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    Anyone who reads Catcher in the Rye and watches Rushmore should be able to identify the blatant maturity levels of Holden and Max. Although a couple years apart‚ both share similar levels of maturity. Holden from the start has a I am the best attitude that is clearly shown. Expressed later on in the film‚ Max shows a lack of maturity in talking and acting around females particularly Miss. Cross. Where Holden’s maturity is shown in self pride and selfishness‚ Max’s Maturity is expressed in the ability

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    L I T CHA R T S w w w. L i t C h a r t s . c o m TM GET LIT TM The Catcher in the Rye Background Info Author Bio Key Facts Full Name: J. D. Salinger Date of Birth: January 1‚ 1919 Place of Birth: New York City Brief Life Story: Jerome David Salinger grew up on Park Avenue in New York. His father was a successful Jewish cheese importer‚ and his mother was Scotch-Irish Catholic. After struggling in several prep schools‚ Salinger attended Valley Forge Military Academy

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    The Catcher in The Rye is Not a Bildungsroman Liselotte Teuthof Mrs. Brandt ENG 3U1 May 14/2014 A bildungsroman‚ also known as a “coming-of-age story”‚ is a novel that conveys the development of the protagonist. The type of development varies from one definition or example to another‚ but any significant change in the character for the better is usually accepted as a bildungsroman. Many readers and critics alike have categorized the novel The

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    My mother loved William Holden. Not unusually at all‚ I’m sure; many women were in love with William Holden. But this was my mother‚ and as strange as it sounds‚ I never thought of her as more than that. Yes‚ she was a person‚ but she was my mother. Remember‚ this was a time parents were not our “friends”. Long before social media‚ and spontaneous cell phone pictures shared with the world. The era of black-and-white photos‚ imprisoned behind plastic sheet covered pages‚ in books that hid in

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    Jenny Doherty Ms. Collins Honors English 28 November 2012 Themes in Catcher in the Rye In the novel Catcher in the Rye‚ written by J.D. Salinger‚ he shows many varied themes and emotions throughout the novel. The first major theme in the novel is innocence. Throughout the story Holden tries to protect the children from having to grow up and face adult problems and decisions. Holden wants the children to stay pure and not become like the adults who are impure and bad examples. He likes the

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    Maturity in the Catcher in the Rye Maturity is a process in life that usually no one can run away from. The novel the Catcher in the Rye‚ by J.D Salinger‚ tries to disprove that lesson through its protagonist. Holden often behaves like a prophet or a saint‚ pointing out the “phonies” around him because he believes they are not as mature as he is‚ but as the novel progresses‚ Holden makes choices that prevents him from maturing rather than enabling him to mature. Holden’s mail goal is to

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    Various settings in The Catcher in the Rye serve as markers of Holden’s alienation as well as his growth. The novel begins with Holden at his school‚ Pencey Prep‚ which he is being kicked out of because of his unsuccessful grades. Throughout the novel‚ Holden acts as if he is excluded from the world. One of Holden’s previous teachers‚ Mr. Spencer explains to Holden‚ “Life is a game‚ boy. Life is a game that one plays according to the rules” (Salinger 8). In response Holden indirectly reveals to Mr

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    The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger and “New Husband” by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie are stories where both protagonists struggle with an identity crisis. The Catcher in the Rye is a prominent tale where the protagonist‚ Holden‚ endeavors to find out who he really is‚ a “grown-up” or just an immature teenage boy. In “New Husband” Chika fights to keep her cultural identity while being pressured by her husband to assimilate into the American culture. Although both protagonists in The Catcher in the

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    The Catcher in the Rye has been linked to many murder cases throughout it’s time. Mark David Chapman‚ who had an obsession with the book‚ murdered John Lennon. Also‚ John Hinckley‚ who attempted to assassinate our former president‚ Ronald Reagan‚ was thought to be obsessed with the book as well. There are many other people whose murders or attempted murders are thought to be connected to The Catcher in the Rye‚ such as Lee Harvey Oswald’s assassination on John F. Kennedy‚ and Robert John Bardo ‚

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    The Catcher in the rye is a book written by J.D Salinger. The book is about a rebellious teenager named Holden Caulfield. Holden is lost in life and struggles to find his way out depression. J.D Salinger shows in this book the true value of having guidance in your life when one grows up. Guidance will keep one from from being lost in life. Salinger shows the importance of having guidance early on in the book. In the beginning of Holden’s story‚ Holden explains how he acts quite young for his age

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