Holden Caulfield is afflicted by the hypocrisy of the adult world. He accuses all adults of being pretentious and phony and he wishes that the world was free of that fictitious behavior. He believes that the only people who are free from the phoniness are the children‚ because they are innocent. The only person Holden truly believes is innocent is his brother Allie‚ who died at a young age. Therefore‚ Allie never grew up to become phony. On the other hand‚ his older brother in Holden’s eyes is “a
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My Journal I’m Holden Caulfield and I was released from my third private school because of my shitty grades. I still don’t know how I’m going to tell my parents they expect me to be like my my two other siblings‚ my ten year old talented sister and my older "HOLLYWOOD" of a brother. Yesterday I went to go visit Mr. Spencer he was my history teacher back at Pency. He’s this old almost dinosaur of a teacher and he has the worst posture you’ve ever seen but I’mnot here to talk about a monopoly
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the happiness of both partners. However‚ a faulty relationship between a male and a female will not benefit themselves or society. A lack of acceptance‚ respect‚ and care leads to no meaning in a relationship and‚ eventually‚ will end it. The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger explores what a trivial relationship and what a genuine relationship consists of through Holden’s experiences with Sunny‚ Sally‚ and Jane. The novel believes that in genuine male-female relationships‚
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The Catcher in the Rye Holden is quite a peculiar kid. He tends to change his mind on a lot of things. However‚ the one thing he changes his mind about the most is whether he is ready to grow-up or not. Throughout the book he tries to do such adult like things‚ because he is sick of his usual life style. Then he gets sick of the unusual adult life. He talks to his sister‚ Phoebe‚ one night about the poem by Robert Burns‚ and Holden gets to thinking about innocence. How he wishes he could be
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facts and not emotions from others. Many have different emotions than others about a same place in the world. People connect places that they have traveled to different emotion that they have felt towards a certain place. In the novel The Catcher in the Rye‚ J.D. Salinger writes about the adventures of teenager Holden Caulfield after he flunks out of his prep school. He travels around New York and tries to enjoy the time he has until he has to go home to tell his parents that he flunked out of
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Adolescence is a turbulent time‚ in which teenagers are caught between the innocent‚ frivolous world of children and the enigma of adulthood. Holden Caulfield‚ center of the bildungsroman Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger‚ experiences many conflicts‚ both internal and external‚ that give way to issues hindering him from leading a normal life. Three primary problems impeding him are unresolved grief from his brother Allie’s death‚ the inability to live up to expectations of his wealthy family‚ and
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Holden’s Journey In the Catcher in the Rye written by J.D Salinger Holden follows in the footsteps of tragic heroes in ancient myths. Throughout Holden’s journey he endures many unique experiences he must overcome in order to succeed. In addition he also possesses a tragic flaw just as all the heroes do. This tragic flaw will bring about their demise if they do not properly deal with it‚ and cope with the aftermath. In The Catcher in the Rye author J.D Salinger explains how Holden journeys to find
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period 6 November 7‚ 2012 Typical Teenagers When one is feeling depressed or saddened they usually isolate themselves from the world. People that are feeling lost or alone do not like to socialize with others. In the book “The Catcher in the Rye‚” by J.D. Salinger‚ the main character is named Holden Caulfield. Holden goes through many challenges throughout this novel trying to find himself and his voice a lot like some people today try to do the same. In this book there
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The book Catcher in the Rye is set in the 1940’s. Holden Caulfield is a sixteen year old boy from New York City‚ and he’s recently flunked out of several prestigious boarding schools because he doesn’t apply himself. You can tell from reading just a few simple pages that he indeed is an extremely bright kid‚ but he is viewed as a judgmental cynic and doesn’t give much of anything a chance. Their are about a million different things that "kills" Holden‚ but phony people are at the top of his extensive
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statement means that the best way to see that someone is a man is the way they handle themselves when they are in a problem. The critical lens is valid because this is true in life and literature. The book The Crucible by Arthur Miller and The Catcher In The Rye by J.D Salinger exemplifies the critical lens statement by Martin Luther King Jr. The literary elements that best support the interpretation is characterization and conflict. John Proctor in The Crucible exemplifies the critical lens statement
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