Book review. My book report is on ‘Catcher in the Rye’ by J.D.Salinger Over a month I have really enjoyed reading this novel. It’s a very perceptive book‚ but only in one point of view: Holden’s. I never felt attached to the book in any form‚ and when I wasn’t reading it‚ there was nothing that drew me back to want to read more. However when I wasn’t reading I would ponder about the book a lot and question the meaning and depth that Salinger was trying to get across. It’s a very interesting style
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Many people might consider high school as a place to learn and make friends‚ but according to a recent survey‚ about one in ten people do not enjoy school. Like these teens‚ Holden Caulfield‚ who is the main character in the novel‚ Catcher in the Rye written by J.D. Salinger‚ experiences a struggle between his close friends. These struggles were caused as part of him tries to be at an adult level and the other part tries to keep away from “phonies”. Holden uses slang words‚ catch phrases‚ and seeks
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Case Study‚ Chapter 63‚ Assessment and Management of Patients With Eye and Vision Disorders 1. Ellie Lee‚ a 74-year-old patient‚ is admitted to the hospital in the same-day surgery unit for nasal surgery. The patient is legally blind. The patient was diagnosed with a genetic disease‚ recessive retinitis pigmentosa (RP)‚ which results in degeneration of the photoreceptor cells. A patient with RP has a progressive loss of visual acuity‚ progressive night blindness‚ and progressive loss of peripheral
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Her childish innocence brings joy to Holden since it serves as a stark contrast to his dreary and depressing worldview. He is interested in preserving innocence and keeping childhood last forever‚ as seen in his desire to be the “catcher in the rye” figure‚ “[catching] everybody if they start to go over the cliff…[coming] out from somewhere and [catching] them” (Salinger 173). When he meets up with Phoebe once again towards the end of the novel‚ he is shocked to find her maturing
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Throughout the book The Catcher In The Rye‚ Holden Caulfield faces many struggles due to the fact that he does not like dedicating himself to certain ideas or people. In the book Holden finds it extremely difficult to devote himself to other people and is constantly finding reasons to push people away. Holden even calls almost all the other characters in the book “phonies” because he wants to find reasons not to care about other people due to the fact he is afraid of losing people he cares about
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there are those who simply refuse to see.” (Daines) A Blind Eye by Julie Daines is a 163 page‚ realistic fiction novel written in first person. Julie Daines was born in Massachusetts and raised in Utah. She studied Zoology while going to Brigham Young University. Julie Daines enjoys writing young adult fiction. She writes about “ordinary people with real-life problems who find themselves in extraordinary situations.” (Daines) A Blind Eye is a novel about a young girl named Scarlett. Scarlett has
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The Functions of the Eye‚ Ear and Skin; Their Role in Behavior Vision starts with light‚ the physical energy that stimulates the eye. Light waves coming from some object outside the body are sensed by the eye; the only organ that is capable of responding to the visible spectrum. Eyes convert light to a form that can be used by the neurons that serve as messengers to the brain. The neurons themselves take up a small percentage of the total eye. Most of the eye is a mechanical device that is
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PHROPET OR PHONY? THE CATCHER IN THE RYE BY J.D. SALLINGER A PHROPET OR A PHONY? Holden Caulfield has terrible habit of calling everyone a phony and he himself often behaves like a prophet or a saint‚ pointing out people flaws or as he sees it the phoniness in the world around him. Holden is not nearly as perfect as he pretends/wants to be. Many times throughout the novel he displays his phoniness and hypocrisy. Holden struggles with finding who he
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. In chapter five Holden reveals some insight about the death of his brother when he says‚ “You’d have liked him. He was two years younger than I was‚ but he was about fifty times as intelligent. He was terrifically intelligent” (Salinger 43). A reader can tell that Holden is inadequate at expressing his feelings but nevertheless feels an urge to vocalize them. When his jock roommate Stradlater asks Holden to write his English assignment‚ Holden writes about Allie’s baseball old glove covered
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In the popular novel The Catcher In The Rye‚ the main protagonist‚ Holden Caulfield is introduced as angsty‚ judgemental‚ and politically incorrect. He is constantly making comments and critiquing individual people‚ as well as society as a whole. As a student at Pencey Prep‚ a school well known for its outstanding reputation for academic achievement‚ this type of attitude is not accepted‚ and as a result‚ Holden is ostracized by his peers regularly. While it is not directly stated what causes this
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