Holden is the protagonist in the novel‚ Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (1945). Holden is a character who tries to seek for dignity‚ but he has some flaws holding him back. Holden is passive and unwilling to examine himself and seek his own dignity. Three reasons for his tragic flaw are: his craziness‚ his immaturity‚ and his phoniness and madman stuff. The first reason for Holden’s flaw is his craziness. He acts this way because he is not normal like others. Something that he repeats constantly
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JD Salinger? Holden Caulfield tells it to us‚ the readers‚ through his point of view. His point of view‚ literately speaking‚ is called first person. We get the facts through his recollections‚ with his opinions and bias. Did you ever wonder what The Catcher in the Rye would be like if it were in a different point of view? It would be very different if it was told in third person dramatic‚ third person omniscient‚ or third person limited omniscient through a character other than Holden. Third person
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character‚ Holden Caulfield goes through some serious emotions as depression and confusion. J.D. Salinger uses the symbol of a carousel to suggest that innocene and life of a child can’t be held on forever and maturing is part of life. Salinger introduces the carousel at the end of the novel. In chapter 25‚ Holden has just left Mr.Antolini’s house going to the train station to sleep on a bench at the waiting area. He then goes trolling around New York all day and night. Holden takes
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intrigued me. I love the way the author writes. It is like Holden is talking right to me‚ telling me all the things that have happened to him. Salinger does leave a little to my imagination. I am always guessing what Holden is really feeling or thinking. Holden’s outlook and perspective on life are displayed on each page and I can hardly ever put the book down. There are many aspects of this book that I truly enjoy. The complex character of Holden Caulfield is what I love the most about this book. He
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Holden Caulfield. The name alone insinuates thoughts of tormented teen angst and a lonesome rebel in a world filled with phonies. To say that the protagonist of J. D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye produced theories and speculation would be a gross understatement. Vast amounts of hypotheses sprang up on the deeper implications of Salinger’s famous character. According to various readers and critics‚ Holden Caulfield represents the metamorphosis from adolescence to adulthood‚ demonstrating
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their childhood behind. Holden Caulfield‚ the main character in the novel The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger and the girl from the poem “First Ice” by Andrei Voznesensky are perfect examples of children leaving behind their childhoods. Both of them are transitioning into adulthood in a long process called loss of innocence. Their only differences are the ways that they react to their personal problems. Holden is resisting his loss of innocence but the girl is facing it‚ Holden isolates himself in
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The story of the “Sandpiper” has many similarities to the story’s “The Rain Horse” and “Her First Ball”. One of the similarities in those 3 stories is alienation. The woman in the “Sandpiper” is treated as an outsider by her husband‚ his family and his country. The man in “The Rain Horse” was treated like an outsider by the land and the land did not welcome him as well as looked down on him. In “Her First Ball”‚ Leila was treated like an outsider by the girls and the men at the ball. The theme of
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life exciting. Unlike in J.D. Salinger’s novel The Catcher in the Rye the main character Holden Caulfield‚ a high school drop out‚ stays humorous throughout the novel even though he has to deal with many troubles and personal issues. Throughout the novel‚ Holden is confronted with many topics he considers as disturbing‚ yet he finds reasons to stay humorous and positive about himself. For example‚ when Holden gets kicked out of school. “Do you have any particular qualms about leaving Pencey
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connection to the story. This title greatly explains the main character‚ Holden Caulfield‚ and his feelings towards life and human nature. In society he has found enormous corruption‚ vulgarity‚ harm and havoc. He knows that the children of the world are ruined by the corruption of adults around them and‚ he states later in the novel‚ his new purpose in life will be to help save the children from this vulgarity. Holden wants to be a "Catcher in the Rye." We first hear the title of the novel
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The Catcher in the Rye Relative to the 1950’s The Catcher in the Rye can be strongly considered as one of the greatest novels of all time and Holden Caufield distinguishes himself as one of the greatest and most diverse characters. His moral system and his sense of justice force him to detect horrifying flaws in the society in which he lives. However‚ this is not his principle difficulty. His principle difficulty is not that he is a rebel‚ or a coward‚ nor that he hates society‚ it is that
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