Mr. Antolini’s house‚ Holden falls asleep… a. At the park b. At the train station c. On the bus 2) While Holden watches Phoebe on the carousel… a. He starts to cry b. it starts to rain c. He sees Allie’s figure in the distance 3) According to Holden‚ what is the best thing about the Museum of Natural History a. The joy on the children’s faces b. Pretending to one of the historical figures c. Everything always staying right where they are 4) Holden describes Stradlater as
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In The Catcher in the Rye‚ author J.D. Salinger creates a timeless antihero who embodies flawed adolescent confusion and brash teenage skepticism. Holden Caulfield’s two hundred-page testimony to the reader—littered with his colloquial prose and cynical opinion—helps the audience understand his attitudes and identify his yearnings and tendencies. One of the best ways to capture Holden’s imagination—to really understand why he does what he does—is to examine the several daydreams and fantasies that
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In the book A Separate Piece by John Knowles‚ A group of teenage boys attend a selective boarding school in New Hampshire called Devon. Throughout the novel‚ the characters experience the prominent effects of World War II. From rotten apples to the disappearance of maids‚ the lives of boys at Devon were changing rapidly. Also‚ because most of the characters were on their way to turning 18‚ they are faced with the decision of whether to enlist or wait to be drafted. As the war progressed‚ characters
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Annotated Bibliography McCarthy‚ Cormac. The Road. New York: Alfred A. Knopf‚ 2006. Print. The Road is set in a grim atmosphere. It is after apocalypse world where all signs of life are extinct. People and animals are starving‚ and predatory groups of savages wander around with pieces of human bodies stuck in their teeth. It is both oppressive and disheartening. McCarthy sets an atmosphere like one mediately after the world wars. It is not far-fetched to imagine the possibility of such a sad environment
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toward some people. Holden also states that he is “the most terrific liar you ever saw in your whole life.” This would support the reason why he continuously says “no kidding.” He wants to make sure that people believe him because many times he knows he’s lying. When he’s on the train talking with Mrs. Morrow about his alleged tumor‚ he “started reading this timetable…just to stop lying.” Next‚ Holden refers to himself as a madman on a few occasions. When Stradlater asks Holden to stop smoking in
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them as a normal person‚ but some main characters show to be anti-heroic. Holden Caulfield from J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in The Rye and Naomi Nickel from Miriam Toews’ A Complicated Kindness show they are anti-heroes. Not being able to comply with society’s expectations and acting rebellious are what negative traits these two possess‚ but show a softer side from their compassionate personality and actions. Although both Holden and Naomi possess negative characteristics‚ which suits the anti-hero‚
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Another coming of age element that proves that Holden is a coming of age character is Idealism to Realism. Most of the time in the novel Holden idealized kids and viewed them as innocent and pure. However‚ later in the novel when Holden visits places like school‚ that represented innocence‚ his whole view switches and he realizes that in reality kids are not perfect. Once when Stradlater asked Holden to write a detailed essay on one subject‚ Holden opened up about his brother Allie that died from
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Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye‚ Holden Caulfield relates to all people and their experiences. With Holden’s vocabulary‚ sexual fascination‚ and attempts to enter the adult world‚ Salinger effectively creates a character with whom readers can relate. Salinger relates Holden Caulfield to readers with the use of foul language and provocative wording. Salinger may even overuse the swearing in some parts in order to emphasize Holden’s lack of maturity and respect. Holden says‚ "I damn near puked‚ listening
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When you read pieces of literature‚ what do you notice they have in common? You might notice they all have lessons. Authors depict their characters to face conflicts and to cope‚ for example Eliezer Wiesel from the novel Night and Holden Caulfield from the novel The Catcher in the Rye. Throughout the stories the two young men experience the hard parts of life and learn how to face them. To cope with someone or something the two characters faced a transformation that would mark their lives. In the
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Holden is the main character in The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger and Carl grimes is a character in the show The Walking Dead. Holden is 16 years old and has been thrown out of 3 schools. Carl is about 15 years old and is living during a zombie apocalypse. They are both lonely because they don’t trust people and they’ve lost people they care about and they are both pessimistic because they are growing up in a strange world. Both Holden Caulfield and Carl Grimes are pessimistic about the world
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