Rye‚ Holden Caufield is struggling to find his place in the world and feels lousy and ‘depressed’ a lot. Many people in today’s modern day society have similar struggles as Holden‚ like feeling isolated and alone in the world. In the song ‘Mad World’ by Gary Jules‚ he speaks about being in the same place with the same worm out people and wanting to die. In the song‚ Gary sings “all around me are familiar faces; worn out places‚ worn out faces.” This line can relate to Holden because Holden knew
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The Catcher in the Rye Relative to the 1950’s The Catcher in the Rye can be strongly considered as one of the greatest novels of all time and Holden Caufield distinguishes himself as one of the greatest and most diverse characters. His moral system and his sense of justice force him to detect horrifying flaws in the society in which he lives. However‚ this is not his principle difficulty. His principle difficulty is not that he is a rebel‚ or a coward‚ nor that he hates society‚ it is that
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was difficult to be uplifted by this book because the author made Holden‚ the protagonist‚ suffer through various adversities such as being kicked out of four private schools and even losing a brother through Leukemia. Each hardship that Holden faces adds a reason to why Holden and his actions do not exemplify human glories. Throughout the story‚ Holden mostly complains or talks down on everyone he encounters in his life. Holden always found a way to point out every single one of one’s flaws. An
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Holden would be able to function in todays society just not the best. Holden would most likely be a kid who avoids contact with others unless he needed something. In the book Holden is almost trying to isolate himself in some cases. The way he talks bad about everybody except for a few people is a sign that he is trying to be alone. Holden is also a bit weird with the way he thinks like he asks the weirdest questions people today might not want to listen to those questions. In the book holden gets
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people across the decades from 1951‚ when it was first published‚ to the present. While Holden himself is an unlikable protagonist‚ he is a relatable one. He doesn’t want to grow up‚ no one does. He thinks everyone is phony‚ everyone does. Holden is holds as much relevance to the teenagers of the world today as he did in the 1940’s. He doesn’t want to grow up. Holden is scared of adulthood and would rather remain
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Salinger there were many different ways that the main character‚ Holden‚ was trapped. He was trapped by his own assumptions‚ by his own actions‚ and his own mind psychologically. The first way Holden was trapped was by his own assumptions. Because his personality was to lie‚ he was trapped in a world of lies. This makes him a very negative person. Having a negative attitude can lead to making bad decisions and it traps him. Holden is also trapped by his own actions. Probably the biggest action
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the protagonist‚ Holden‚ exclaims that he dreams of a life where he can‚ “just be the catcher in the rye and all” (Salinger 200). Due to the pressures of American conformity in the early 1950’s‚ he discovers that he will never live a life where he simply keeps children from “falling off of cliffs”―helping them preserve their innocence. The Catcher in the Rye teaches readers that America promotes a materialistic culture in which conformity prevails. Throughout the story‚ Holden searches for purpose
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act in contradictory ways. While Holden walks back to the hotel after his encounter with Lillian‚ he starts thinking about what he would do to the person who stole his gloves back in his prep school‚ Pency‚ since he is freezing. Holden admits that he would not have directly confronted the thief because he describes himself as being “very yellow” (89). The word “yellow” is often known as a color‚ but it is also an archetypal American term that denotes ‘cowardly’. Holden then goes on to explain that the
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they are in society. Holden‚ Huck and Nick all live in a society where people are “phony’s”‚ “con artists” or very wealthy. They try and find themselves within their surroundings and do they best they can for the people around them. In the catcher in the rye by J.D Salinger‚ Holden is searching for his identity and slowly throughout the book his personality and character develops. In the beginning Holden is seen as careless and also very intelligent in his own way. Holden attends Pencey‚ a private
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moments to last forever. However‚ things would gradually change‚ so those moments would not last forever‚ similarly‚ to the character Holden in The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger. Holden’s dilemma is that he wants things to stay the way they are forever and also save the innocent people around him; he realized that it’s not possible. Near the end of the novel‚ Holden progresses in his resolutions‚ for all his earlier dilemmas in the story with people‚ mostly the innocent people. He resolves it
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