Post-Traumatic Stress In Relation To Holden Caulfield Introduction Throughout life‚ an individual may endure emotionally and physically straining moments causing the person to become downhearted‚ and or irate. These feelings are normal‚ but may however become a problem when these feelings prohibit someone from living a normal ’ life. An estimated 5.2 million American adults ages 18 to 54‚ or approximately 3.6 percent of people in this age group in a given year‚ have PTSD (Narrow‚ Rae‚ Regier)
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Before Holden arrived at Pency he failed to meet academic standards at his previous schools that have “given him the axe”. The idea of Pency Prep seems to follow him everywhere because whoever he meets seems to know about it and how good of a school it is. It is a symbol of failure. Pency is not the first school Holden has flunked out of as a result his family is not too pleased with him and nonexistent academic ambitions other than in English. Central Park is a reoccurring location throughout
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Holden Caulfield is a dynamic character. In the beginning of the story‚ Holden has the heroic archetype of the seeker. The seeker is unsatisfied with life and has a desperate wish to feel fulfilled‚ yet this search causes them to overlook the things they already have. This definitely embodies Holden in the start of the book‚ “…then I yelled at the top of my goddam voice‚ ‘sleep tight‚ ya morons!’... then I got the hell out”. This shows how he simply despises life in his current situation. He dislikes
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main character‚ Holden‚ can be seen as a troubled teenager growing up in a less than perfect society. Throughout the novel Holden struggles with the fact that many young and innocent kids will grow up and see the world from a different perspective. He naturally becomes worried for all future generations who will one day grow‚ as he did‚ and loose their innocence. The fixation of youth and innocence can be seen in the title of the book‚ as well as throughout the novel. Holden has matured in many
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Family life plays an important role in the developmental process of maturing mentally and socially. The pressures and demanding expectations from family can leave a lasting imprint on a child. Huckleberry Finn and Holden Caulfield are two characters who originally appear to be ignorant adolescents consumed by fantasies. With a more in depth look into where their rebellious behavior stems from‚ it is clear the two boys are victims of negligence from their own families. This treatment is the central
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the hardships that teenagers endure as they mature and enter adulthood. In this novel‚ Holden Caulfield‚ a sixteen-year -old who has been kicked out of several schools‚ undergoes a gamut of problems. First‚ at the beginning of the novel‚ it is clear that Holden has a difficulty accepting himself and others; he constantly defines people as "phony". Secondly‚ as the novel progresses it becomes evident that Holden does not want to enter adulthood. Both problems lead to Holden’s failure in his journey
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Holden is the main character in The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger and Carl grimes is a character in the show The Walking Dead. Holden is 16 years old and has been thrown out of 3 schools. Carl is about 15 years old and is living during a zombie apocalypse. They are both lonely because they don’t trust people and they’ve lost people they care about and they are both pessimistic because they are growing up in a strange world. Both Holden Caulfield and Carl Grimes are pessimistic about the world
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GM 545 Business Economics Professor: William Mason Project Part II February 1‚ 2012Gutierrez Chapter 15‚ Question 11 A) The graph given to us depicts the GDP of five decades and indicates how consumption (consumers)‚ government spending‚ gross private domestic investment‚ and net exports have contributed to the economy for the past 50 years. We look at the percentage calculation of each component of GDP. We realize that Government spending is the most stable and after that comes Gross private
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The Catcher in the Rye - ‘Holden Caufield is an Island’ John Donne’s quote‚ ‘No man is an island’ connects quite directly to Holden Caulfield in ‘The Catcher in the Rye.’ Holden’s character is very relative to themes such as isolation‚ loneliness and non-conformity. Holden has a very distinct character; he has many features‚ which would describe him as quite a lonely‚ cynical young man. It is evident that a past of his has had such an effect on him that the adolescence he has become quite
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them as a normal person‚ but some main characters show to be anti-heroic. Holden Caulfield from J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in The Rye and Naomi Nickel from Miriam Toews’ A Complicated Kindness show they are anti-heroes. Not being able to comply with society’s expectations and acting rebellious are what negative traits these two possess‚ but show a softer side from their compassionate personality and actions. Although both Holden and Naomi possess negative characteristics‚ which suits the anti-hero‚
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