enlightenment to those around them. Aristotle defines the tragic hero as someone who has noble goals and ideas who is unable to achieve their goals due to their own flaws. There are many examples of tragic heroism in Holden Caulfield‚ the main character of The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger. Holden has several goals throughout the course of the novel but his progress is often interrupted by his hypocrisy‚ immaturity and his inability to see the beauty or meaning of life. Examples of Holden’s
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main character‚ Holden Caulfield‚ is a 16 year old troubled boy who is trying to find his own identity and his purpose in the world. Along the way‚ Holden shows many increasing signs of an emotional/ psychological breakdown throughout the book. Holden shows symptoms of an incoming emotional/ psychological breakdown from thoughts of suicide and death. For instance‚ when Holden was alone in a hotel lobby‚ he felt “Depressed and all. [He] almost wished [he] was dead” (90). Holden is a very sad and
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D Salinger. The protagonist; Holden Caulfield becomes seriously depressed to the point where he cannot deal with people and every day life around him. The author describes Holden as a person that does not care about where he goes with his life‚ but the one thing that gets in his way is depression‚ which causes him to be stressed and have a lot of issues. Plot/conflict‚ and character analysis are two literary elements to support this. J.D Salinger describes Holden as mentally unstable‚ lonely‚
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and a lack of guilt‚ shame and empathy. Sometimes‚ this illness is called psychopathy or sociopathy. Unfornately‚ Holden is a sociopath because he is deceitful‚ irresponsible and he lacks remorse for action that harm others.(56) Holden Caulfield is described as a really trouble six`teen-year-old boy who is telling a story about how he got expelled from Pencey Preparatory School. Holden is deceitful. Deceitfulness is defined as a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive or an intentional
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illustrate Holden Caulfield’s struggles to accept his inevitable transition into adulthood. Multiple people in the novel show and explain to Holden that there is more to life than being a child. The events in Holden’s life have made it challenging to let go of the past. The various symbols displayed in the novel demonstrate Holden’s fight against becoming an adult. His lifestyle choices create
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novel‚ The Catcher in the Rye‚ the theme of isolation is exemplified through Holden Caulfield’s relationship with others‚ distance from reality‚ and his own identity. Throughout the novel‚ Holden experiences isolation in various ways. One of the main ways in which he experiences isolation is from others and society. Holden constantly separates himself from others in order to protect himself from their phony ways. Holden
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Holden is a character that neglected children can understand. He’s depressed and can’t accept the reality of life because he is emotionally disconnected from society. He doesn’t know what it like is to have affections so he tries to be like Allie because he envies all of the attention he receives; Allie is the façade that Holden wants to become since his family has always neglected him‚ in which creates the absence of affection. Holden starts to introduce himself‚ but ends with a nonchalant and distant
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Through out the story Holden is never in positive mind set‚ whenever some else is happy he or it look like something good might happen to Holden‚ he always seem to dampen the mood. For example Holden’s says‚ “After I shut the door and started back to the living room‚ he yelled something at me‚ but I couldn’t exactly hear him. I’m pretty sure he yelled "Good luck!" at me. I hope not. I hope to hell not. I’d never yell "Good luck!" at anybody. It sounds terrible‚ when you think about it”(Salinger?)
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Throughout Holden’s experiences in the novel‚ he shows a sense of bravery and adventure. To start off‚ Holden went against the social norm by leaving his school. Instead of focusing on academics‚ he spends his time trying to understand the outside world and the psychology of adults. Holden shows bravery by adventuring through New York City alone‚ which is very dangerous. Examples of this would include Holden accepting an offered prostitute. On top of this‚ he defied the prostitute’s request for more money
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The Glass Case In the novel The Catcher in the Rye‚ the author‚ J.D. Salinger‚ takes the reader through Holden Caulfield’s struggles with adolescence as he makes his way through New York City in the 1940’s. Salinger shows how Holden attempts to go on an unrealistic quest to save children from a sudden loss of innocence. Holden’s wake-up call comes in the form of his little sister‚ Phoebe‚ who unintentionally illustrates to her big brother that reaching for the gold ring isn’t always a scary thing
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