The Catcher in the Rye Review Sheet -Jane Gallagher: A girl Holden used to spend a lot of time with one summer when their families were neighbors in Maine. She is important to Holden because she is one of the few girls he can find attractive and connect to. -Allie Caulfield: Holden’s younger brother who died of leukemia three years ago. He was intelligent‚ red-headed‚ and friendly. Holden is still suffering from Allie’s death. -Phoebe Caulfield: Holden’s 10 year old sister who he loves
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Catcher in the Rye Essay In the novel The Catcher and the Rye by J.D. Salinger Holden believes childhood‚ and adulthood are completely different. Holden believes childhood is very immature‚ and playful‚ and adulthood is mature and serious. Childhood‚ and adulthood are not as different as Holden makes them out to be‚ there is a difference but even some adults act childish‚ and some children act mature and serious for their age. Holden believes he is superior to all other people including adults
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Catcher in the Rye chapters 1-18 Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger has intrigued me. I love the way the author writes. It is like Holden is talking right to me‚ telling me all the things that have happened to him. Salinger does leave a little to my imagination. I am always guessing what Holden is really feeling or thinking. Holden’s outlook and perspective on life are displayed on each page and I can hardly ever put the book down. There are many aspects of this book that I truly enjoy. The complex
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The Catcher in the Rye Childhood & Adulthood Holden Caulfield is the protagonist of J.D. Salinger’s novel the Catcher in the Rye. Holden is an adolescent boy that lives in 1950’s New York City. Holden is on the verge of collapsing under the sinister and painful realities the adult world has to offer. Henceforth‚ Holden cares deeply about innocence‚ and understands that adulthood is the execution of the innocence he treasures so deeply. This foreboding breakdown is apparent due to many mentions of
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Innocence and Purity Innocence is to be free from sin or moral wrong‚ and purity is freedom from guilt or evil. According to J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye‚ innocence and purity grow weaker with time and life experience. The main character Holden holds onto his innocence and purity for as long as possible before understanding that it is inevitable that he grow up. J.D. Salinger proves that innocence and purity fade with time and age. He proves that life experiences can change a person
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PTSD in the Catcher in the Rye In the "Catcher in the Rye‚" written by J.D. Salinger‚ Holden experienced a traumatic event that would stay with him for the rest of his life. When Holden was 13‚ his 11-year-old brother‚ Allie‚ passed away from leukemia. Holden would never recover from that experience. Holden develops a condition known as PTSD or post-traumatic stress disorder. PTSD is best described as "An anxiety disorder that people get after seeing or living through a dangerous event." As described
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Controversy is often the source of many heated arguments. It brings about topics that people will more than likely disagree on and be able to debate with each other. The novel‚ The Catcher in the Rye has been a source of controversy ever since it was published. Author‚ J.D. Salinger incorporated multiple controversial senses into the novel‚ many of them having to do with the loss of innocence. Scenes such as Holden encountering a prostitute‚ lying to Mrs. Morrow‚ and attempting to erase all the f***
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Catcher in the Rye Extended Response To describe about Holden a little‚ he was a very weird guy. He has different perspective to other people‚ even though he has a normal appearance. He drinks‚ smokes and swears a lot but he is only a teenager. The way Holden talked was very funny; he used swearing words a lot. Maybe author tried to express Holden’s negative perspective against the world by using this way of speaking. Anyway‚ he was a typical student who had problems in schools. He failed
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Catcher in the rye - Theme on Isolation A novel in which a character is shown to be isolated is ‘Catcher in the rye ‘ by JD Salinger.The author portrays the main protagonist‚ Holden Caulfield‚ to be a troubled‚ confused and unreliable individual who struggles through much turmoil. This state eventually climaxes when Holden suffers a physical and emotional collapse caused by his resistance to change‚ the alienation he suffers and to a great extent by the isolation he experiences during the course
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Holden Caulfield‚ a cynical and paradoxical teenager not ready to embrace adulthood goes on a journey to explore the phoniness of the adult world. J.D. Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye published in 1951 reflects on Holden as a child as well as an adult. His neglection of adulthood and his blindness on the innocence of youth presents a great challenge in his life. The bulk of the novel displays Holden‚ a 16 year old teenager who just flunked out of Pencey Prep fleeing to his hometown‚ New York City
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