presents Holden Caulfield’s flashback of his first few days after being kicked out of Pencey Prep. The adults and teachers in Holden’s life believe that he does not apply himself in school. Holden feels that most people‚ especially adults‚ are phonies‚ so he childishly chooses not to listen to them. In Holden’s mind‚ no one reaches the level of perfection Allie‚ Holden’s dead younger brother‚ creates. Holden perceives the world through two extremes‚ the perfect and ideal or the worst. Holden ideally
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character Holden Caulfield is thrown into the concept of death without being prepared for it at a young age. The death of Holden’s brother Allie rocked his world‚ damaged Holden’s emotional state‚ and sent him down a path of deep emotional troubles. Throughout The Catcher in the Rye it is obvious Holden has many underlying issues and seems to be struggling emotionally. Even though Holden is sixteen years old he tries to make himself appear more mature than he really is. Holden many times
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any solution can seem like the right one. In The Catcher in the Rye‚ Holden Caulfield’s overanalyzation of events leads him to rationalize many of his own decisions. He rationalizes why he has not had had sex‚ why he ordered the prostitute‚ why Sally did not want to go with him‚ and why he only gave the nuns $10. Detailing his own intimate opportunities‚ Holden considers why he has never had sex. Trying to explain why‚ Holden just comes up with excuses. "Something always happens...her parents always
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Quiz Makeup Chapters 1-11 Holden Caulfield seems to be a troubled kid who keeps having to leave the school he is attending. He has just flunked out of Pensey Prep School because he was not applying himself. Holden goes to tell his former history teach Mr. Spencer goodbye. Mr. Spencer annoys Holden by reminding him that he flunked him and forces him to read his horrible essay he had written. Holden is in his room reading Out of Africa when one of the students Ackley comes into his room. Ackley stays
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Character analysis I´m going to tell you about Holden Caulfield‚ the main character in book "The Catcher in the Rye"‚ written by J.D. Salinger. But to tell you about Holden you need to know Holden‚ therefore I´m going to tell you briefly were Holden comes from and his relationship with his family. Holden Caulfield is a 16 year old teenager that refuses to grow up because he doesn´t want the responsibilities that come with it. Holden comes from a very wealthy New York family‚ however
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main character‚ Holden Caulfield‚ struggles to find his place in life. As an adolescent‚ he finds no good left in the adult world that soon will face him. Throughout his struggles‚ he realizes that people are nothing more than phonies‚ money worshipers‚ and egocentrics. People in the world become satisfied with money and material objects‚ while Holden finds anger in such things. Although it is hard to see‚ he does find happiness in his fight for life. Unlike most teens‚ Holden finds happiness in
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J. D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye portrays a sixteen-year-old boy‚ stuck between adolescence and adulthood‚ who struggles to find his place in society. Holden Caulfield draws the reader in with his unpredictable actions and his frank judgements and opinions of the world. Throughout the novel Holden tries to protect his innocence and views the adult world as "phony." Salinger seems to be asking the question that to become an adult is it necessary to accept the fact that some things‚ like
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book is composed of stories after the protagonist Holden Caulfield’s expulsion from a private school. He leaves school early to explore New York before returning home‚ interacting with teachers‚ prostitutes‚ nuns‚ an ex-girlfriend and his sister along the way. We characterize Holden as an innocent child that possesses an ideal fantasy of becoming a catcher in the rye‚ protecting an unsophisticated world of love‚ passion and justice. It seems Holden‚ a “guardian” towards childhood and innocence is
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PTSD in the Catcher in the Rye In the "Catcher in the Rye‚" written by J.D. Salinger‚ Holden experienced a traumatic event that would stay with him for the rest of his life. When Holden was 13‚ his 11-year-old brother‚ Allie‚ passed away from leukemia. Holden would never recover from that experience. Holden develops a condition known as PTSD or post-traumatic stress disorder. PTSD is best described as "An anxiety disorder that people get after seeing or living through a dangerous event." As described
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story of troubled teenager named Holden who struggles with the fact of growing up. Holden faces the fork in the road of choosing between childhood innocence or to grow up. Salinger use symbolism and irony to show that society tends to hold on to childhood innocence‚ but one has to face reality to grow up. In order to not be held back from opportunities and feel depressed. J.D. Salinger uses symbolism to show although one might
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