was ringing them up and all‚ he started some phony conversation. Asked me how my day was going and all‚ but I could tell he didn’t really care. All of a sudden I told him I was on my way to my sister’s wedding reception‚ and made up this whole goddam lie. I don’t know why I did it. Maybe I just wanted him to think I had somewhere to go. After I left‚ I wandered the streets for a while. I didn’t know where the hell I was going‚ I just didn’t want to go back to the hotel I was staying at. My room was
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Holden Caulfield - The protagonist and narrator of the novel‚ Holden is a sixteen-year-old junior who has just been expelled for academic failure from a school called Pencey Prep. Although he is intelligent and sensitive‚ Holden narrates in a cynical and jaded voice Ackley - Holden’s next-door neighbor in his dorm at Pencey Prep. Ackley is a pimply‚ insecure boy with terrible dental hygiene. He often barges into Holden’s room and acts completely oblivious to Holden’s hints that he should leave
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me. I love the way the author writes. It is like Holden is talking right to me‚ telling me all the things that have happened to him. Salinger does leave a little to my imagination. I am always guessing what Holden is really feeling or thinking. Holden’s outlook and perspective on life are displayed on each page and I can hardly ever put the book down. There are many aspects of this book that I truly enjoy. The complex character of Holden Caulfield is what I love the most about this book. He is very
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Gallagher: A girl Holden used to spend a lot of time with one summer when their families were neighbors in Maine. She is important to Holden because she is one of the few girls he can find attractive and connect to. -Allie Caulfield: Holden’s younger brother who died of leukemia three years ago. He was intelligent‚ red-headed‚ and friendly. Holden is still suffering from Allie’s death. -Phoebe Caulfield: Holden’s 10 year old sister who he loves a lot. She listens and understands Holden more than
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another‚ but any significant change in the character for the better is usually accepted as a bildungsroman. Many readers and critics alike have categorized the novel The Catcher in The Rye by J.D. Salinger as a bildungsroman. The novel is about Holden Caulfield‚ a teenage boy‚ who is being treated at a mental institution (which is hinted at later in the novel) while he recounts the events leading up to him being placed there. Most simply accept that the novel is in fact a “coming-of-age” story and do
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themes are shared amongst these works. For instance‚ looking at the novel The Catcher in the Rye‚ by J.D. Salinger‚ and the movie Pleasantville‚ directed by Gary Ross‚ several similarities can be called out. Throughout the book‚ sixteen year old Holden Caulfield displays what his life is like after being kicked out of boarding school. He often speaks of people’s phoniness and how he dislikes it. In Pleasantville‚ a teenage boy named David and his sister Jennifer are put into a TV show called Pleasantville
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I think Holden Caufield is one of the few sane characters in The Catcher in the Rye. List reasons why you think Holden is sane‚ or normal compared to the average teenager. I think holden is sane because he is like most other teens. They deal with emotions‚ mood swings‚ relationships with others‚ etc List some other characters and show how they are stranger than Holden. Mr. Antolini- holden awoke to him patting/petting his head‚ then asking holden not to leave afterward. P.192-193
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Crazy Holden Caulfield In the United States today‚ a person commits suicide about every twenty minutes (Whybrow). Many of these people end their life‚ due to a mental illness. Extreme emotions and dramatic moods swings are part of being human‚ but at a certain point‚ they can take over someone’s entire existence. Mental disorders are common‚ and often show up in literature to add a deeper layer of complexity to a character. The human psyche is complex on its own‚ so when a emotional disorder is added
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Palma Marella‚ C. ENG3U1 November 4‚ 2013 What Holden Hates Nitpicking is the epitome of the typical teenager as they are found to be so critical of ideas and use the word “hate” often. Salinger’s iconic creation‚ Holden Caulfield‚ recalls an eventful three day journey that demonstrates his strong opinions towards such natural flaws that apply to society in the novel The Catcher in the Rye. In his encounters with friends‚ family and strangers‚ Holden reveals to the reader about multiple things that
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Catcher in the Rye capture the rich through the eyes of the rich. Holden Caulfield is a well-off adolescent disgusted by the materialistic mannerisms of society. Other novels‚ including Cutis Sittenfeld’s Prep‚ describe the rich through the endeavors of the middle class. Lee Fiora is scholarship student struggling to establish her place among the elite of Ault School. In their response to Prep‚ The Washington Post said‚ “Holden Caulfield would love this heroine: her dry wit and sharp social observations
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