and a lack of guilt‚ shame and empathy. Sometimes‚ this illness is called psychopathy or sociopathy. Unfornately‚ Holden is a sociopath because he is deceitful‚ irresponsible and he lacks remorse for action that harm others.(56) Holden Caulfield is described as a really trouble six`teen-year-old boy who is telling a story about how he got expelled from Pencey Preparatory School. Holden is deceitful. Deceitfulness is defined as a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive or an intentional
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Freud: Maturity & Religion Sigmund Freud‚ an Austrian neurologist‚ viewed religion and maturity together as being incapable. When he discussed religion as an illusion‚ he said that it was a “fantasy structure from which a man must be set free if he is to grow to maturity.” He argued that religion as a neurotic behavior locks the psyche into a pre-adult stage‚ which I find to be true as well based on that ideas are imposed on birth‚ the need of a father figure‚ and that religion separates man from
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In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird‚ the character Jem was able to grow in maturity from the experiences that helped shape his understanding of Boo Radley. As a matter of fact‚ his childish beliefs‚ based upon rumors heard‚ of Boo was that he was a monster who ate cats and squirrels. Unfortunately‚ he doesn’t know yet that Boo Radley tries to extend a “hand” towards the kids by leaving gifts in the knot hole of the tree‚ to tell them he’s not who they think he is. A quote from pg 81 sheds light that
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I can relate to the scene where Holden Caulfield’s history teacher Mr. Spencer lectures Holden about applying himself and trying in life. Sometimes during school‚ I struggle with the same issue. Especially during stressful situations‚ it can be difficult for me to apply myself and find motivation to do my best. For me‚ physics is a class that I struggle with. Even after pouring hours upon hours of studying for tests‚ I always end up getting a low score. Like Holden‚ I ask myself questions such as
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Holden is a character that neglected children can understand. He’s depressed and can’t accept the reality of life because he is emotionally disconnected from society. He doesn’t know what it like is to have affections so he tries to be like Allie because he envies all of the attention he receives; Allie is the façade that Holden wants to become since his family has always neglected him‚ in which creates the absence of affection. Holden starts to introduce himself‚ but ends with a nonchalant and distant
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As with catcher in the rye‚ it was first published in 1951 and is written in American English and also has many colloquial words and is also written as if the main character is speaking (first person narrative) directly to you. The main characters Holden (Catcher in the rye) and Philip Pirrip‚ referred to as pip because " My fathers name being Pirrip and my Christian name being Philip my infant tongue could make no more of both names than pip‚ so I called
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As a reward for having earned a large payment for successfully preventing wanton destruction‚ Holden takes his crew on a month-long binge of gambling and drinking. As the group continues to make the most of their reward before another assignment‚ Holden looks to each member of his crew and is thankful to have them near him. “All he wanted was to keep these people for a few moments longer. On every other ship‚ hitting port
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Reading the Catcher in the Rye as a teenager‚ I found myself connecting with Holden Caulfield as a character. Every teenager can relate to the general cynicism and skeptical view on the world that Holden holds. Adolescence is the period in life when kids become exposed to the struggles of adulthood‚ and with it often comes a feeling of isolation. Holden Caulfield was characterized by this feeling. Modern teenagers‚ even in this age of connection‚ can still relate to the feeling of alienation. Around
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Psych 412 Penn State Dr. Love When i was in high school‚ I skipped school one day in order to go to my boyfriends house (whom my parents didn’t know about because they didn’t approve of me dating anyone)‚ and i faked a note and called them to tell them i was sick from my parents phone pretending to be my own mother. This was a risk-taking behavior because‚ as i later found out‚ the school figured out that I wasn’t actually sick and called my parents. Then‚ my parents found out about my boyfriend
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