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    Catcher in the Rye Song

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    After looking at quite a few songs and their lyrics‚ I found that the song “Yesterday” by the Beatles represented well a few of Holden’s situations on The Catcher in the Rye. The song expresses the emotions Holden feels for Jane. In The Catcher in the Rye‚ Holden remembers the relationship he once had with Jane and how it was so simple‚ and how happiness came so easily when he was with her. Like on page 79 of the novel‚ Holden says‚ "You never even worried with Jane... All you knew was‚ you were

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    The Catcher in the Rye Summary Holden Caulfield‚ the narrator of The Catcher in the Rye‚ begins with an authoritative statement that he does not intend the novel to serve as his life story. Currently in psychiatric care‚ this teenager recalls what happened to him last Christmas. This story forms the basis for his narrative. At the beginning of his story‚ Holden is a student at Pencey Prep School‚ irresponsible and immature. Having been expelled for failing four out of his five classes‚ Holden goes

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    although some entirely more important than others. The time period is somewhere in the later 1940’s‚ since it is post World War Two era‚ and as a result Holden occasionally ponders the war and its effect on his brother. The beginning of The Catcher In The Rye involves Holden’s Pencey Prep School‚ where he is deciphering his choices and planning his own choice of absence. The school itself is rumoured to be based loosely on J.D Salinger’s alma mater Valley Forge Military Academy.The preparatory school

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    The Catcher in the Rye

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    The Analysis of the text “Escape” by S.Maugham. Somerset Maugham was born on 25th of April‚ 1874 and died on 16th of December in 1965. He was an English playwright‚ novelist and short story writer. Somerset Maugham has written 24 plays‚ 19 novels and a large number of short stories. In 1897 appeared his first novel “Liza of Lambeth” which drew on his experience of attending women in childbirth. Maugham’s breakthrough novel was the semi-autobiographical “Of Human Bondage”‚ which is usually considered

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    notorious for their impatience with growing up and entering the real world‚ their obsessive interest with their social status and finally‚ their infamous personality of constantly giving adults and other forms of authority the cold shoulder. In The Catcher in the Rye‚ the main character Holden Caulfield has some of these teenage qualities highlighted to an exaggerated point‚ while possessing many atypical teenager traits at the same time. For instance‚ Holden doesn’t want to face the world. While most

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    Everybody feels depressed at some time or another in his or her lives. However‚ it becomes a problem when depression is so much a part of a person’s life that he or she can no longer experience happiness. In Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye‚ the author develops the theme of Holden’s depression because it fully portrays Holden’s outlook on the ‘real’ world and life itself. The cause of Holden’s depression can be seen as his lack of personal motivation‚ his inability to self-reflect and his stubbornness

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    Catcher in the Rye Themes

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    Taylor Moore November 12‚ 2012 English period 7 “The Catcher and the Rye” Essay on Themes In J.D. Salinger’s novel‚ The Catcher in the Rye‚ the theme of self-perceived outsiders alienating themselves as a form of protection is expressed by the protagonist‚ Holden. While Holden is conversing with Stradlater about his date with Jane Gallagher‚ a childhood friend of Holden‚ Stradlater suggests that Holden go to see her before the date. However‚ Holden refuses claiming that he is “not in the mood”

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    A Separate Peace Essay

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    perspective every time. In time‚ a person’s perspective on certain things will change overtime no matter how set in stone the status-quo is. Personal experiences play a large role in shaping someone’s outlook on things. In John Knowles’ novel‚ A Separate Peace‚ Gene states‚ “So the more things remain the same‚ the more they change after all” (Knowles 6). This quote is being used as much older and mature Gene returns to Devon and reflects upon his childhood at the school. Although Devon looks physically

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    A Separate Peace Essay

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    Lilyana Rivera Instructor Sooter English II 2014 October 1 A Separate Peace Essay A friendship can be one of the most important relationships in someone’s life becaise they are usually formed by bonds early in childhood‚ and they soon become stronger as the friends grow with each other. In some cases there are friendships that the few friends are so similar or different that they end up clashing with one another. In A Separate Peace‚ by John Knowles‚ Gene and Phineas have a great friendship until

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    Holden’s love for children first shows itself in his description of his young sister‚ Phoebe. All of his thoughts up to those of his sister are dark and unsettling. Phoebe’s description is so outrightly loving that the reader is shown an entirely new side to Holden‚ one that shows he is not entirely incapable of happiness. Phoebe’s role as a minor character in the novel is to keep Holden anchored to reality; to prevent him from ruining his life completely and losing all hope in his future. It is

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