Salinger‚ is a fictional novel seen through the eyes of sixteen year old Holden Caulfield after he is expelled from Pencey Prep. Holden leaves Pencey two days early to explore New York City before he has to return home. On his excursion‚ he meets prostitutes‚ nuns‚ his old girlfriend‚ and his sister Phoebe‚ while traveling around the city contemplating life and his future. Through the varying behaviors of Holden Caulfield‚ his maturity is shown to be stuck in a limbo between his imminent departure
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Holden Caulfield‚ the most troubled kid ever. A person can never be “phonier” than Holden. He hates his life‚ he hates everyone around him. He judges a book by its cover. That’s wrong‚ he must look at himself before criticizing others. He doesn’t seem to understand that he isn’t any different than the people around him. In fact‚ he worst than them! No 17 year old should be experiencing what he goes through. He must be messed up in the head. Holden is a very mysterious person‚ very moody. He could
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novel The Catcher in the Rye. This novel is about a teenager‚ Holden Caulfield‚ who notices the world around him. He sees how a materialistic view on life has dominated over a spiritual view. The Catcher in the Rye by Salinger indicates that ways of a material world is present‚ just the way it is today. When parents are not there for their children‚ they will often buy the love of their children with gifts. In the novel Holden talks of ice skates that his mother bought him. He thinks about
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Character Analysis: Holden Caulfield Adrienne Sutherland From the first few pages of The Catcher In The Rye‚ Holden is portrayed as unreliable. His inability to remember the fencing team’s equipment clearly highlights this characteristic. Not only is Holden unreliable in his actions‚ but also in his narration. During Holden and Sally Hayes’ fight at the skating rink‚ one had to question what actually went down. Holden‚ in his narration‚ claims to not have been yelling at Sally‚ meanwhile Sally repeatedly
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and Daisy Buchanan. Nick Carraway recounted his memoirs during the summer he spent with Gatsby and served as the narrator of the novel. Despite the title’s bearing of Gatsby’s name‚ Nick was ultimately the most significant character within the narrative. The character of Nick Carraway was more important than the character of Jay
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essay. This essential character in the story is none other than Nick Carraway‚ the antithesis of Gatsby and a peripheral narrator of the book. Nick is the quintessential model of a character that plays a significant role not only in the development of other prominent characters‚ but also in the central theme of the novel-- the corruption and fallibility of the “American Dream.” Nick’s close relationships with Jay Gatsby and
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cities really. Nick Carraway; the narrator‚ represents all that is good an wholesome in the great midwest. He is a well-educated man who aspires to be a bond broker. His character is conflicted internally and externally throughout the novel but really culminates into a loathing for all things eastern. Carraway’s farmboy charm and doe-eyed innocence is put to the test when he meets The Great Jay Gatsby. Gatsby represents all things Nick is unfamiliar with and is curious about. Nick‚ being from the
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Exposure to all of the hatred in the world causes this loss. Holden Caulfield realizes this simple fact‚ as he himself grows up‚ and has a difficult time with the change. He experiences problems with communication as well as his school work. A common theme used throughout The Catcher in the Rye has to do with contradictions Holden makes. In J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye‚ first person point of view is used to highlight contradictions Holden makes throughout the novel. Holden’s first contradiction
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Nick Carraway‚ The Perfect Narrator Nick Carraway is a prime example of how an unbiased and trustworthy narrator can change a book. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is told in first person point of view‚ through the eyes of Nick Carraway‚ a 30-year-old man living in West Egg‚ New York. Carraway tells the story as it is happening and lets the reader know what is to come. Nick seems to be an “invisible character” because he is involved in the story but not in the major conflict. Nick Carraway
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the way. Gatsby throws amazing get togethers all the time‚ but nobody seems to know too much about him or who he is. Nick Carraway meets Gatsby at a party‚ but doesn’t know who he is at first. Later‚ Gatsby speaks privately with Jordan. Gatsby and Nick spend time in New York together‚ but Nick tries to introduce him to Tom Buchanan‚ Gatsby literally is no where to be found. Nick finds out that Gatsby is in love with Daisy Buchanan
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