The Catcher in the Rye In J.D. Salinger’s‚ The Catcher in the Rye‚ the main character‚ Holden Caulfield‚ struggles to find his place in life. As an adolescent‚ he finds no good left in the adult world that soon will face him. Throughout his struggles‚ he realizes that people are nothing more than phonies‚ money worshipers‚ and egocentrics. People in the world become satisfied with money and material objects‚ while Holden finds anger in such things. Although it is hard to see‚ he does find happiness
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The Catcher and the Rye Benjamin Lynch 4/6/2012 Thesis Statement: Outline: * Intro * Tropophobia * Suicide * Withdraw himself from society * Incapable of recognizing the beneficial aspects in life * His fear of growing up and projecting others from it as well * Symbolism * Conclusion 1st Draft: The Biographical Lens applied to The Catcher in the Rye J.D. Salinger expresses his view of society in his novel‚ The Catch in the Rye. His viewpoints
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Diagnosing Holden Caulfield In the book The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger‚ the main character‚ Holden Caulfield‚ has strange tendencies that could be diagnosed as a mental disorder or multiple disorders. Thinking like a psychiatrist‚ this book has plenty to dissect. Reading a classic‚ such as Catcher‚ can really draw the reader into the story and make them feel like they are a part of that world. Holden Caulfield’s world has a lot going on. In order to properly diagnose Holden‚ consulting
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Gabrielle Hoffman The Catcher in the Rye Symbolism Many teenagers around the age of Holden Caulfield‚ main character from The Catcher in the Rye‚ get worried and scared of growing up. Many children struggle with not wanting to grow up and the painfulness of it. J.D Salinger‚ author of The Catcher in the Rye‚ uses symbolism to create a theme. He uses the symbol of the catcher in the rye to develop the themes of the innocence of children and the phoniness of adulthood. The catcher in the rye first comes
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The Catcher in the Rye Maggie Michaels‚ Benson High School Keith Higbee‚ Wilson High School Amy Botula‚ Wilson High School Tammy Lite-O’Neill‚ Wilson High School 2007 DRAFT PPS Funding Table of Contents Introduction 1 Calendar 3 Criteria and Standards Table 4 Parent Opt-Out Letter 5 Journals 6 Pre-Reading: Teens Reflecting on the Teen Experience 9 Teens Overhead 10
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Macbeth as a protagonist in this old English play. Holden Caulfield is also the main character in “the catcher in the rye” written by J.D Salinger. This essay will elaborate on the similarities of the characters and the difference in their individual societies. What external forces are used? Are they honest‚ do they lie? What kind of influence are women? I will illustrate the strategies used between the characters and different qualities they obtain. Holden is a self-cautious boy‚ always judgmental of
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1. Holden Caulfield self- isolates himself from the world. In some cases he knows that he is purposefully and in other cases Holden does this because he doesn’t react well to other people. This self-isolating is the reason that Holden often fails with human contact. The first time that Holden shows this is when he is talking to his teacher Mr. Spencer. Holden explains as he walks onto hi room that he does not want to be there because his teacher is sick and he does not care for old people. This is
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The Catcher in the Rye Essay Bertrand Arthur William Russell once said‚ “One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one’s work is terribly important.” Every day‚ thousands of people have an emotional or psychological breakdown. It can be spontaneous or it can be built up and that person can leave signs that would show an oncoming breakdown. In the novel‚ The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger‚ the main character‚ Holden Caulfield‚ is a 16 year old troubled boy who
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the hardest thing to change in the world‚ In JD Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye‚ Holden Caulfield‚ trying to change his life through series of emotional events‚ but fail to became a successful man as stay with his characteristics from the beginning of the novel. Novel itself uses Holden as an example of how growing up is a difficult situation. Many people in real life after life experience became more of an successful person then they are. In the novel‚ Holden been through series of events about
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“The Element of Innocence” “I’d just be the catcher in the rye and all. I know it’s crazy‚ but that’s the only thing I’d really like to be.” (Salinger 173). Innocence can have an array of meanings. However‚ for Holden Caulfield‚ innocence means preserving the most important points in life‚ keeping them in a standstill form of art. The idea of innocence in Holden’s point of view is somewhat altered‚ leaving him to think that death of his brother‚ Allie‚ won’t be so hard to deal with if he protects
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