Women and Sex in the novel The Catcher in the Rye In The Catcher in the Rye‚ by J.D. Salinger‚ Holden Caulfield narrates the story of his wandering around New York; after becoming fed-up with the people around him‚ he decides to start his Christmas break early before returning home to his parents. There he will face the consequences of being expelled from yet another school due to his rebellious nature. Over the course of his five-day journey‚ Holden is highly critical of the people around
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Julieta Morales Chapter 20 Holden is in a bar listening to Babe Valencia that sang better than Old Tina and Janine. He told the headwaiter to ask old Valencia if she’d care to join him for a drink‚ but the head waiter didn’t gave her the message. Eventually he got drunk and went out where the telephones where and wanted to call old Jane but he wasn’t in the mood and finally decided to call old Sally Her grandmother answered‚ after talking with her‚ Holden convinced her to put Sally on the
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To be at a social event‚ one must be willing to talk to people and make friends with people for that night. However‚ Holden Caulfield would not fit this criteria. It is clear when reading Catcher in the Rye‚ that Holden is depressed teenager‚ struggling with his apprehension and anxiety. Additionally‚ he not a people person and he calls most people “phonies.” Due to this‚ Holden thinks about talking to someone‚ but ends up not doing it with the fear of interact with someone he does not like. On the
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Holden Caulfield‚ in The Catcher in the Rye‚ is much like the typical teenager of today. Throughout the novel‚ Holden goes through problems that many modern teenagers can relate to. Holden is a lonely teenager who struggles to find direction in life. His actions are very similar to those of teenagers today. Some important characteristics Holden shares with modern teenagers are his longing to be free and independent‚ his struggle between childhood and adulthood‚ and the fact that he is lost and does
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Catcher in the Rye Annoations PGS. (24-252) 24. Why is this so important? Why does the author always mention everything as sad? What an oxymoron. 25. Why does the mention the word killed twice? Why does he always have to question everything? Its kills me. Who is this somerset Maugham? 26. One can infer he wanted to be down at the game. He says this about Ackley to make himself feel better Well obviously he did. 27. Why does he italicize goner? This statement is pointless. One
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positively. In the novel The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger‚ Holden encounters many people throughout his journey. These relationships he has influence his view of the world‚ allowing him to mature from someone who dislikes the shallow cruel world to understanding this is how life is. This development is shown through "phonies" he meets throughout the novel‚ his brother Allie‚ and his sister Phoebe. The relationship between Holden and the "phonies" shows how Holden despise the society at first
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American Lit 12‚ March 2012 Depression Catcher Do you have helpless outlook on your life? One minute it’s an outburst of anger. The next you’re crying uncontrollably. Do you need help? The Catcher In The Rye is a novel based of the main character’s point of view‚ his name is Holden Caulfield. Set in 1950s New York and California‚ where Holden is a mental hospital telling us‚ the readers‚ about his few days after leaving Pency. The movie Ferris’ Bullers Day Off ‚ also set in Chicago‚ is a movie
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Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye‚ the main character‚ Holden‚ is explaining to the reader about his perspective on religion and the bible. He explains how he likes Jesus‚ but doesn’t "care too much for most of the other stuff in the Bible". By using vulgarism‚ the quote is important because it shows how separated and insignificant religion is to Holden. Even after the death of Allie‚ Holden decides to seek a life that doesn’t include the idea of praying towards a higher being. Despite Holden denying religion
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Teenage life for Holden seems to be difficult because he truly believes that he has no connection with anyone. Due to that he alienates himself by not participating in school and that leads him into another hole due to the fact he’s already been kicked out of other schools decides to try and take life by the hands and do whatever he wants. Teenage life hasn’t really changed over the years. There are still a lot of things that are always going to be the same and Teenager hood is like that. People
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J.D Salinger uses the catcher in the rye as a main symbol because he wants teenagers to relate to his book by understanding that teenagers normally have the same hardships as Holden. To be the catcher in the rye means to save other people from depression‚ “‘ If a body catch a body comin through the rye’ It made me feel better. It made me feel not so depressed any more” (115). Holden felt depressed when he was at Pencey because he couldn’t figure out how to fit in and make friends. Instead of spending
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