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    His conscientiousness Is Holden a good role model for people your age today? Instinctively and attitude wise-no However‚ he has got the “right idea” Which takes over (action or thoughts?) However‚ ideas carried out with action to the extreme are never good Holden is experiencing the pressures that come along with adolescence‚ ergo does not know how to cope with his feelings. This leads him to judge everyone but himself. Furthermore‚ afraid of confrontation‚ Holden blames the “phonies” when

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    Holden Caulfield Medical Diagnosis Holden Caulfield Medical Diagnosis Dear Mister and Misses Caulfield‚ my name is Dr: Connor Grist and I have been mister Holden Caulfield’s psychologist over the past couple weeks. Asking him about his life story and what he has gone through. Through his explanation of his life story‚ I was able to uncover 3 key behavioral characteristics that I believe he suffers from. Through my research‚ I believe that he suffers he uses profanity laced vocabulary and abusive

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    Holden Caulfield Excuses

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    Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye‚ Holden Caulfield exhibits the use of pathetic and weak excuses to avoid an undesirable situation. This ties in with his unmotivated personality. Often times Holden simply “does not feel like it”‚ so often that it becomes evident that he is simply using it as an excuse that the reader can spot a mile away. Whether hiding from a sexual encounter‚ mentioning more detail about his sickness‚ or something as simple as a phone call‚ Holden Caulfield is simply too mentally weak

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    Holden Caulfield’s Doctor Analysis Patient: Holden Caulfield Doctor: Carolina Beltran Date: May 18‚ 2009 Abstract: After studying the patient‚ Holden Caulfield‚ for several days in daily therapeutic sessions‚ I have concluded that the patient is suffering from Dysthemic Disorder. A person who has Dysthymic Disorder generally has had a variety

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    Holden Caulfield Outline

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    Patient – Holden Caulfield A. Holden is troubled. Socially accepted. Teenager. B. Holden can be depressed at times. C. Has had a troublesome past. D. Not very emotional and does not form many good relations. E. Immature‚ Childish F. Removes himself from reality. G. Disillusioned-Can’t deal with phonies-leaves H. Self-Ideals‚ too much to follow II. Diagnosis A. Holden Caulfield suffers from PTSD(Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) B. Throughout his life‚ Holden has

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    Salinger’s most popular novel‚ The Catcher in the Rye‚ is narrated from the point of view of the main character‚ Holden Caulfield. Holden is a very judgemental character who spends a lot of his time judging other people as a way to avoid looking into himself. His critiques of the people around him are often things that he himself is guilty of. Much of what you learn about Holden Caulfield‚ you learn from the way he judges other people. One of Holden’s favorite things to call people is‚ “phony.” He

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    Who Is Holden Caulfield?

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    Amelia Lee Freeland 1/2 Who is Holden Caulfield? Many adolescents struggle with finding who they are and how they fit into this world. According to Lewis Judd ’s “The Normal Psychological Development of the American Adolescent‚” adolescents develop a sense of self-concept through the means of experimentation‚ daydreams‚ and in actual or physical activities. Holden Caulfield‚ in The Catcher in the Rye‚ is one such example. Troubled by the early death of his brother‚ Allie‚ and

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    Holden Caulfield Misfit

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    Catcher in the Rye thought Holden Caulfield was insane. In the story “Catcher in the Rye” by‚ J.D. Salinger‚ Holden was a 16 year old boy who kept being sent to different boarding schools. He had gotten kicked out of a few‚ before wanting to run away and not go back to the schools. His reason for being kicked out is because everyone in his schools were phony and he did not like it. Holden and society are a misfit‚ but Holden is the problem in this story. One example‚ Holden does not think before he

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    main character in this book‚ Holden Caulfield‚ is a young boy growing up in the 1950s‚ and is still trying to figure out his place in the world. Throughout the book‚ Holden is shown to aspire to be an adult‚ because he feels that adults do not have problems. These physical wants are only held back by the child-like tendencies he keeps holding on to‚ and they prevent him from growing up how he wants to‚ falling somewhere in the middle‚ the self he is during the book. Holden finds that even though he

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    Phoebe Caulfield Catcher

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    May 7 2012 Phoebe Caulfield : The True Catcher in the Rye Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye reveals a teenager’s dramatic struggle against death and growing up. The book is composed of stories after the protagonist Holden Caulfield’s expulsion from a private school. He leaves school early to explore New York before returning home‚ interacting with teachers‚ prostitutes‚ nuns‚ an ex-girlfriend and his sister along the way. We characterize Holden as an innocent child that possesses an ideal fantasy

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