taken from the perspective of Holden Caulfield. Holden is a sixteen-year-old student at an assumed boarding school‚ where we are in the first person of Holden which lets us discover his character from his speech‚ thoughts and actions [indirect] and his opinions and descriptions of Mr Spencer‚ his history teacher [direct]. He was sitting in a big leather chair‚ all wrapped up in that blanket … He looked over at me when I knocked. “Who’s that?” he yelled. “Caulfield? Come in‚ boy.” He was always yelling
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Character Analysis: Holden Caulfield Holden Caulfield‚ the main character in the famous novel “The Catcher in the Rye”‚ by J.D Salinger‚ is a strange character. Holden is a teenager‚ 16 years old to be exact‚ who is conflicted about moving on to adulthood‚ or growing up. Although in many ways physically mature enough to pass for an adult‚ Holden enjoys the innocent childlike pleasures he enjoys‚ and fights to hold on to his childhood for as long as possible. Holden Caulfield changes throughout this
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others. Some people have many problems‚ and then there is Holden Caulfield. J.D. Salinger in The Catcher in the Rye‚ shows Holden as someone who has a great amount of problems. Holden’s little brother Allie died when he was young‚ and Holden has been kicked out of multiple schools. Holden is hypocritical throughout the book in various ways‚ showing that he is very confused. Holden says one thing but does the other various times in the book. Holden is like no other person‚ he ran away from home after being
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In the author’s point of view‚ the theme of dehumanization leads to the lack of individualism is conveyed through the use of similes‚ metaphors‚ and imagery. Reasons That Support Your Opinion/Thesis Point A (topic sentence): Throughout the book‚ Elie uses metaphors to demonstrate the devastating theme of dehumanization. Evidence (and page number): “It was as though she was possessed by some evil spirit.” (25) Explanation: By using this metaphor of referring to the woman as having been “possessed
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Rye by J.D. Salinger‚ Holden Caulfield is a 16 year old boy from New York City. He recently got the ax from his school‚ Pencey Prep‚ for failing four classes. He ends up roaming around the streets of New York City for three days‚ after leaving school early for Winter Break. Through Holden’s adventures‚ he becomes addicted to smoking‚ drinking and going out to night clubs. This conclusion leads me to think that he has the common issues that teens deal with daily. Although Holden secludes himself from
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Catcher in the Rye is about a young protagonist‚ Holden Caulfield‚ who tells the story about his life from a mental institution and how he got himself into that situation. Holden is not as perfect as he wants to be‚ due to his constant lying‚ his tendency to judge others and the negative situations he gets himself in. His inability to recognize that he is a phony and a hypocrite directly contributes to his physiological problems. Holden Caulfield thinks he is perfect‚ but yet he claims to be a
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Holden Caulfield is your regular teenage guy‚ or so he longs to be. Throughout J.D Salinger’s entire novel‚ The Catcher in the Rye‚ we see clear evidence that Holden is alienated from most people‚ and that he does this by choice. Our narrator sees the adult world as a dirty‚ perverted place‚ full of phonies and hate; thus the only people who are ‘acceptable’ to him‚ are children who are still pure and ‘clean’. Very early in the first chapter‚ Holden begins to express his solitude. “Anyway‚ it was
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that evil brings upon it. In the book Night by Elie Wiesel‚ he describes the event of selection which occurs every two weeks. Never shall I forget that night‚ the first night in camp‚ which has turned my life into one long night‚ seven times cursed and seven times sealed. Never shall I forget that smoke. Never shall I forget the little faces of the children‚ whose bodies I saw turned into wreaths of smoke beneath a silent blue sky. (Elie Wiesel) This quote symbolizes Elie’s first selection in
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From the beginning of Catcher in the Rye‚ Holden Caulfield has kept himself on the outskirts of society. The first time he really demonstrates this is on page 5‚ when he’s describing the view from on top of Thomsen Hill. Everyone is at the game‚ screaming and cheering for Pencey to win. He had just gotten kicked out of Pencey Prep for failing four of his five classes‚ so him standing on top of the hill is both a literal and metaphorical statement of how he doesn’t belong there. By being physically
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Night by Elie Wiesel is a memoir about Elie’s experiences in the Holocaust between 1941-1945. In the beginning of his memoir‚ Elie is a spiritual‚ religious young boy. His family‚ friends‚ and townspeople Were taken to the Concentration Camps‚ changing his life forever. He witnesses things that forever change his life‚ throughout his experiences in the Holocaust and camps‚ not only does his life change‚ Elie himself starts to change. His faith starts to seep through‚ his empathy gone‚ all he could
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