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    novel The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger explores the pain of growing up through the experiences of Holden Caulfield‚ a sixteen year old boy who has just flunked out of school and thinks he has nowhere to go. Holden feels detached and has no one to listen to him. Salinger starts off the novel with Holden buying a red hunting hat. This hat has a big peak and funny looking earlaps. Holden doesn’t wear the hat in front of people because he thinks he looks crazy in it‚ but he wears it when he is

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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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    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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    old boy named Holden Caulfield who remains curious and naive throughout the story he tells. The story begins with Holden explaining how he was kicked out of a prep school and then takes us through his Christmas in New York while he waits until his parents have been notified of his expulsion. During the time he tries to keep himself busy in order to avoid his parents‚ he manages to experience many things for the first time and be able to act like he’s been through it all before. Holden is an immature

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    Joseph Campbell’s Theory of the Quest. Every character‚ at some time‚ is called to start the quest‚ to leave the old life for a new one. Holden‚ the main character and narrator of The Catcher in the Rye is no exception to this rule. He experienced‚ like many others‚ a period in his young life when he received the quest call to start his life journey. Holden answers the call to adventure‚ the first step in Joseph Campbell’s Theory of the Quest‚ when he gets kicked out of school. According to Campbell

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    has hit a crossroad could relate to. The novel follows Holden Caulfield‚ a boy who suffers mentally because he lives in a delusional world in where he fears the transition into adulthood because he despises change‚ hates adults‚ and isolates himself from others. In the novel Holden visits a museum‚ in which it showed his desire for everything to stay the same. His opinion is that children are more sincere and amusing than adults. However‚ Holden knowns that kids will soon grow up and become adults

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    types of different things. The main character of the book is Holden Caulfield‚ this guy has major problems. He’s alone and he knows it‚ he hates everyone and judges them too. Some themes of this story are the sadness‚ the lies and deceit‚ and Holden’s youth. Every one of these themes describe Holden in different ways‚ mostly it describes what he’s like. SADNESS Sadness permeates The Catcher in the Rye. Main character Holden Caulfield finds nearly everything depressing‚ from receiving gifts to

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    Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye. A sixteen-year-old boy‚ Holden Caulfield‚ wanders around New York City after being expelled from his most recent school and encounters numerous people‚ particularly women‚ before going back to his family. Though Holden tries to surround himself with others‚ he never seems to be able to connect to them. Holden is constantly trying to surround himself with other people‚ but isn’t able to form real connections with anyone. Holden socializes with girls multiple times throughout

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    The Tortured Road of AdolescencePatrick RoyleCentral to J.D Salinger’s "The Catcher in the Rye" and Russell Banks "Rule of the Bone" is the theme of change. Both male protagonists - Holden Caulfield and Chappie Dorset - transform‚ while traversing the tortured path from adolescence to adulthood. Both young men have similar characteristics; and seemingly parallel lives. Both authors portrayal of adolescence follows a pattern: a deep-set urge to protect innocence‚ providing an image of courage‚ callousness

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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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