“The Element of Innocence” “I’d just be the catcher in the rye and all. I know it’s crazy‚ but that’s the only thing I’d really like to be.” (Salinger 173). Innocence can have an array of meanings. However‚ for Holden Caulfield‚ innocence means preserving the most important points in life‚ keeping them in a standstill form of art. The idea of innocence in Holden’s point of view is somewhat altered‚ leaving him to think that death of his brother‚ Allie‚ won’t be so hard to deal with if he protects
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Holden Caulfield - The protagonist and narrator of the novel‚ Holden is a sixteen-year-old junior who has just been expelled for academic failure from a school called Pencey Prep. Although he is intelligent and sensitive‚ Holden narrates in a cynical and jaded voice Ackley - Holden’s next-door neighbor in his dorm at Pencey Prep. Ackley is a pimply‚ insecure boy with terrible dental hygiene. He often barges into Holden’s room and acts completely oblivious to Holden’s hints that he should leave
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and dejection. Holden Caulfield‚ the protagonist in The Catcher In the Rye‚ is a 16 year old who suffered the loss of his younger brother to cancer. The death of his brother had a profound‚ and overwhelming‚ effect on Holden’s mental and emotional state throughout the entire book. It can be said that Holden may very well be suffering from depression. As the story unfolds‚ the reader begins to understand the root of Holden’s struggles. Although some readers think that Holden has a unique personality
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a fascinating novel for its insight on Holden Caulfield’s life when he was attending Pency Prep and to what occurred after he left the school. Holden Caulfield failed most of his classes except for English. Holden takes a leave from the school since he has been kicked out. He leaves earlier than planned and traveled to New York. He tells the stories of how he lived within the extra amount of days he had before his parents had expected to see him home. Holden describes New York well with its famous
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point of view of its protagonist‚ Holden Caulfield‚ following his exact thought process (a writing style known as stream of consciousness). There is flow in the seemingly disjointed ideas and episodes; for example‚ as Holden sits in a chair in his dorm‚ minor events such as picking up a book or looking at a table‚ unfold into discussions about experiences. Critical reviews agree that the novel accurately reflected the teenage colloquial speech of the time. Holden is six feet two and has grown six
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Holden has many depressing episodes and shows them to the readers by constantly announcing his suicidal thoughts. He often lets his depression show by talking about other people like Stradlater but in reality he is reflecting on himself. He only calls out people on the things he thinks are phony or stupid but later in the novel he did the same thing. For example he constantly makes it clear that he can’t stand the movies but later on when he had some free time on his hands he went and watched a
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controversy in the literary community over its distasteful language and adult situations.The Catcher in the Rye is written in a subjective style from the point of view of its protagonist‚ Holden Caulfield‚ following his exact thought processesThe majority of the novel takes place in December 1949. The story commences with Holden Caulfield describing encounters he has had with students and faculty of Pencey Prep (scholars often compare Pencey Prep to Valley Forge Military Academy‚ which Salinger attended from
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Bernice Ramos Mrs. Corradi ENG4UE Friday April 12‚ 2013 The Hidden Faces of Holden Caulfield Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger does an exemplary job in showcasing humanity’s crime through Holden Caulfield. Humanity is guilty of masking their inner selves‚ displaying an entirely different person for the world to see. People often commit this crime subconsciously as a form of protection. Holden is said to be hypocritical because he consistently acknowledges the phoniness of his surrounding
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perspective. Holden Caulfield is an unusual protagonist for supporting this theme because his central goal is to resist the process of maturity itself. According to Webster’s New World Dictionary‚ Holden’s last name Caulfield literally symbolizes caul‚ the membrane enveloping the head of a child at birth." Holden fears change and is overwhelmed by complexity. Holden desires everything to be easily understandable and eternally fixed. During a visit to the museum of natural history Holden uses exhibits
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other contrasts such as only black and white‚ and good and bad. In J.D. Salinger ’s The Catcher in the Rye‚ the protagonist‚ Holden Caulfield‚ speaks of his adventures which gradually lead to his mental breakdown. Readers sympathize with Holden at the onset of the novel‚ but nearing the conclusion Holden begins showing signs of what society would label psychopathy. Through Holden ’s situation in Salinger ’s realistic fantasy‚ the concept of insanity is expressed as the result of social norms pressed
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