Identity Crises in The Catcher in The Rye and The Awakening Many of the world’s literary characters face struggles or crises of identity‚ either due to societal pressures or because of their personal lives. Holden Caulfield and Edna Pontellier‚ from the Catcher in the Rye and The Awakening‚ respectively‚ are not exceptions to this common theme. In both The Catcher in the Rye and The Awakening‚ the main protagonists‚ Holden and Edna‚ experience identity crises that stem mainly from their inability
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The Catcher in the rye Final Research Paper Depression‚ a serious medical illness that involves the brain‚ it is a disorder of the brain. Depression usually starts between the ages of 15 and 30. There are a variety of causes‚ including genetic‚ environmental‚ psychological‚ and biochemical factors. Some symptoms can include sadness‚ change in weight‚ difficulty sleeping or oversleeping‚ energy loss‚ feelings of worthlessness‚ loss of interest
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In literature as in life‚ people struggle with principles or beliefs they hold. In Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger we follow Holden Caulfield who is a college student who is afraid of becoming an adult. Those who are adults are considered “phonies” to him. Holden is a very closed in type character who can only stand a few people. Holden lost his brother when he was a child. This causes him not to want to lose his innocence. This in turn makes it so he has a problem with the world. This forces
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Catcher in the Rye Essay The theme of phoniness‚ illustrated by J.D. Salinger is the key of a better understanding the story line as a whole. Phony or fake more often than not means not real and is mostly referred to some religions by non believers or sometimes even to people. J.D. Salinger has used the term "phony" in a very common manor. By the interpretation of common manor‚ many of the people at that time period suited to the style of Holden Caulfield’s dialogues through J.D. Salinger
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Holden sneaks into his house to meet his sister Phoebe who is the only one that listens to Holden. He tells her that the one thing he’d like to be is "The Catcher in the Rye." He would stand near the edge of a cliff‚ by a field of rye‚ and catch any of the playing children who‚ in their abandon‚ come close to falling off. They have a conversation for a while when his parents return home from a late night out. Holden then undetected‚ leaves the apartment and visits the home of Mr. Antolini‚ a favorite
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In J.D Salinger’s The Catcher in The Rye‚ the novel tends to present a pessimistic view towards humanity. J.D Salinger’s negative views on humanity are presented in the book by expressing the phonies in society‚ the belief that humans have a repetitive lifestyle‚ and the immaturity of the human race. J.D Salinger views the phonies in society negatively. He also views the cycle of change that humans go through in a negative way‚ saying that once they turn into adults they will be doing the same thing
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Holden Caulfield‚ from The Catcher In The Rye by J.D. Salinger‚ is a seventeen year old boy who is in his bloom of youth‚ and growing up. He has just been kicked out from his fourth school‚ which makes things harder for him. Just like Holden‚ Angela Chase‚ from tv series called My So-Called Life‚ is a teenager in ninth grade‚ who had problems about fitting in society until she grows up. Then‚ growing up lets her change her life a bit. Holden Caulfield in The Catcher In The Rye and Angela in My So-Called
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iconoclast‚ becomes upset‚ sad‚ happy‚ or just any extreme emotion‚ that we see the motif of a game or sport come up. For example‚ when old Spencer has the talk about life being a game‚ and that “one must play according to the rules” (Salinger‚ J.D. Catcher in the Rye. Page 12‚ Chapter 2)‚ Holden completely rejects him‚ but yet still pays attention to what he has to say‚ unlike right after where they start to go off into talking about the essay and Holden almost completely ignores him and thinks that “you
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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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