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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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    English 2 23 March 2016 Catcher in the Rye Essay In J.D. Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye‚ Holden can be described as a character in denial. Throughout the book the word phony is used to describe people who don’t act in a genuine or rather act in a fraudulent way. Someone who is basically interested in playing part in society’s expectations rather than being honest and being themselves. In this case Holden is one of the many people who dislikes phonies greatly even though in reality he carries characteristics

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    TRANSLATING COLLOQUIAL IDIOMS/METAPHORS IN THE CATCHER IN THE RYE: A COMPARISON OF METAPHORICAL MEANING RETENTION IN THE SPANISH AND CATALAN TEXTS MICHAEL O’MARA Catholic University of Valencia San Vicente Mártir Michael.Omara@ucv.es 57 In spite of the novel’s position among the American Library Association’s list of the one hundred most frequently censored books‚ The Catcher in the Rye (1951)‚ by J.D. Salinger‚ is widely considered to be one of the most significant literary works of the twentieth

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    Sadness and Depression Lauren Shipman Block 4 Mr.Devine English 11 H 3/9/14 Sunday‚ March 9‚ 14 Sadness in Catcher in the Rye Catcher in the Rye is a book of many themes of many different types of different things Sadness is one of them. The main character of the book is Holden Caulfield‚ he has major problems‚ he finds nearly everything depressing. Today we’d say that Holden Clinically is depressed. He has no reason to be so sad all the time. He’s alone and he knows it‚ he also

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    society. Throughout A Streetcar Named Desire‚ Williams tries to contrast the outdated qualities of a previous time with the cruel realism of the harshness that personifies present life. An inspection of the figurative association between reality and appearance in the play tells the divergence of these two conflicting viewpoints. The characters of Stanley and Blanche signify the extravagances on the range of realism and fact‚ however the character of Stella is used to portray the median of these

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    Everybody has a moment some point in their life where they feel as if they can not struggle any more. We see this in detail in The Catcher In The Rye by J.D. Salinger. Holden Caulfield‚ the main character‚ is a sixteen year old teenager who has not had the easiest life. The novel focuses on Holden’s journey from getting kicked out of private school in pennsylvania to having a wild weekend in New York City hiding from his parents‚ told from his room in a mental hospital near hollywood. Although

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    apathetic teenager who’s flunked out of many schools. Underneath the cynical exterior though‚ Holden is troubled. He has different methods for escaping his problems but in the end they just cause him more problems. J.D Salinger‚ in his novel The Catcher in the Rye shows that often times when an individual faces problems in their life they will try to find a means to escape‚ instead of solving them. Throughout the novel Holden seems to be excluded from any group. He feels alienated from the rest of

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    Text Response: The Catcher in the Rye The novel‚ "The Catcher in he Rye"‚ written by J.D. Salinger was set in the late 1940 - early 1950s in New York. This novel explores the themes of loneliness‚ relationships and deception though the use of literary devices. Many symbols are used to enhance our understanding of the novel; such as Holden Caulfield ’s red hunting hat‚ the museum of Natural History‚ the ducks in Central Park Lagoon and the carousel. The author gives us an insight into the life of

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    The Catcher in the Rye is a book set in the 1950’s. The time period was a highly racist time which effected the book greatly. The main protagonist is Holden Caulfield who is also the narrator of the novel. Ackley‚ Stradlater‚ and Jane Gallagher are a few of Holden’s

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    Existentialist believed that their development was based off their acts of will. Everything in life was subjective to Existentialist‚ there were no objective truths. Some of these existentialist aspects are witnessed throughout J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye‚ an existentialist novel that pursues a teen named Holden Caulfield who has recently flunked out of his school‚ Pencey Prep. Holden is meandering around New York City trying to figure out what to do with his life. The story is self narrated

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