one type of person in Holden Caulfield. By the end of the book‚ we see a whole new person. How is it that one person can change as much in a short time period? They change by the experiences they go through. Holden went through a lot of experiences in a short period of time especially‚ and also in his past history. In the beginning of the novel‚ Holden has just come back from a fencing game in New York. He has also been kicked out from Pencey Prep. To us it seems Holden is a troubled boy‚ after
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Whether it is a best friend‚ a co-worker‚ or even God…someone to talk to is sometimes the only cure to the things you are feeling inside. In the novel Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger‚ Holden Caulfield’s person to talk to‚ or “confidante”‚ is his little sister Phoebe Caulfield. At the beginning of the novel Holden describes Phoebe as extremely smart and funny‚ but as the book progresses her significance in the work progresses too. Much of Phoebe’s life is used symbolically and vicariously of Holden’s
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Holden Caulfield is a teenage boy living in a society in which he believes to be full of hypocrites and "phonies". Everything with any connection to his life he believes to be a phony. From teachers to his friends‚ to people he does not even know. Holden always found some kind of a reason to give off the impression that he is superior because they are just fake. He is in belief that he is capable of understanding everything about a person just by looking at them and judging their first impression
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March 9‚ 14 Sadness in Catcher in the Rye Catcher in the Rye is a book of many themes of many different types of different things Sadness is one of them. The main character of the book is Holden Caulfield‚ he has major problems‚ he finds nearly everything depressing. Today we’d say that Holden Clinically is depressed. He has no reason to be so sad all the time. He’s alone and he knows it‚ he also hates everyone and judges them. The conclusion is that isolation and alienation from others
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and saw the moral lessons and what a great piece of literature it was for the students to grow and expand their knowledge on literature. Students were a huge contribution to the supporters of the novel. It was very easy for a students to relate to Holden the main character in the book and get the feel of discovering themselves and what they need like he did. Students felt the right to read what they please‚ they did not want to be limited as to what they should or shouldn’t read. Regardless of the
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Often during the novel‚ Holden will remember events or incidents involving Allie. It is noticeable that Holden’s attitude changes when he thinks or mentions his story of his past with Allie. He writes a composition about Allie’s baseball glove for his roommate Stradlater and also mentions he broke his hand punching all of the windows in the garage when he slept there the night Allie died. The death of his brother created a big impact in his life more or less because Holden thought of Allie as being
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of Agerstown‚ Pennsylvania. Holden Caulfield is a high school student who drops out of Pencey Prep due to his poor grades. This leads him to return home to New York where he bides his time staying away from his home but in a instance returns home to visit his sister for a time‚ he travels from hotel to hotel with a few bars as well meeting a couple of old acquaintances along the way until he eventually returns once again home to comfort his sister. I believe that Holden wishes to desperately cling
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Nick Greco English 9H Ms. Amarianos 12/22/14 Adolescence and Holden Caulfield‚ the Rebellion Introduction Is it just me... or does every adult hate what teenagers do? Well‚ it hasn’t only occurred in recent days‚ it has dated back all the way to the 1940s and 1950s after World War II. Adolescents of the 1940s were no longer concerned with winning a war‚ instead they were concerned with being popular and successful in their adult lives. The Catcher in the Rye is an amazing book by J.D Salinger
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A Day in the Life It was around nine o’clock when I woke up‚ and I was out of cigarettes. Instead of lying around watching some phony soap opera‚ I grabbed my coat and scarf‚ and was out the door in about five minutes. Outside‚ it was dark and gloomy‚ and the goddam wind kept coming through my jacket. I had to wrap my scarf all around my face‚ and shove my hands deep into my pockets just to keep warm. I bet I looked like a goddam idiot‚ but I didn’t care. I didn’t see nobody ‘till I got to the
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communication builds powerful dramatic tension and often explodes into furious argument between characters and within characters. The alienated self-existing in the world and defying convention is nothing new in literature; we only have to look to Holden Caulfield for a different generation’s depiction of teenage angst (though note there is no expectation that students studying this title will relate texts to other cultures or areas of literary heritage). However‚ DNA‚ as a drama‚ takes the negativity
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