curious about his family members. The tone makes me believe that Holden probably is ashamed by them or he doesn’t like them when he describes them as “crap”. His parents’ attitude toward telling others personal stories
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to handle the situation because he was "ruined"10 by the movies. But what we‚ as observers through the glass case‚ can read into this that Holden cannot‚ is that Holden is perhaps the bravest character in this book simply because he refuses to back down on his principles regardless of the overwhelming might of his
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PHROPET OR PHONY? THE CATCHER IN THE RYE BY J.D. SALLINGER A PHROPET OR A PHONY? Holden Caulfield has terrible habit of calling everyone a phony and he himself often behaves like a prophet or a saint‚ pointing out people flaws or as he sees it the phoniness in the world around him. Holden is not nearly as perfect as he pretends/wants to be. Many times throughout the novel he displays his phoniness and hypocrisy. Holden struggles with finding who he
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Angela Rodriguez Ms. Toland APLAC per. 2 December 6‚ 2012 Catch Her in the Woods Fairytale Boy! This crumby forest filled with little girls in goddam red hoods. Who wears a red hood in the forest? No one‚ that’s who. I’m the wolf in this forest. No one ever comes through here except for some wild dogs or squirrels. Those squirrels just kill me! They jump at the slightest movement. I sometimes chase like I’m gonna eat them or something—to get a kick out of it. Not that I’d have done
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The genders play a big role throughout the novel. Holden is a very dominant male and seems to treat women as if they are nothing more then pieces of meat. He does not seem to see woman equal to men and just see them as sexual objects that are determined to serve men. Of course he doesn’t say they are obligated to do so‚ but he expects them to be directly attracted to him without even considering his age. Women in this novel are morally invaluable and definitely are not considered equal to men. Also
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In the novel “The Catcher in the Rye”‚ the character Holden Caulfield demonstrates his unusual behaviour. The narrator introduces the story of an emotionally hurt teenager whose suspicions and personal issues prevent him from being normal in a society full of “phonies” that he does not seem to get along with. It becomes clear that Holden has clouded judgement as he has multiple mood swings with the people he likes‚ and dislikes. Therefore‚ it becomes obvious that some of his personal flaws include
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Holden notices two nuns with cheap looking suitcases. He immediately judges them based on the appearance of their suitcases.Holden says that he doesn’t like cheap suitcases because they do not look as nice. He is not just talking about suitcases‚ he means people who are in different economic positions than his. This shows how Holden‚ who grew up going to private schools where almost all the boys were from rich families‚ wasn’t used to being around someone who was from a lower class or someone who
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miserable until the time he accepted that kids can fall (Salinger‚ p.211). Moreover‚ he admits that he was phony himself as he had lied about his virginity status and that one has to learn in life. Poem relation to the novel Similarly‚ to the catcher in the rye‚ the poem speaks of losing innocence. It speaks of two youngsters that lose their virginity‚ hence changing from childhood to adulthood. Moreover‚ the poem seems to be concerned whether the public should know or the deed remains a secret and
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the world. In an attempt to endure the vices that alter the blissful spirit‚ he feels the need to make things right by saving what little recognizable evidence of purity that the world has not already desecrated. All throughout the novel The Catcher in the Rye‚ author J.D. Salinger establishes Holden’s bizarre attraction toward particular places‚ objects‚ and experiences‚ past and present. The author concurrently sets out the subtle‚ tender concern that Holden has for the preservation of innocence
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think that they could have done something to prevent it‚ even though they can’t. In the book‚ Catcher in the Rye‚ by J.D. Salinger‚ the main character‚ Holden‚ has a brother named Allie‚ who passed away when he was ten. Holden and Allie were very close‚ and Holden misses Allie a lot. Throughout the book‚ there are many examples of how Allie’s death effects Holden in a negative way. In the book‚ Catcher in the Rye‚ J.D. Salinger uses Holden to show how death of a loved one can effect someone in a negative
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