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    Holden Caulfield‚ a cynical and paradoxical teenager not ready to embrace adulthood goes on a journey to explore the phoniness of the adult world. J.D. Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye published in 1951 reflects on Holden as a child as well as an adult. His neglection of adulthood and his blindness on the innocence of youth presents a great challenge in his life. The bulk of the novel displays Holden‚ a 16 year old teenager who just flunked out of Pencey Prep fleeing to his hometown‚ New York City

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    1. Aerosmith- Dream On This song is significant to this chapter because Holden talks about his ambitions and the troubles hes gone through in his past and this song is just about going after what you want in life and not stopping along the way and that represents Holden a lot. 2. Whats my Age Again?- Blink 182 This song is significant to this chapter because Holden always says that people think he’s older than he is and that he has gray hair and that he is really tall and this song talks about

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    main character‚ Holden‚ always felt the he was completely alone. After Holden was kicked out of his boarding school for failing all but one classes‚ he decided to run away. He spent days in New York‚ with nothing but his red hunting hat. Holden’s hunting hat is a symbol of protection for Holden‚ and he wore it whenever he felt sad or lonely. Throughout J.D. Salinger’s novel‚ The Catcher in the Rye‚ the main character‚ Holden Caulfield‚ was always very isolated and lonely. Holden was always feeling

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    novel The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger‚ Holden encounters many people throughout his journey. These relationships he has influence his view of the world‚ allowing him to mature from someone who dislikes the shallow cruel world to understanding this is how life is. This development is shown through "phonies" he meets throughout the novel‚ his brother Allie‚ and his sister Phoebe. The relationship between Holden and the "phonies" shows how Holden despise the society at first. Whenever he meets

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    this in detail in The Catcher In The Rye by J.D. Salinger. Holden Caulfield‚ the main character‚ is a sixteen year old teenager who has not had the easiest life. The novel focuses on Holden’s journey from getting kicked out of private school in pennsylvania to having a wild weekend in New York City hiding from his parents‚ told from his room in a mental hospital near hollywood. Although it is told over the course of a couple of days‚ Holden is sub consciously fighting to keep his life from spiraling

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    character Holden Caulfield in his famous novel The Catcher in the Rye. The idea of childhood is an important component part in J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye and Kaye Gibbon’s Ellen Foster. Catcher in the Rye was written by J.D. Salinger in 1951. The book centers on Holden Caulfield and the events take place over a span of two days. Holden’s childhood is never really mentioned in the book except for a few instances‚ for example‚ when Holden recalls his time with Allie at the lake. Holden would

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    replicates how precisely Holden views the world. Throughout the storyline of the “Catcher in the Rye‚” by JD Salinger‚ a seventeen year old boy named Holden has a different perspective on everyone he meets. Everyone Holden meets he thinks of them as a phonie. By him thinking that the entire society is fake‚ he starts to alienate and keeps pushing himself farther away from society to get away from all these so called “phonies.” He is longing to leave society and be on his own‚ but

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    sente.ce 34. One can infer Holden doesn’t really care. One can infer Ackley is socially awkward‚ but not as much as holden. I hate beards‚ no homo. 35. That sounds terribly disgusting. What is this song of india? I doubt he looked as good as he thought. 36. One can infer Holden might be a little bisexual. This doesn’t need to be in here. Why does holden care so much for stradlater? 37. Haha‚ I love how he uses the word‚ Buddyroo. The one who is ironic is holden! What does he mean by compositions

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    The character Holden Caulfield in “Catcher in the Rye” is a sophisticated yet simple character. He can be represented in many ways. The photo of James Dean represents Holden accurately. The photo shows Holden’s external as well as internal characteristics. It represents Holden because: the photo portrays his tough guy attitude‚ suggests his outward toughness as well as his positive aspects‚ and the photo shows Holden’s internal sensitivity. Holden Caulfield is precisely represented by the photo of

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    mental wellbeing when they enter adolescence. This can be seen from the character Holden in the novel “The Catcher in the Rye” by J.D. Salinger and Charlie from the movie “The Perks of Being a Wallflower” written and directed by Stephen Chbosky. This is shown through unresolved issues from their childhood‚ their coping mechanisms to deal with their issues‚ and how deeply they let the issues affect them. To begin‚ Holden and Charlie both have unresolved issues from their childhood. They both have suffered

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