11 Honors-6 24 August‚ 2012 The Catcher in the rye: Chapter 1 Significant passage: “You were supposed to commit suicide or something if old Pencey didn’t win” (2). Speaker: Holden Caulfield Audience: Reader Significance to the story: This passage shows the extremity of the schools dignity and school spirit. Reading this helps you realize that the school doesn’t tolerate failure and imperfections. You can assume that this could be one of the reasons Holden was kicked out of Pencey‚ aside from
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The Catcher in the Rye - An analysis of the novel The Catcher in the Rye is published by the American author J.D Sallinger in 1951. The story is about a teenager Holden Caufield’s turbulent last few days before his Christmas vacation. During these days‚ Holden leaves Pency Prep‚ a boys’ school he has been kicked out of and takes off for a few nights alone in New York City. Through this story‚ he tells about his mental problems and gets some flashbacks to remember his experiences. The story begins
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(Salinger‚ 170) The selected passage above portrays Holden’s adolescent view of society which he sees as corrupt and in which he cannot seem to function. The passage shows how he alienates himself from society as a whole. Throughout the novel‚ Holden attacks various aspects of humanity and is hypercritical of everyone and everything around him. Holden’s writing style in the passage reflects this conflict within him. Salinger uses diction in this work to show Holden’s maturity level as well as
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Mariah Lindsey A.P Literature & Composition 9/7/12 Catcher in the Rye Analysis Essay Elizabeth Norton once used a quote that’s states “To be depressed is to be lonely; to have a friend is to be happy.”” Start each day by affirming peaceful‚ contented and happy attitudes and your days will tend to be pleasant and decided to look beyond the imperfections‚ so you want feel the need of a friend”. In Catcher in the Rye‚ Salinger uses Holden to suggest children around the world are depressed and
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.Jean Dee Nell In his novel‚ The Catcher in the Rye‚ J.D Salinger tells the story of Holden Caulfield‚ a troubled and confused sixteen year old boy. During his three day journey through New York City‚ Holden attempts to put events from his past aside so that he can try and live a normal life by trying to be an adult. Holden wants to live on his own like an adult. He wants to be independent and support himself. In telling this story‚ Salinger wants us to understand that it is important to be the
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“The Element of Innocence” “I’d just be the catcher in the rye and all. I know it’s crazy‚ but that’s the only thing I’d really like to be.” (Salinger 173). Innocence can have an array of meanings. However‚ for Holden Caulfield‚ innocence means preserving the most important points in life‚ keeping them in a standstill form of art. The idea of innocence in Holden’s point of view is somewhat altered‚ leaving him to think that death of his brother‚ Allie‚ won’t be so hard to deal with if he protects
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his character Holden in his book The Catcher in the Rye and director Fred Schepisi in his film Six Degrees of Separation‚ through his main character‚ Paul. Both texts delve deep into the workings of the human condition. While one boy fights to break apart from the uniformity of society‚ the other craves to be one with the normality of it. Yet‚ strangely‚ both characters follow the same path. They crave to nurture their need to be accepted by society‚ yet remain apart from it. Holden uses innocence
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not ask for. The society holds its citizens to very high standards and morals that one may not be ready to understand and accept just like in Holden ’s case. In the novel The Catcher in the Rye‚ by J.D. Salinger‚ Holden Caulfield‚ the main character‚ is trapped between his fantasy of childhood‚ and the unpredictable struggles of adulthood. While Holden tries to grow up‚ he runs into many challenges that hold him back like‚ living with rules‚ losing his virginity‚ and facing his family. Laws
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following among adolescents‚ The Catcher in the Rye is in its entirety a unique connotation of the preservation of innocence and the pursuit of compassion. With certain elegance the writer J.D. Salinger‚ substantiates the growth and perils‚ which lie between childhood and adulthood. Embellishing the differentiation between innocence and squalor in the grasps of society. The bridge that lies between these contrasting themes are personified through the novel’s protagonist‚ Holden Caul-field and his visualization
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adulthood. Throughout the novel of the Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger‚ the author illustrates the main character‚ Holden Caulfield and his painfulness of growing up by drawing out multiple symbols. Holden Caulfield‚ a seventeen year old teenager with a complex personality tells readers his life’s events before he ended up in a mental institute from a mental breakdown. The Ducks in Central Park Lagoon‚ the Museum of Natural History and the Catcher in the Rye are three important symbols that the
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