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    Catcher in the Rye Analysis Catcher in the Rye takes place in the late 1940’s and early 1950’s‚ written in 1951 by J.D. Salinger. Salinger implores the reader to struggle alongside Holden Caulfield as protagonist and reader simultaneously explore the boundaries and meanings of childhood‚ innocence‚ and the duality of these two identities existing in tandem. Salinger has written Catcher in the Rye to preserve the struggle to find oneself‚ and the denial of one’s growth‚ through loss‚ experience

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    difficult time adjusting to it. Instead‚ Holden preferred that things stayed as it was. Even after Phoebe corrected the lyrics for Holden‚ he refused to change his interpretation. The actual words were‚ “If a body meet a body coming through the rye” (chapter 22). He took no regard to it‚ because of his fear of confronting another person‚ especially with adults. He lied to gain respect from them. During the train ride in New York with Ernest Morrow’s mother‚ Holden praised him‚ “When I first met

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    discovering new worlds‚ which are extrapolated in William Shakespeare’s 1661 tragicomedy ‘The Tempest and J.D. Salinger’s ‘Catcher in the Rye’ (1951). Shakespeare’s‘ The Tempest’‚ elucidates the transformative power of planned discoveries that manifest an individual’s desire to re-evaluate assumptions and unveil fresh insights into humanity’s moral flaws. Similarly‚ The Catcher in the Rye’ demonstrates that physical and intellectual discoveries can elicit an emotional

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    Catching a True Role The symbol of the carousel and adolescence used by J.D. Salinger in the Catcher in the Rye develop Holden’s character into a young man. Holden Caulfield is an adolescent that refuses to grow up. He begins his life in the book as a confused young man in search of saving humanity. Through the realizations Holden has‚ he is able to recognize his true role in life. Holden understands that he is not able to stop every child from taking risks‚ that allowing them to take risks is

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    In J.D. Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye‚ the main character‚ Holden‚ is explaining to the reader about his perspective on religion and the bible. He explains how he likes Jesus‚ but doesn’t "care too much for most of the other stuff in the Bible". By using vulgarism‚ the quote is important because it shows how separated and insignificant religion is to Holden. Even after the death of Allie‚ Holden decides to seek a life that doesn’t include the idea of praying towards a higher being. Despite Holden

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    L I T CHA R T S w w w. L i t C h a r t s . c o m TM GET LIT TM The Catcher in the Rye Background Info Author Bio Key Facts Full Name: J. D. Salinger Date of Birth: January 1‚ 1919 Place of Birth: New York City Brief Life Story: Jerome David Salinger grew up on Park Avenue in New York. His father was a successful Jewish cheese importer‚ and his mother was Scotch-Irish Catholic. After struggling in several prep schools‚ Salinger attended Valley Forge Military Academy

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    ‘The Catcher in the Rye’ - Essay ‘The Catcher in the Rye’ was written by American author‚ J.D. Salinger in 1951. The book was an instant success on publication‚ and still today‚ over sixty years later‚ the novel still sells around 250‚000 copies each year. The author‚ J.D.Salinger‚ was born in New York and was a recluse from the army. After the success of the novel‚ J.D. Salinger cut himself off from society‚ and idea expressed many times by the main character‚ Holden Caulfield‚ in the novel

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    1001379 Harper AP Literature 6 November 2014 The Catcher in the Rye Typed Essay – Prompt #1 J.D. Salinger’s coming of age novel‚ The Catcher in the Rye‚ follows mental institute patient Holden Caulfield as he narrates his experiences and struggles in a world full of what he likes to call‚ “phonies” (13). Throughout the novel‚ Holden oscillates between childhood and adulthood as he desires to be “the catcher in the rye”: he hopes to “catch all the children that “start to go over the cliff” and preserve

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    escape. The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger is a novel about adolescence and the struggle of personal growth‚ told from the eyes of a cloudy and cynical teenager named Holden Caulfield. A narrow and simple-minded narrative point of view demonstrates the lack of connection a character has to the setting. Symbolism in The Catcher in the Rye exhibits the difficulties of personal growth. Ambiguous character growth testifies to the difficulty of personal growth. The Catcher in the Rye exemplifies

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    The quote comes from J.D. Salinger’s THE CATCHER IN THE RYE when Holden runs away from Pencey Prep and attends a bar where he tries to flirt with three older women‚ who fail to take him seriously. Through subtext‚ Salinger describes society lashing out at the people they desire to connect with because they ignored them‚ much like how the three women‚ full grown adults‚ ignore Holden’s advances‚ who is a child in their eyes. When Holden notices that he is being ignored‚ it hurts his feelings‚ as can

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