A Critical Analysis of The Catcher in the Rye In J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye‚ the protagonist‚ Holden Caulfield‚ is put through the harsh reality that is life. Holden is kicked out of school and must make his way back to New York to tell his parents the upsetting news‚ but he first spends a few days finding himself along the way in the Big Apple. He spends these days thinking and seeing first-hand what the adult world is like‚ consistently reinforcing his belief that the real world is
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that it is too inappropriate to read. Especially in schools. The reason books are challenged or even banned is that the topics the book covers are sensitive for people to handle. Such as racial themes‚ profanity‚ and violence. The novel The Catcher in the Rye would be challenged because it showed a child going through an adult life with vulgar language‚ sexual references‚ and underage drinking. After all the reasons why the novel got challenged I still believe that is should not be. There have
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WHY HAPPINESS IS ESSENTIAL TO LIFE: “Happiness is not something already made. It comes from your actions” –Dalai Lama J.D. Salinger’s world-renowned book The Catcher in the Rye and director Sean Penn’s dramatic feature film Into the Wild both give us a unique perspective of society through a collection of descriptive imagery and riveting plot development. Both materials present us with protagonists Holden Caulfield and Chris McCandless‚ whom are deeply encompassed by self-introspection and who
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Everybody has a moment some point in their life where they feel as if they can not struggle any more. We see this in detail in The Catcher In The Rye by J.D. Salinger. Holden Caulfield‚ the main character‚ is a sixteen year old teenager who has not had the easiest life. The novel focuses on Holden’s journey from getting kicked out of private school in pennsylvania to having a wild weekend in New York City hiding from his parents‚ told from his room in a mental hospital near hollywood. Although
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concentration. (Encyclopedia of Public Health‚ 2008) Someone who deals with depression often realizes it is difficult to live an everyday normal life. The Catcher in the Rye‚ written by J.D Salinger in 1951‚ narrates the life of a teenager‚ who is suffering from severe depression. The novel is a story about childhood and of finding one’s self in society. Initially published for adults‚ the book has become popular with adolescents for its themes
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The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger it is about Holden the troubled teen. Holden finds that the world around him is almost unbearable and because the thought of growing up scares him‚ he tries to protect himself from adulthood that is coming to him. Holden has this mindset of not caring about his responsibilities in life. Also‚ he is scared for what the future has to bring him. In addition‚ he is scared of transitioning into adulthood. Though the book is about growing up‚ Holden never reaches
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"Catcher in the Rye" written by J.D. Salinger‚ is a novel in which the author creates much irony in the way he presents the loss of innocence or the fall from innocence in his main character‚ Holden Caulfield. While Holden clearly believes in protecting the innocence of children in society‚ he himself cannot seem to hang onto his own innocence. Throughout the novel Holden shows his love and protection for childhood innocence‚ the irony that he in fact himself may be losing his own childhood innocence
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Catcher in the Rye Book Analysis Holden Caulfield is not an everyday teenager. Due to a lack of attention from his parents‚ Holden possesses an evergoing drive to find love and affection‚ especially from young women. The way Holden talks to and approaches adults‚ proves how he does not appreciate their company. Holden is sixteen going on seventeen‚ but sure does not act accordingly. He essentially is a cigarette smoking eleven year old living in the body of a forty-two year old man. With his grey
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them into a trash can. Because more often than not pushing your problems away is so much easier than dealing with them (not knowing how). Having suffered from such great emotional turmoil‚ Holden struggles with his own emotions throughout “A Catcher in the rye”. He rarely feels at ease‚ always confused by his emotions and maturity. Indecisive and scared; all Holden seems to be able to do is run. With no emotional support Holden reflects his own fears and emotions onto the ducks‚ mirroring his own
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away from everything. I consider it to be isolation if you are just by yourself in your room listening to music or doing homework for example. Personally‚ I think isolation is where you or others personally exclude you from everything. In the Catcher in the Rye‚ Holden gets isolated by the team when he forgets the fencing foils. In chapter nine of the novel Holden is all alone at Penn station and goes to phone booth to make a call. When Holden gets to the booth he doesn’t know who to call‚ he has no
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