Holden Caulfield J.D. Salinger gives Holden a realistic voice and perspective that the reader can identify with. We are able to understand how Holden has come to view this world of his through his past experiences and reactions to life’s situations. He is a very unique character that doesn’t exactly fit into a common stereo type. Although he is similar to some boys his age‚ Holden’s beliefs and values often contrast with those of his peers. Holden finds it difficult to relate to his schoolmates
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From all the books I’ve read‚ Holden Caulfield is the most unique character I have encountered thus far. Since the beginning‚ I was oddly intrigued by his blatant pessimism towards life. Additionally‚ he acquires a negligent outlook on education‚ having been expelled from a myriad of prestigious schools‚ including the most recent one Pencey. He lacks not intelligence‚ but motivation. To say that Holden finds it difficult to get along with other people is an understatement. The truth is he despises
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Singapore Managing the Human Resource of Holden. Lecturer Dr. Bob Compton Submited By: Rajim Krishna Shrestha (C3172789) Ge Du (c3157769) Lu Cui (c3160052) ShiDie Lu (c3159226) Word count: 4650 excluding executive summary‚ table of content‚ references and appendices. Executive Summary This report analyzes and discusses about the organizing and
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Holden Caulfield is your regular teenage guy‚ or so he longs to be. Throughout J.D Salinger’s entire novel‚ The Catcher in the Rye‚ we see clear evidence that Holden is alienated from most people‚ and that he does this by choice. Our narrator sees the adult world as a dirty‚ perverted place‚ full of phonies and hate; thus the only people who are ‘acceptable’ to him‚ are children who are still pure and ‘clean’. Very early in the first chapter‚ Holden begins to express his solitude. “Anyway‚ it was
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Salinger’s coming of age story‚ The Catcher in the Rye‚ protagonist Holden Caulfield comes from a very wealthy Manhattan family that sends him to different boarding schools‚ no matter how many times he flunks out. There are numerous similarities between Dill and Holden‚ namely the hardships they each face‚ including a great loss of innocence. Holden loses his innocence when his brother‚ Allie‚ dies. Allie is one of the only people Holden cared about‚ and he struggles with the idea of his beloved brother
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novel called catcher in the rye‚ about a teenage boy named Holden Caulfield who lives in New York City. Holden is not an ordinary teenage boy. His way of viewing life is different its extraordinary Holden is confused‚ lost‚ and depressed. His character is very complex to understand through the book Holden tries to reach out to a lot of people and he tries to build a relation but something is not letting Holden to do so‚ the fact that Holden wants to remain a child is keeping him away from growing up
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the Rye‚ the main character Holden Caulfield displays an obsessive dislike for "phonies”. Holden mentions the word “phony” regularly throughout the course of the novel. Holden thought everyone at Elkton Hills‚ one of the prep schools he’d gone to‚ were all phonies. But the biggest one of all was Mr. Hass‚ the headmaster of Elkton Hills. “ For instance‚ they had this headmaster‚ Mr. Haas‚ that was the phoniest bastard I ever met in my life.”(14). Holden thinks of Mr. Hass as a phony
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1. What was Holden’s opinion of his brother’s work in Hollywood? a. Holden does not like that D.B. is in Hollywood. He says “now he’s out in Hollywood…being a prostitute” (Salinger 2). His diction gives a negative tone. 2. Why was Holden leaving Pencey? a. Holden is expelled from Pencey because he is failing four out of his five subjects. The only one he is passing is English. 3. What evidence showed that Holden came from a wealthy family? a. Pencey Prep is a catholic school. Catholic schools along
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the main character‚ Holden is stuck between two worlds: one with being mature and the other of childhood. Holden is viewed as a childish “madman” (mental condition) by the audience. Holden is afraid of change‚ so it is hard for him to live in the world we stay in. It is always changing‚ so the transfer from being a teenager to an adult is hard for him. Though Holden is confused between the two worlds‚ he will gain his conscience towards the end and make up his mind. Holden thinks things should
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I can relate to the scene where Holden Caulfield’s history teacher Mr. Spencer lectures Holden about applying himself and trying in life. Sometimes during school‚ I struggle with the same issue. Especially during stressful situations‚ it can be difficult for me to apply myself and find motivation to do my best. For me‚ physics is a class that I struggle with. Even after pouring hours upon hours of studying for tests‚ I always end up getting a low score. Like Holden‚ I ask myself questions such as
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