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    J.D Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye is about a young Holden Caulfield’s growth into maturity. Caulfield begins the novel as an inexperienced boarding school student attending Pencey Prep‚ a private boarding school located in Pennsylvania‚ who is struggling academically and socially. After getting kicked out of yet another boarding school‚ Caulfield travels to New York City before going home. After staying in New York for the time period between when he got kicked out and when he can return home

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    Adam Canady Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger Pages 1-105 of 210 Reading JD Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye has been an interesting experience for me. It has opened me up to a whole new world of literary analysis and dynamic contrasting of characters by reading a semi modern novel as opposed to a short story or an epic poem as the I have in the past. Throughout this journal‚ I will be highlighting certain passages from the first half novel that portray character‚ theme and conflict. I will conclude

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    “Once you have a fair idea of where you want to go‚ your first move will be to apply yourself in school. You’re a student –whether the idea appeals to you or not” (189). In the novel‚ The Catcher in the Rye written by J.D. Salinger‚ the main character‚ Holden Caulfield fails himself and others by unsuccessfully adapting to the nature of a school setting. Holden consistently fails to harness his potential and strive in academia. He is unable to engage in social practices within his school and finally

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    past a lot‚ so I found Holden to be really relatable. While most people see nostalgia as a harmless feeling of look back to the past‚ I see nostalgia as a burden that hold you back from moving on and growing up. There are many occurrence in the Catcher in the Rye where the main character Holden Caulfield look back at his past. He reminisce the time he spent with Allie‚ Jane‚ and Phoebe‚

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    The main purpose of J.D. Salinger’s novel‚ The Catcher in the Rye‚ is to epitomize the importance of adolescence and illustrate the benefits of a social lifestyle. Salinger achieves this meaning in multiple ways. Primarily‚ he uses Holden‚ Catcher’s protagonist‚ as an example of a teenager who has failed to develop during the quintessential period of youth. Additionally‚ by characterizing him in this manner‚ Salinger utilizes Holden’s desire to act both older and younger than his age to convey the

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    In the short story “Young Goodman Brown” we are met with the challenge of determining appearance vs. reality. Throughout the story Brown faces many things he does not know to be true or false. Some of these are the symbol of the woods‚ plot of the meeting in the woods‚ and the character of the townspeople. Brown first leaves his home and wife Faith to meet a fellow traveler in the woods. As Brown starts towards the woods his mind is plagued with thoughts of his faith and heaven and getting back

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    different themes like light and darkness; and apperance and reality to show how Macbeth and Lady Macbeth need for power will corrupt them. William Shakespeare uses the theme of appearance and reality to explore the nature of human characteristics within The Tragedy of MacBeth. This theme is continually referenced throughout the poem. For instance‚ one of those situations is when Macbeth kills Duncan; while‚ trying to sell the appearance

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    lack of drive in activities‚ isolation‚ etc. Holden‚ a character of The Catcher in the Rye‚ keeps everything inside of him and is a good example of a teenager in depression. In the book there are scenes that may seem useless. It is really important because most of the statements are symbolic. When the novel was published in 1951 there were various murders and suicides and most had owned a copy of the book.

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    out of every school he has been to‚ he faces adult life and spends a couple days in new york city‚ where bustling crowds and new faces trigger different feelings in him‚ especially loneliness‚ anger‚ and‚ strangely enough‚ sexual identity. The catcher in the rye gives us reason to believe that an adolescent in the 20th century deals with the same type of stuff a teenager in the present day might have to. There are quite a few times when he gets in a situation that he doesn’t know how to deal with‚ like

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    be so critical of ideas and use the word “hate” often. Salinger’s iconic creation‚ Holden Caulfield‚ recalls an eventful three day journey that demonstrates his strong opinions towards such natural flaws that apply to society in the novel The Catcher in the Rye. In his encounters with friends‚ family and strangers‚ Holden reveals to the reader about multiple things that he hates. Unavoidable occurrences draw his negative attention‚ which explains the numerous times he faces such experiences that he

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