"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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The Catcher in the Rye‚ the main character Holden intensely hates “phonies.” He refers to this word numerous times to describe many characters. Holden tends to call people who follow societal rules phonies. These people tend to be adults or teenagers who have grown up. When Lillian Simmons‚ a ex-girlfriend of Holden’s older brother‚ greets Holden with‚”’How marvelous to see you!”’(96‚ Salinger)‚ Holden immediately calls Lillian a phony. Lillian was trying to be polite‚ just as most people would
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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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be challenging and painful for some individuals‚ especially when they experience alienation as a form of protecting their innocence and contempt towards the perceived phoniness of the adult world. The opening extract from J.D Salinger’s ‘The Catcher in the Rye’ (1951) is very significant in relation of the novel. This novel‚ renowned for its didactic nature also voices the opinions and struggles of many young American teens in the post – modern World War II period. Salinger utilizes the unique character
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Noh English 3CP Catcher in the Rye Ch 16-17 CTA Chunk Group: Holden’s hypothetical musings about how he would confront his glove thief [demonstrates] how fear of confrontation causes people to act in contradictory ways. While Holden walks back to the hotel after his encounter with Lillian‚ he starts thinking about what he would do to the person who stole his gloves back in his prep school‚ Pency‚ since he is freezing. Holden admits that he would not have directly confronted the thief because
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Igby goes down was filmed in 2002 was written and directed by Burr steels and has often been speculated to be the move version of “the catcher and the rye”. Igby goes down was intended to be a novel and was an autobiography of sorts. The movie follows Jason Slocumb a seventeen year old who is trying to rebel against the upper class. Jason "Igby" Slocumb is a irritable 17-year-old boy‚ who is fed up with his upscale family’s money and the rest of the world. His name is explained as a family in-joke
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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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Similar observations are made by academic writer and author Sarah Graham in her book entitled Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye. In this book‚ Graham addresses a variety of reading techniques‚ themes‚ and comparisons/contrasts in regards to Salinger’s most popular novel‚ but she specifically addresses the main theme of Holden’s attempt to escape the phony 1950’s materialistic focused society surrounding him. Graham begins her take on this theme of escaping society with a chapter on Holden’s rebellion:
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J. D. Salinger explores the theme of immaturity vs. maturity in The Catcher in the Rye‚ exemplifying this discord through an internal conflict of the narrator Holden Caulfield. Salinger consistently characterizes Caulfield as a teenager rebellious against the common banalities that entail the responsibilities and duties of being an adult in everyday English society. Particularly‚ Salinger articulates Caulfield’s disapproval of the societal expectations of adults through the word “phony” and its respective
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