Catcher in the Rye Essay The journey of the adolescent mind into the more mature structure of adulthood‚ displays the corruption the world inflicts on the innocent. In the book‚ The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger‚ Holden‚ who is a sixteen year old boy struggling with school and a few disorders‚ explores the various parts of New York while observing the atmosphere of it all through a flittered lens. The book demonstrates the innocence in youth while still exhibiting the phoniness of the adult
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Madness‚ madman and fiend. Death‚ kill and die. The title itself: The catcher in the rye. The catcher in the rye. Death. In the book “The catcher in the rye” Death is mentioned several times throughout the story‚ ranging in use. The main character Holden Caulfield brings up death several times whilst mentioning his dead‚ younger brother Allie. He talks about him a few times the first time being when he mentions Allie’s Baseball mitt as a subject prone to description for a work of English
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Joseph Alhallak Period 3 August‚ 31-2013 Vocabularies Ostracize: to get expelled from a community or a group‚ or to banish someone or ignore him. Torso: the body excluding the head‚ neck and limbs. Rile: to cause annoyance‚ disturb by minor irritations. Gory: the word is used to describe something that features a lot of bloodshed and violence. Pacifist: a person who opposes the use of war or violence to settle a dispute. Putrid: it can be the food rotting process‚ something with a bad odor
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In The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger‚ the protagonist‚ Holden‚ exclaims that he dreams of a life where he can‚ “just be the catcher in the rye and all” (Salinger 200). Due to the pressures of American conformity in the early 1950’s‚ he discovers that he will never live a life where he simply keeps children from “falling off of cliffs”―helping them preserve their innocence. The Catcher in the Rye teaches readers that America promotes a materialistic culture in which conformity prevails. Throughout
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Maurice is a pimp‚ rather unsavory yet an institution of society none the less‚ who assaults Holden. This character demands more of Holden than he is willing to give‚ or even fairly owes‚ and reacts to him violently for wanting to preserve what is his. Holden tries to defy this unfair treatment yet ultimately fails and considers himself "yellow"9 for being incapable
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Making decisions is an everyday task. However‚ everyone does not make the right choices all the time. Emotional decision making leads to negative outcomes and that is proven in these three texts‚ Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare‚ The Catcher in the Rye by J.D Salinger‚ and The Glass menagerie by Tennessee Williams. In Romeo and Juliet the young couple made irrational decisions driven by emotions. For example‚ when Romeo was having his first conversation with Juliet after the Capulets party
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Jane’s mother‚ he’s afraid Sally’s mom will pick up at her house‚ and he "doesn’t like" Carl Luce. Holden steps out of the phone booth after twenty minutes‚ having not called anyone. This is the story of his life. Or at least the story of The Catcher in the Rye. When Holden does end up interacting with people‚ he usually gets the short end of the stick. He invites Ackley along to the movies‚ but Ackley won’t return the favor by letting Holden sleep in his roommate’s bed. He writes Stradlater’s composition
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As teens transition toward adulthood‚ some have a difficult time developing into responsible adults. In J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher In The Rye‚ Holden is emotionally affected by the death of his younger brother Allie which causes him to grieve and not be able to develop towards being an adult. He is expelled from multiple schools because of his failing grades which greatly disappoints his parents. Holde emotionally becomes very depressed and is does not have any close friends. He isolates himself
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Selina Weng Mrs. Maggert Honors English 7 November 2016 Adulthood‚ the Devil In J.D. Salinger’s novel‚ The Catcher in the Rye‚ the reader follows the main character‚ Holden Caulfield‚ a mentally unstable‚ idealist teenage boy seeking for satisfaction in a “phony” society. Differ from the typical teenage boy at his age‚ Holden’s biggest struggle is growing up. Throughout his school life‚ he had been kicked out from four different schools‚ and he also finds difficult to connect himself with the people
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Holden’s desire to be the ’Catcher in the Rye’ comes from his realization‚ near the end of his horrible‚ nearly sleepless weekend of cigarettes‚ alcohol‚ phonies‚ and freaks‚ that he isn’t ready and doesn’t even want to be an adult. He also knows he is different from his sister‚ Phoebe‚ that he is no longer a child. He has seen too much reality to still be a child‚ even though he is only 16 in the story. He doesn’t have a home like a child would. He feels like he is someone in between adulthood and
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