Holden Caulfield‚ the protagonist of The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger‚ has a rather pessimistic view of adulthood and characterizes adults as phoney. In the novel‚ Salinger criticizes teenagers’ obsession of protecting their youth through the use of symbolism‚ thereby demonstrating that adulthood is inevitable‚ and fearing it is ultimately self-destructive. Initially‚ Salinger uses symbolism to show the self-destructive behaviour of desperately attempting to protect one’s youth. A passage
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fictional novel written by J.D Salinger. The protagonist in the novel is Holden Caulfield. Throughout the novel Holden begins to exhibit signs of depression. His depression is driven by the death of his younger brother. In everyday life normal people experience breakdowns‚ they cannot handle what is being thrown at them. Holden Caulfield attended a prep school known as Pencey‚ where people are not used to this kind of behavior. Holden exhibits many signs of psychological weakness. He often puts himself
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empathetic human interaction‚ excessive emphasis on physical appearance and the hypocritical nature of the adults makes the world Holden Caulfield lives in a bleak moral climate that destroys the soul in pieces. And if he were alive today‚ Holden would despise the current society because of it’s superficiality and obsession with technology. From the beginning of the story‚ Holden Caulfield’s interactions with the people around him reflect the obliviousness of others toward his problems. His roommate Stradlater
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main character Holden Caulfield. Many Americans in the mid 1900’s saw Holden as a corrupt and disturbed person. “He is a drifter‚ a wanderer‚ an adventurer who seeks not adventure but smut and the negative satisfaction of a negative rebellion” (Moore 34). However‚ this is not necessarily a valid statement. In some lights‚ Holden’s surface character comes across in an unfavorable fashion. Nonetheless‚ when his life and personality are dissected‚ it becomes evident that
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“You felt like you were disappearing every time you crossed a road”; Diagnosing Holden with PTSD in Catcher in the Rye Lexie He lived everyday not knowing when his little brother’s time was going to come. He knew it was soon‚ but just not that soon. Holden Caulfield‚ the protagonist in “The Catcher in the Rye”‚ by J.D. Salinger‚ seemed to have an ordinary life‚ until he watched his little brother‚ Allie‚ suffer from Leukemia. This traumatic event heavily affected Holden’s life. Most people that
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D Salinger. The protagonist; Holden Caulfield becomes seriously depressed to the point where he cannot deal with people and every day life around him. The author describes Holden as a person that does not care about where he goes with his life‚ but the one thing that gets in his way is depression‚ which causes him to be stressed and have a lot of issues. Plot/conflict‚ and character analysis are two literary elements to support this. J.D Salinger describes Holden as mentally unstable‚ lonely‚
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Catcher in the Rye thought Holden Caulfield was insane. In the story “Catcher in the Rye” by‚ J.D. Salinger‚ Holden was a 16 year old boy who kept being sent to different boarding schools. He had gotten kicked out of a few‚ before wanting to run away and not go back to the schools. His reason for being kicked out is because everyone in his schools were phony and he did not like it. Holden and society are a misfit‚ but Holden is the problem in this story. One example‚ Holden does not think before he
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main character in this book‚ Holden Caulfield‚ is a young boy growing up in the 1950s‚ and is still trying to figure out his place in the world. Throughout the book‚ Holden is shown to aspire to be an adult‚ because he feels that adults do not have problems. These physical wants are only held back by the child-like tendencies he keeps holding on to‚ and they prevent him from growing up how he wants to‚ falling somewhere in the middle‚ the self he is during the book. Holden finds that even though he
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written by J.D. Salinger. Taken place in New York City. The main character‚ known as Holden Caulfield‚ tries to discover the meaning of life and goes through many obstacles. In his tone throughout the story‚ he narrates and describes how certain people have an affect on him‚ also what they mean to him. As Holden Caulfield narrates the story‚ each character is given specialized details. What Holden sees in them‚ if they are phony or real. Symbolism is portrayed through the entire
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personality and 2nd photo of his company. II) Draw Johari Window for your own (For this purpose‚ ask questions to minimum 4 of your friends). 3) IBE a) Go through the Excel doc attached with this mail b) VIsit website of the given company c) Write PESTLE analysis in your own words d) Take snapshot of the visited website and paste the hardcopy in Log Book. 4) PPM a) Describe in your own words how different management functions like planning‚ organizing‚ implementing‚ directing‚ coordinating
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