Is Holden A Good Friend? Holden Caulfield is the main character in the novel‚ “The Catcher In The Rye.” He lies often‚ judges everyone and thinks they are all phony. He has no direction and is always very negative on everything. There are many reasons I would not be able to be friends with Holden Caufield. “I’m the most terrific liar you ever saw in your life. It’s awful. If I’m on my way to the store to buy a magazine‚ even‚ and somebody asks where I’m going to the opera. It’s terrible.”(Salinger
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In “Romeo and Juliet‚” by William Shakespeare‚ Tybalt’s desire to harm the Montagues drives him to an unhealthy state of mind that leads him to make irrational decisions. Passion can reflect a person’s emotion‚ such as hate‚ into an unshakeable and loathing feeling. Having so much passion for something can override reasoning and change a person’s perspective from right and wrong. Even the slightest thing‚ such as Romeo’s voice‚ infuriates Tybalt and even invokes him to say‚ “To strike him dead I
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Is Holden Claufield a misfit in societyI do think that Holden Claufield is a misfit in society. It doesn’t seem like that is society fault that he is‚ its just the type of person that he is. He describes everyone around him as them being a phony as he likes to describe it. The way Holden cant fit into the society around has drove him to hate it‚ instead of him coming to realize this he just judges other people on the fakeness and dishonesty. Holden even thinks that his own school is hypocritical
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SALLINGER A PHROPET OR A PHONY? Holden Caulfield has terrible habit of calling everyone a phony and he himself often behaves like a prophet or a saint‚ pointing out people flaws or as he sees it the phoniness in the world around him. Holden is not nearly as perfect as he pretends/wants to be. Many times throughout the novel he displays his phoniness and hypocrisy. Holden struggles with finding who he wants to be and searching for companionship. He has
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Mikahla Denney Mr. Snow English II PAP- 3 12 March 2012 The Catcher in the Rye: Salinger v. Caulfield During World War II and the post war era after‚ many peoples’ lives went down paths that lead their sanity to meander‚ just like that of J.D. Salinger. Salinger grew up as a very bright child‚ yet his work effort lacked great stamina which caused him to flunk average school‚ requiring a military academy. Once Salinger reached adulthood‚ he became lost in his paranoid thoughts and secluded
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Angeline Capot ANT 8:00am film Discussion Paper #4 Globalization The first two videos‚ “Global Mind” and “No Logo‚” explain two different point of views on globalization. The video of “Global Mind‚” addresses many different areas that globalization effects and they kind of promoted them. Whereas‚ the other video‚ “No Logo‚” they kind of talk negatively and say that they only care about brands. In “Global Mind‚” they dress five different aspects of globalization; innovation‚ culture‚ economics‚ society
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“Empire State of Mind‚” is a combination of both Hip Hop and R&B. It consists of spoken words‚ singing and instrumental music. It is immediately introduce with a clarity of strong beats‚ concise and sharp rhythm. Jay-Z begins the first segment with elaborating on his physical location in New York. I consider the lyrics as precise and rapid with such clear diction but with such a fast tempo. Due to the high pressure from the beats it is pretty challenging to focus on the words. Yet I’m hearing the
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actions. But not Holden. Even though Holden is judgmental and critical‚ often calling people phony or unintelligent‚ he “never lets anything stand by itself.” Holden doesn’t care if he’s criticizing his best friend or worst enemy‚ as long as he has the appropriate evidence to back it up. That is the key to his authority. Holden is able
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Holden knows that his plan is impossible‚ it is a comforting daydream born out of desperation; Holden resorts to fantasy because his desires ultimately contradict. Holden begins this passage gripped by paranoia that he will “never get to the other side of the street”(217) and that “nobody’d ever see [him] again”(217). Sweating through his shirt‚ he becomes so distressed that he begins to plead with Allie to save him‚ despite the fact that he considers the interaction “make believe”(218). Although
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Rye details the deteriorating psychological state of the protagonist‚ Holden Caulfield‚ a pessimistic misanthrope who is convinced that the adult world is spurious and full of “phonies.” Throughout the bildungsroman‚ Holden’s various interactions with incommensurable individuals highlight his frequent obsession with the child-like innocence that he desperately covets and fails to protect in himself and others around him. While resisting maturation‚ Holden believes he resents society because society
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