Salinger both viewed the modern world as a depressing‚ desperate place. The characters of Holden and Gatsby are primary subjects to develop the author’s viewpoints due to the characterizing abilities of the authors. In the novels‚ Holden is suffering from mental illness and depression and Gatsby holds to a delusion that money will lead to love and happiness. Even though there a minimal amount of development of Holden and Gatsby throughout the novels‚ it is done so that the author can show that even if
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Alyssa Palumbo Miss Pasqual March 28‚ 2009 CITR Constructed Response: Chapter 23 Holden Caulfield‚ the main character from J.D. Salinger’s book The Catcher in the Rye‚ holds a different relationship with his sister Phoebe than any other character in the book. With his cynical perspective on life‚ Holden finds it hard to connect with people. Throughout the novel‚ one can see that Holden is desperately trying to find someone who can understand him. He sees Phoebe as the only person
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protagonist named Holden Caulfield. Readers are unsympathetic toward Holden because he grasped onto Allie’s death‚ frequently makes poor decisions and constantly criticizes minor characters without getting to know them. The trait of holding on to the past displays the unsympathetic character trait of Holden Caulfield in two moments through Holden’s journey; having Allie’s baseball mitt and wanting his life to stay the way it was in the past. For example‚ Holden’s roommate‚ Stradlater asked Holden to write
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D. Salinger is given from the perspective of the main character‚ Holden Caulfield. Although the story goes into a considerable amount of detail the reader is not led to believe every part of the story because Holden presents himself as a self-avowed liar‚ and therefore he cannot be trusted. This greatly hinders the reader’s ability to gather valid information and put together their own perspective of Holden’s story. Since Holden Caulfield is the narrator of the novel the reader loses many aspects
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toward some people. Holden also states that he is “the most terrific liar you ever saw in your whole life.” This would support the reason why he continuously says “no kidding.” He wants to make sure that people believe him because many times he knows he’s lying. When he’s on the train talking with Mrs. Morrow about his alleged tumor‚ he “started reading this timetable…just to stop lying.” Next‚ Holden refers to himself as a madman on a few occasions. When Stradlater asks Holden to stop smoking in
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Holden Exposed In the novel The Catcher in the Rye‚ by: JD Salinger‚ the protagonist‚ Holden Caulfield‚ is a seventeen year old boy telling a story of around last Christmas when he spent his weekend in New York. Holden is a very opinionated character. He is a character that has been related to by teenagers over the last 60 years. Holden learns throughout the book that childhood innocence can not be protected forever. Everybody needs to grow up at one time or another. This is a great lesson
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quote comes from Holden Caulfield‚ the protagonist of the award winning novel‚ The Catcher in the Rye. Many people claim to relate to Holden Caulfield because of how genuine he is with the reader. In spite of that‚ critics have continuously challenged the notion that Holden was a reliable narrator. Throughout the story Holden Caulfield demonstrates that he is not a reliable character because he is quick to lie‚ is hypocritical‚ and is mentally unstable. First and foremost‚ Holden is an unreliable
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captures the story of Holden Caulfield‚ who throughout his travels to New York‚ is compelled by his thoughts of characters who are never introduced to readers. The absent characters are as impressed upon him as much as he is affected by those who are among him in the city. The situations in which the characters are introduced are often when Holden is faced with uncomfortable or adult situations. He reminds himself of those who once surrounded him‚ while recollecting the memories‚ Holden is affected by the
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Character Analysis: Holden Caulfield Adrienne Sutherland From the first few pages of The Catcher In The Rye‚ Holden is portrayed as unreliable. His inability to remember the fencing team’s equipment clearly highlights this characteristic. Not only is Holden unreliable in his actions‚ but also in his narration. During Holden and Sally Hayes’ fight at the skating rink‚ one had to question what actually went down. Holden‚ in his narration‚ claims to not have been yelling at Sally‚ meanwhile Sally repeatedly
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literature. J.D Salinger’s realistic fiction novel Catcher in the Rye follows the titular character Holden Caulfield and his inevitable fall from sanity. Holden is an adolescent who was recently kicked out of Pencey Prep‚ an elite private school‚ as a result of his inability to apply himself. Instead of going back home on the wealthiest side of New York City‚ he explores the underbelly of
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