JD Salinger? Holden Caulfield tells it to us‚ the readers‚ through his point of view. His point of view‚ literately speaking‚ is called first person. We get the facts through his recollections‚ with his opinions and bias. Did you ever wonder what The Catcher in the Rye would be like if it were in a different point of view? It would be very different if it was told in third person dramatic‚ third person omniscient‚ or third person limited omniscient through a character other than Holden. Third person
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The theme of alienation is relevant in both "The Catcher in the Rye" and "The Grapes of Wrath. It is an idea presented very prominently in both books‚ expressed through characters‚ actions‚ and events. The Catcher in the Rye focuses on Holden Caulfield‚ a socially inadequate‚ sixteen year old boy who distances himself from others as a display of mental superiority driven by the idea he possesses that everyone is a phony‚ while he appears to be the only one who has remained genuine and authentic
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The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger and the movie Into the Wild are very similar in the way that both main characters‚ Holden and Chris are undergoing a coming of age. Holden is a boy who lives in New York and went to Pencey Prep before getting kicked out for falling most of his classes. Chris is a college graduate who abandoned both his mother and sister who have to suffer with living with their abusive father. However‚ both of these characters are afraid of being apart of the social norm because
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major plot line consist of a young teenager named Holden Caulfield who is approaching the fears of adulthood. Holden is extremely lost throughout the book not knowing how to embrace adulthood and has very little assistance from adults. The reader first sees Holden’s immature behavior through his explosion from the Pencey Prep School. Holden is failing all of his classes except English and is asked to leave the prep school over the winter break. Holden leaves the school a couple of days before he is
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"Pudge" Halter in Looking For Alaska‚ was based largely off of Holden Caulfield‚ the main character in Catcher in the Rye. In reading the two books‚ this statement becomes less and less difficult to believe as we see ignorance‚ rebellion against authority‚ death‚ isolation‚ and eventually maturity‚ and self-reassurance as underlying subject matters in both coming of age novels. Almost immediately‚ we see immaturity in both Miles‚ and Holden in something as discernible as each of their voices. It doesn’t
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consistent within both J.B Salinger’s “Catcher in the Rye” and Mark Twain’s “Huckleberry Finn” and is demonstrated through linguistic and literary techniques. In “The Catcher in the Rye” I have chosen the last three pages of Chapter 24 where Holden Caulfield‚ the protagonist‚ is spending the night sleeping on his previous teacher’s couch. The Huckleberry Finn extract I have chosen occurs in the beginning of Chapter 4. Huckleberry Finn has been kidnapped by his father and is now trapped in a cabin
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such as: his brother dying‚ being expelled from numerous schools‚ suffering from depression‚ and the intolerance for the world around him; The Catcher in the Rye is told from one man’s reflection of his place in society and the world around him. Holden Caulfield‚ a teenager growing up in New York during the 50’s‚ has been expelled from Pencey Prep due to poor academics. In attempt to cope with his expulsion‚ he goes to New York City to take a break before returning to his parent’s house. He ultimately
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Period 6 March 15 2012 Isolating the Variable Inside J.D. Salingers classic novel‚ Catcher in the Rye‚ the main character‚ Holden Caulfield‚ is a social outcast and is isolated in his own world. He has a way of pushing people away with his quirky personality and constant need to not just feel but be different from the average person. In order to feel special Holden makes up stories to impress others. It “Slips off [his] tongue like turpentine”‚ which is another way of saying he is a compulsive
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The majority of the novel takes place in December 1949. The story commences with Holden Caulfield describing encounters he has had with students and faculty of Pencey Prep in Agerstown‚ Pennsylvania. He criticizes them for being superficial‚ or‚ as he would say‚ "phony." After being expelled from the school for his poor academic performance‚ Holden packs up and leaves the school in the middle of the night after a physical altercation with his roommate. He takes a train to New York but does not want
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“You could tell they didn’t want me around”‚ Holden constantly displays his lack of self-confidence through bringing himself down in J.D Salinger’s the Catcher in the Rye‚ which follows seventeen year old‚ angsty teen‚ Holden Caulfield as he tells the in depth story of a trip to New York after flunking out of Pencey School. Holden’s loneliness and isolation highlights his inability to recognize his traumatizing past and lack of closure due to his brother’s recent death‚ establishing his depression
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