The “Catcher in the rye” is a relatively controversial novel by J.D Salinger. It is infamous as the writing style and content was‚ and still is‚ considered perverse and obscene. Though seemingly shallow and sophomoric‚ the novel has many covert and overt themes that resonate much within adolescents. Some examples of these themes include: Sex and sexuality‚ coping with death‚ adapting to changing societal expectations (Tolchin)‚ the effects on affluenza‚ as well as apathy and empathy. One extremely
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In the Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger‚ Holden Caulfield portrays the second stage of grief‚ which is anger. Anger is when a person is not only angry with others‚ but with themselves. Holden occasionally still tends to show denial‚ but has moved more towards anger. Holden disconnects himself from reality in order to protect himself from grief. "[He] was only thirteen‚ and they were going to have [him] psychoanalyzed and all‚ because [he] broke all the windows in the garage. [He] don’t blame
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Depression‚ the feeling of severe despondency and dejection. Holden Caulfield‚ the protagonist in The Catcher In the Rye‚ is a 16 year old who suffered the loss of his younger brother to cancer. The death of his brother had a profound‚ and overwhelming‚ effect on Holden’s mental and emotional state throughout the entire book. It can be said that Holden may very well be suffering from depression. As the story unfolds‚ the reader begins to understand the root of Holden’s struggles. Although some
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In 19521‚ J.D. Salinger wrote Catcher in the Rye‚ during the time in between the first and second waves of the feminist movement. This movement inspired Salinger to invert the roles of women and show the change between women’s roles in the past and the roles that they will undertake in the future. Salinger changes the jobs of females from someone who submits themselves to male dominance to someone who resists the jobs forced upon them by society. He does so by having older characters that affected
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corruption is analyzed in The Catcher in the Rye and The Grapes of Wrath. Both authors address the corruption; however they do so from different perspectives they come to differing resolutions. Both protagonists in their novels experience isolation as a result of society’s corruption; however‚ Salinger’s chooses to isolate himself whereas Steinbeck’s experiences isolation inadvertently. J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye and John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath share a social commentary about how corruption
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In the novel The Catcher in the Rye‚ by J.D Salinger‚ the author characterizes Holden as immature in order to show that Holden is struggling to become an adult. This can be proven by Holden’s contradictory nature that appears throughout the book. Holden’s date with Sally is a big example of Holden’s immaturity. When Holden sees Sally after a long time‚ he says that he wanted to marry her right away‚ but this changes very quickly: “The funny part is I felt like marrying her the minute I saw her
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A coming-of-age novel is when a protagonist undergoes adventures and/or inner turmoil in his growth and development as a human being. Keeping that in mind‚ Holden was dealing with the realities of growing up‚ and becoming "phony". He was slowly realizing that he could never censor the world from profanities‚ and that he could never rub off all the "****-Yous" on the walls. At the end when Phoebe is on the Merry-Go-Round‚ he says that he has to let her grab the ring‚ which his way of letting her
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Antagonist: The person/side is against or competes with another Point Of View: The perspective that a narrative takes toward the events that it describes. Protagonist: The leading character‚ hero/heroine Suspense: A state or condition of mental uncertainty or excitement Theme: A unifying or dominant‚ idea‚ motif‚ etc. The novel is told in first person point of view by Holden Caulfield. Holden Caulfield is a student at Pencey Prep. Holden had failed all but one of his classes and has received
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Falling Out of the Rye In the book The Catcher in the Rye‚ a character named Holden Caulfield who appears to be your everyday character‚ that is‚ until you realize that he is in some kind of mental institution and only sees people’s flaws‚ and it drives him to near insanity. Throughout the book‚ you realize that Holden is a very lonely character and somewhat depressive to the point where he thinks about committing suicide. It also seems that Holden is in the dark at times‚ he doesn’t have a lot
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