CATCHER IN THE RYE (CLIFFNOTES) J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye‚ Holden Caulfield recounts the days following his expulsion from Pencey Prep‚ a private school. After a fight with his roommate‚ Stradlater‚ Holden leaves school two days early to explore New York before returning home‚ interacting with teachers‚ prostitutes‚ nuns‚ an old girlfriend‚ and his sister along the way. J.D. Salinger’s classic The Catcher in the Rye illustrates a teenager’s dramatic struggle against death and growing
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Fall of Caulfield The song “Catcher” by the Swedish band Komeda refers to Holden’s fantasy. The lyrics include‚ “ Who will catch you when you fall? / Who will do it all? And/ There ain’t no catcher in the rye” (from the album Kokomedada‚ 2003). These are apt words because Holden’s dream job is to protect children from growing up and becoming phonies and perverts. In Catcher in the Rye‚ Holden Caulfield’s New York odyssey leads to his dark fall. The sixteen year-old protagonist Holden faces rejection
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11/25/12 The Catcher in the Rye Theme Essay The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger is a novel about the life of a troubled teenage boy called Holden Caulfield. He believes that he’s surrounded by phonies. Therefore‚ Holden spends a few days in a New York hotel in the search of something real in his life. However‚ he fails to find anything else but loneliness‚ disappointment and phoniness. There are many themes to this novel‚ but in my opinion the three main themes are loss of innocence‚ dealing
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oneself‚ again to get a phony job Holden
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The Theme of Loneliness in The Catcher in the Rye Stephen King once said that alone was the most terrible word in the English language. That may be so. However‚ in The Catcher in the Rye‚ we see loneliness through a wholly different point of view‚ that of its protagonist‚ Holden Caulfield. The solitude that Holden experiences is a type of seclusion from the rest of world that is more or less self-inflicted. His inability to understand or be understood by those around him has led him to weave a
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actress Jennifer Coolidge‚ and perhaps she’s never read The Catcher in the Rye. However‚ she certainly sounds like Holden Caulfield who uses the word “phony” in the book an upwards of 40 times‚ all of which used in a negative connotation. Throughout the novel‚ J.D. Salinger develops this theme of phoniness in the adult world through changing personas to fit situations‚ artificial emotions‚ and commenting on movies and fame. We see Holden noting when people’s personas change to fit their situations
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life. The Catcher in the Rye‚ written by J.D Salinger in 1951‚ narrates the life of a teenager‚ who is suffering from severe depression. The novel is a story about childhood and of finding one’s self in society. Initially published for adults‚ the book has become popular with adolescents for its themes
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flowers on your stomach… Who wants flowers when you’re dead?”(Salinger 172). Holden Caulfield‚ the protagonist of the Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger‚ begins his journey confused‚ alone and filled with regret. Holden regrets doing bad in school‚ not for his sake‚ but his parents. Holden regrets not seeing his sister‚ but most of all Holden regrets not saving his brother Allie from his untimely death of Leukemia. Holden feels he has a responsibility to save everyone because he failed to save his
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The Catcher in the Rye written by J.D Salinger is a coming of age story. It is a story narrated by the protagonist‚ Holden Caulfield‚ who is a sixteen year old boy‚ but has a mind of a ten year old innocent kid. In the beginning he thinks of innocence as important‚ but later he realizes that growing up cannot be stopped. He wanders around the New York City by himself and gains experience of life that teaches him to become mature. This book is clearly written to show the theme of coming of age because
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Written by J. D. Salinger‚ The Catcher in the Rye explores the recollections of an adolescent boy‚ Holden Caulfield‚ who experiences a nervous breakdown. Salinger illustrates Holden’s personal dilemmas through setting and characterisation to show the readers Holden’s isolation. The Social Network‚ directed by David Fincher‚ is a film of similar context‚ exploring the social isolation a college student‚ Mark Zuckerberg‚ faces while creating the billion dollar social media platform known as Facebook
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