“The day we fret about the future is the day we leave our childhood behind.” - Patrick Rothfuss Often‚ the transition to adulthood produces individuals who act more like “children” than they did in their youth. In J.D. Salinger’s novel‚ The Catcher in the Rye‚ Holden Caulfield‚ fights this transition vehemently‚ fearing it will change him in ways he does not like. The novel follows Holden in the days following his expulsion from Pencey Prep just before Christmas break. Holden‚ however‚ does not
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Looking For Alaska vs. The Catcher in the Rye Many parallels can be drawn between the main protagonists in John Green’s Looking for Alaska‚ and J.D. Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye. Although these two coming of age novels differ greatly in setting and in circumstance‚ many of the broader‚ more fundamental themes in each are actually quite similar. John Green was very much influenced by J.D. Salinger‚ and even admitted that Miles "Pudge" Halter in Looking For Alaska‚ was based largely off of Holden
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The strongest proof of this is when Holden himself admits that he is depressed. Also‚ in one part of the story‚ Holden was crazy for girl company‚ but hearing that she went to the movies‚ de didn’t feel that way anymore. Additionally‚ he told Sally that they should run away together and live a new life‚ showing that he is dissatisfied with society and wishes for a better place
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The Catcher in the Rye “Is The Catcher in the Rye‚ as a work of literature still relevant for today’s youth?” Name: Sara Sigurdson Course: English A1 Supervisor: Mr. Peter Steadman Word count: 3851 Candidate number: 00136022 Table of Contents Content Page Number Abstract 3 Introduction 4 The Actual Catcher in the Rye 4 The Sexual Matter 5 The Caulfield Family 6 Narrator and Protagonist 8 Role Model 9 Mr. Antolini 10 Targeted Audience 10 Guidance 12
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The Insanity Defense : Crazy or Criminal1 Marina Reyes Criminology CRJ 102-120 Dr. Cooperman Fall 2012 The Insanity Defense : Crazy or Criminal BMCC The Insanity Defense : Crazy or Criminal2 When we think of insanity most people would refer to this word as a medical term but in reality it is a legal term. It is not a term used clinically to describe an individual ’s state of mind unless he or she has committed a serious criminal offense. The claim of a defendant in a criminal prosecution
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the head? That you’re always kind of worried about in the back of your head? Well that would describe Holden Caulfield perfectly. J.D. Salinger’s Cather in the Rye is all about a teenage boy named Holden Caulfield in a mental hospital recalling a crazy weekend he had the previous year. It goes everywhere from prostitutes to illegal drinking. In the novel Holden exemplifies a borderline personality order with his mood swings‚ what most would call impetuous decisions‚ and constant morbid thoughts.
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Caleigh Beverly Mrs. Lehman AP English‚ 1A 1 October 2012 Novel Abstract: Catcher in the Rye Novel Title and Author: Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger Author’s Background: J.D. Salinger was born on January 1‚ 1919‚ in New York City‚ New York. Jerome David Salinger was born to Sol Salinger and his wife Miriam (J.D. Salinger). Though he was a bright young man‚ when he attended McBurney School‚ he ended up flunking out and was soon after sent to Valley Forge Military Academy in Wayne‚ Pennsylvania
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thing that depresses Holden is physical illness. Holden describes Mr. Spencer as “Reading the Atlantic Monthly‚ and there were pills and medicine all over the place‚ and everything smelled like Vicks Nose Drops. It was pretty depressing. I’m not too crazy about sick people‚ anyway” (Salinger 7). Holden is depressed by pills and medicine because he knows that pills and medicine are connected to physical illness. Holden believes that physical illness always leads to death. This thought of people being
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The book Crazy Like Us: The Globalization of the Western Mind by Ethan Watters is interesting in a variety of manners. In my humble opinion‚ the novel is a bit one sided and it appear as if the author makes it a mission to ensure the readers view is in comparisons as the authors. Personally‚ upon reading the book I didn’t enjoy it as much as I believed I would. However‚ upon continuation of reading‚ the cases became a bit more intriguing‚ but still very one sided. In class we recently discuss the
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protected from growing up and the possibility of failure. When Phoebe asks Holden what he wants to be when he is older‚ Holden responds: "I keep picturing all these little kids playing some game in this big field of rye… I’m standing on the edge of some crazy cliff. What
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