Holden also has an unstable sense of self. His unstable sense of self is depicted in a few ways. First is his relationship with his little sister Phoebe. He says “The thing with kids is‚ if they want to grab the gold ring you have to let them do it‚ and not say anything” (273). In this quote in a way he saying let them be adventurous they will learn from their mistakes. He acts this way towards his little sister because he is trying to give her the childhood he didn’t get to experience. You can
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Scared & Lonely in Catcher In The Rye “Don’t ever tell anybody anything. If you do‚ you start missing everybody”. (pg.126) The Catcher In The Rye by J.D. Salinger is about a boy named Holden Caulfield and his teenage struggles. This novel shows Holden’s life as he transfers from school to school and the difficulties in between them. Throughout the novel‚ it is easy to see that Holden has a hard time communicating with others. He struggles to say what he wants to say when he speaks to adults
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Holden Caulfield is a teenage boy whom fails to find human connection‚ this sense of alienation makes it clear that Holden is victim to the American dream. The American dream is the idea that through hard work and determination it is possible for anyone to become prosperous and wealthy. This prosperity should naturally lead to happiness‚ which in turn suggests that‚ the American dream is actually about achieving fulfilment. ‘The catcher in the Rye’ is a novel written by J.D. Salinger in 1951‚ J.D
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The poem "Comin Thro the Rye" by Robert Burns may be best-known today because of Holden Caulfields’s misinterpretation of it in The Catcher in the Rye. In the book‚ Caulfield relates his fantasy to his sister‚ Phoebe: he’s the "catcher in the rye‚" rescuing children from falling from a cliff. Phoebe corrects him‚ pointing out that poem is not about a "catcher" in the rye‚ but about a girl who has met someone in the rye for a kiss (or more)‚ got her underclothes wet (not for the first time)‚ and is
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portrayed throughout the whole novel‚ The Catcher in the Rye. If Holden lived in the year 2015 he would have been seen as one of the biggest phonies to modern day teenagers. Social Medias have also made that easier to conclude‚ giving people a clear view of all the phonies. Although Holden wouldn’t be about to handle social medias‚ he would be able to express his phony ways freely. Holden Caulfield is a phony. Even though the story is being told from his point of view we can conclude that he is fake. Not
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The end of World War II‚ a time in the beginning of the 1950’s when prosperity and success was on the rise; the glorifying death of The Great Depression‚ less than a decade of the United States allied with Great Britain and the Soviet Union‚ the most powerful of all forces this world has ever seen. The U.S. was so deeply entrenched in a nuclear arms race and the birth of the Cold War with the Soviet Union. It was clear to Salinger that the Americans‚ equipped for the first time in a long while with
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Mesopotamia was the birthplace of the world’s earliest known cities. The Mesopotamians developed one of the earliest writing systems‚ along with mathematics and astronomy. Later on developments of this great civilization include the wheel and the sail. They also divided time units into sixty parts which led to the concept of our 60 second minute and 60 minute hour. So this great culture has done so much for humanity‚ so lets look closely at what they left behind and see which artifact best summarizes
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stressful and complicated moments of life even though some adults may not remember. In J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye‚ the protagonist Holden Caulfield struggles with himself on trying to connect with someone in New York and deals with situations that most teenagers go through. By alienating himself‚ Holden Caulfield is a confused male who complicates himself by not knowing what to do in life. Holden Caulfield faces many problems that all relate to him in a way. Holden’s red hunting hat reveals his
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Holdenlocks and The Three BearsIf you really want to hear about it‚ the first thing you’ll probably want to know is where I was born‚ and what my lousy childhood was like‚ and all that David Copperfield kind of crap‚ but I don’t feel like going into it‚ if you want to know the truth. I will tell you this though I am an 8 year old girl named Holdenlocks and well Ill just start it from here. One day I decided to ditch out on my 3rd grade class‚ my teacher was being a complete phony‚ and go for a long
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