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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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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The Catcher in the Rye – Analysis and Summary Name of the book: The Catcher in the Rye Writer: J. D. Salinger. His complete name is Jerome David Salinger‚ and he was born the first day of 1919 in Manhattan‚ New York. He started writing early in secondary school‚ and he had published several stories before getting interrupted by the Second World War in 1940. In 1951 he published his most successful‚ and only‚ novel The Catcher in the Rye that became an immediate success among its readers
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Salinger uses symbols to help readers understand the overall message and theme of his book The Catcher in the Rye. From Holden’s red hunting hat to Allie’s baseball mitt‚ symbols are constantly being thrown into the story. One other symbol that I think is highly significant is the ducks in Central Park. Ducks? How can ducks be a symbol? As odd as it may sound‚ ducks are a major theme in The Catcher and the Rye. They have extreme importance to Holden. We first learn of Holden’s worry for the ducks in
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The Catcher In The Rye Essay Throughout the book‚ The Catcher In the Rye‚ the theme that I saw reoccurring in the novel was the painfulness of growing up. In the book there are many cases of Holden Caulfield trying to resist growing. He does not want to grow up because he’s afraid of the unknown‚ or what’s coming next in his life. In fact his main goal is to resist maturing. He is scared of the unknown and cannot handle things that are very complicated. He likes it when things are very simple
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Adam Bayless English 11 Advanced Mrs. Cooke September 13‚ 2011 Importance of the Title The Catcher in the Rye In The Catcher in the Rye by J.D Salinger‚ the major plot line consist of a young teenager named Holden Caulfield who is approaching the fears of adulthood. Holden is extremely lost throughout the book not knowing how to embrace adulthood and has very little assistance from adults. The reader first sees Holden’s immature behavior through his explosion from the Pencey Prep School
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Catcher in the Rye Analysis Catcher in the Rye takes place in the late 1940’s and early 1950’s‚ written in 1951 by J.D. Salinger. Salinger implores the reader to struggle alongside Holden Caulfield as protagonist and reader simultaneously explore the boundaries and meanings of childhood‚ innocence‚ and the duality of these two identities existing in tandem. Salinger has written Catcher in the Rye to preserve the struggle to find oneself‚ and the denial of one’s growth‚ through loss‚ experience
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difficult time adjusting to it. Instead‚ Holden preferred that things stayed as it was. Even after Phoebe corrected the lyrics for Holden‚ he refused to change his interpretation. The actual words were‚ “If a body meet a body coming through the rye” (chapter 22). He took no regard to it‚ because of his fear of confronting another person‚ especially with adults. He lied to gain respect from them. During the train ride in New York with Ernest Morrow’s mother‚ Holden praised him‚ “When I first met
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discovering new worlds‚ which are extrapolated in William Shakespeare’s 1661 tragicomedy ‘The Tempest and J.D. Salinger’s ‘Catcher in the Rye’ (1951). Shakespeare’s‘ The Tempest’‚ elucidates the transformative power of planned discoveries that manifest an individual’s desire to re-evaluate assumptions and unveil fresh insights into humanity’s moral flaws. Similarly‚ The Catcher in the Rye’ demonstrates that physical and intellectual discoveries can elicit an emotional
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their misconceptions of reality these challenges become complicated by external factors‚ which ultimately lead to tragic results. Willy‚ from the play Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller‚ Holden‚ from the novel The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger‚ and Macbeth‚ from the play Macbeth by William Shakespeare‚ live with false perceptions of life and struggle through life’s challenges. Willy struggles with the challenges of his life by lying‚ causing him to suffer because of how he defines success.
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