Night and Sold essay Maturity‚ the point in a child’s life when they transform in many wondrous ways and gain much needed values. You don’t want to rush the process‚ nor do you want to try and enter the world without maturity because of the values you will need. By examining the novels Night and Sold we can see that maturity is the key to survival‚ which s important because often times people who don’t mature struggle in the world due to the lack of the necessary values that maturity brings with it. In
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Linda Wargo Professor John Craig English 2 27 October 2014 "Maturity" Maturity is mysterious. We never know the exact date when maturity will hit a peak in our lives‚ but we always tend to misconcept when it does decide to visit. I struggled with the anticipation of maturity when I was young‚ wishing it would come quickly. I thought it would bring with it promises of freedom and privacy. I welcomingly opened several doors for this phase of civilization and sophistication to enter my life. Through
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In The Catcher In The Rye‚ judging from incidents involving Holden‚ I can conclude that he is some kind of a Byronic hero who typically exhibits following traits: No doubt‚ Holden has a troubled past. One way to understand Holden’s uncommon combination of characteristics is to look at the traumatic events in his childhood‚ most importantly the death of his brother‚ Allie. How Holden reacts to his brother’s death‚ by smashing all of the windows in the garage that night‚ shows that this event has
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Holden Character Analysis Essay Like many teenagers‚ Holden Caulfield is a teenager that deals with adolescent issues‚ and adult life. In J.D. Salinger’s novel ’’The Catcher in the Rye’’‚ the main character Holden Caulfield‚ describes in detail the parts of his life and his environment that bother him the most. Holden is a teenager that can relate to most teenagers like us‚ his life revolves around problems‚ and he seems helpless in evading them. Holden can be characterized as a sensitive‚ self-conscious
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The book Catcher in the Rye is set in the 1940’s. Holden Caulfield is a sixteen year old boy from New York City‚ and he’s recently flunked out of several prestigious boarding schools because he doesn’t apply himself. You can tell from reading just a few simple pages that he indeed is an extremely bright kid‚ but he is viewed as a judgmental cynic and doesn’t give much of anything a chance. Their are about a million different things that "kills" Holden‚ but phony people are at the top of his extensive
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going through chronic depression and their use of different coping methods which eventually leads to a mental breakdown. This teenager‚ Holden Caulfield‚ psychologically crumbles under manic depression through a series of agonizing events. These events truly affect his psychological state and eventually separates him from his chance of regaining his mental health. Holden Caulfield in J.D. Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye fails to overcome his mental challenges and attempts
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Amelia Lee Freeland 1/2 Who is Holden Caulfield? Many adolescents struggle with finding who they are and how they fit into this world. According to Lewis Judd ’s “The Normal Psychological Development of the American Adolescent‚” adolescents develop a sense of self-concept through the means of experimentation‚ daydreams‚ and in actual or physical activities. Holden Caulfield‚ in The Catcher in the Rye‚ is one such example. Troubled by the early death of his brother‚ Allie‚ and
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growing up is more difficult without healthy coping mechanisms and communication skills. When Holden was in New York‚ he visited a museum and described it as. “...in that museum was that everything stayed right where it was...you could go there a hundred thousand times… only thing would be different would be you “ (128). Museums contain snapshots that show the past in many different ways. In relation to Holden‚ he likes them because they do not change‚ unlike his ever changing world‚ and everything is
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Rye is the story of young Holden Caulfield angst-ridden struggle with growing up and dealing with “phonies”. Holden is the protagonist and narrator of this story‚ Holden’s narration proves to be unreliable through his compulsive lying‚ inconsistent memory‚ and his cynical perception of reality. To begin‚ Holden exhibits his unreliableness as a narrator through his constant need to fabricate a new reality. After making up an excuse to leave an old teacher’s house‚ Holden highlights what a great liar
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Salinger’s most popular novel‚ The Catcher in the Rye‚ is narrated from the point of view of the main character‚ Holden Caulfield. Holden is a very judgemental character who spends a lot of his time judging other people as a way to avoid looking into himself. His critiques of the people around him are often things that he himself is guilty of. Much of what you learn about Holden Caulfield‚ you learn from the way he judges other people. One of Holden’s favorite things to call people is‚ “phony
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