the main character‚ Holden Caulfield’s apparent madness and irrational behavior plays an important role. The decisions that Holden makes at the time seem un-normal and irrational to characters in the novel‚ but to the reader they seem wise and reasonable. One example of this behavior is the way Holden treats women. Throughout the novel he has the temptation to be with women‚ but he can resist his urges. He doesn’t want to be with a girl‚ just to be with a girl‚ Caulfield actually wants it to
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Holden vs. Charlie During your life you go through many phases. One phase is high school. High school can be the best thing you ever been through or one of the worst times of your life. Holden Caulfield and Charlie had many problems through high school but most of their actions and personality were the same. Even though Holden and Charlie were two different types of people‚ they had the same of amount of similarities as differences. One of their differences between Holden and Charlie was their
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Holden Caulfield: Holden Caulfield is an intelligent but insecure high-school junior who is expelled from Pencey Prep which is the fourth boarding school he has attended for failing four out of five subjects. Although Holden seems likable and has a good sense of humour‚ he has difficulty facing reality‚ in particular his inability to adjust to his peers and society in general. Caulfield is immature and refuses to grow and doesn’t like to moved on. He wears the red hunting hat is certainly a
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The book Catcher in the Rye is set in the 1940’s. Holden Caulfield is a sixteen year old boy from New York City‚ and he’s recently flunked out of several prestigious boarding schools because he doesn’t apply himself. You can tell from reading just a few simple pages that he indeed is an extremely bright kid‚ but he is viewed as a judgmental cynic and doesn’t give much of anything a chance. Their are about a million different things that "kills" Holden‚ but phony people are at the top of his extensive
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arises. In the thick of it all lies Jem and Scout‚ and they have to learn how to get through the storm. In the novel‚ “To Kill A Mockingbird‚” Harper Lee uses conflict and setting to develop the theme of maturity and courage within the Finch children. Harper Lee establishes the theme of maturity in Jem Finch by using
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Holden Caulfield is a character whose actions speak more than his words. In J.D. Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye‚ Holden is an innocent person who expects the world to be perfect. He knows that there are choices available for every decision he makes‚ but doesn’t have any particular instructions to go with it. He seems to be a very positive person who has just given up trying to make better of him after his Brother Allie’s death. This plus his "teenage mood and attitude changes‚" the society thinks
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Caroline Dillon 5/15/13 Mrs. Lynch Period 3 While reading The Catcher in the Rye‚ Holden Claufield suffers from abnormal behavior. It’s safe to say that Holden doesn’t exactly act like a normal teenager does. Holden suffers from bipolar disorder. A mental illness which causes you to be depressed‚ feeling low and useless‚ as well as manic behavior that causes him to be sleepless‚ irrational‚ and act out with wild behavior. Bipolar disorder can be expressed as a manic-depressive illness. It is
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that she is not as grown up as she thought she was. She was acting very far out of her maturity level and she was brought into the reality of adulthood harshly when a horrifying event occurred with the first person that treated her as a mature
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In the story by Joyce Carol Oates‚ “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been” and in the short story “The Storm” by Kate Chopin the relationships among love‚ age‚ and maturity will be compared. In the story “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been” based in the 1960’s‚ is about a fifteen year old girl named Connie who is seduced and finally abducted by a man named Arnold Friend. The Story has underlined tones of love‚ age‚ and evil. Connie‚ the main character of the story‚ is an attractive girl
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Phoebe Caulfield Character Analysis Holden talks his sister up to no end. She’s the smartest kid ever‚ he assures us‚ as well as a great dancer‚ emotional‚ and funny. She always knows what you’re talking about. She can tell the difference between a good movie and a bad one. She listens. Then we meet Phoebe. And basically‚ she’s everything Holden said she would be. She’s a pretty amazing character because she somehow manages to be all over the above‚ but still very much ten years old. (Check out
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