gestures. The latter is the present day Holden Caulfield‚ the protagonist in The Catcher in the Rye. Holden presents himself as a mature young man‚ but the theme of phoniness and preservation of innocence against the fake world of adults run strong throughout Salinger’s novel. Peter Seng writes in his essay “The Fallen Idol: The Immature World of Holden
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named Holden Caulfield who is highly idealistic. The novel goes on to tell about how Holden cognizes that the reality of life is not as idealistic as he perceives. Therefore‚ he pretends to be cynical. Meanwhile‚ the movie‚ "Dead Poets’ Society" presents an assortment of attitudes towards life which generally range from pessimism to idealism depending on the character. Thus‚ through watching the movie and reading the book‚ one can witness an assortment of outlooks to life in general. Holden Caulfield
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things change the more they stay the same in Holden Caulfield’s case is wrong. In the story‚ The Catcher in the Rye‚ Holden Caulfield had to go through many changes to become the person he is at the end of the story. The many changes he went through matured him into a man that accepts life. Holden in the story went through many obstacles to survive when he ran away from home. The death of his brother Allie contributed to a personality change. Also‚ Holden had to deal with some interesting characters
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In many humans‚ there comes a point where one may feel ostracized or disconnected from the society in which one lives. In the Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger the protagonist‚ Holden Caulfield‚ represents the severe end of the spectrum with his disconnection from society throughout the novel. He often feels trapped within the “phony” and ugly confines of human relationships and increasingly lives outside the dimensions of reality as the novel progresses. Part of this disconnection is served from
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Salinger was set in the late 1940s to the early 1950s. The novel is narrated though the protagonist‚ Holden Caulfield‚ who is a sixteen-year-old junior who traveled to New York by himself for a weekend after getting expelled from his former school Pencey Prep. During the late 1940s‚ parents rarely checked up on their children for long periods of time‚ which in this case was an advantage for Holden. The 1940s and 2016 are extremely diverse times in history. If The Catcher in the Rye‚ was set in this
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or J.D Salinger as he is better known became one of the most interesting authors in American literature‚ along with his famed character Holden Caulfield from the famous novel Catcher in the Rye published on July 16‚ 1951 (French 16). Like many authors‚ J.D. Salinger incorporated main parts of his autobiography into the life of his novel’s main character‚ Holden. Soon after publication the novel was highly acclaimed by people all over the world paving the way for its continued fame today (Bloom 10)
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Holden Caulfield - The protagonist and narrator of the novel‚ Holden is a sixteen-year-old junior who has just been expelled for academic failure from a school called Pencey Prep. Although he is intelligent and sensitive‚ Holden narrates in a cynical and jaded voice Ackley - Holden’s next-door neighbor in his dorm at Pencey Prep. Ackley is a pimply‚ insecure boy with terrible dental hygiene. He often barges into Holden’s room and acts completely oblivious to Holden’s hints that he should leave
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(Heiserman‚ Miller‚ Junior 5). In the above passage‚ the authors use T.S. Elliots long poem The Waste Land to make parallels to Holden and illustrate their point‚ which backs up my argument that Holden Caulfield is a young man eager to find and achieve stability‚ that he is a misunderstood hero who is held at bay by a cruel and often unfeeling world‚ and thus‚ offers a voice to the thousands of voiceless among the young
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brother who died in 1946 of leukemia. He was two years younger than Holden. Holden describes him as‚ “a nice red head boy”. Holden said that many times teachers would send his parents letter saying how good of a student Allie was. Allie had a baseball mitt he used to write poems on so when he was in the field and nothing was happening he could read them. Whenever Allie died Holden still held on to the glove. The story begins with Holden being kicked out of Pencey. His parents are not aware that he
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me. I love the way the author writes. It is like Holden is talking right to me‚ telling me all the things that have happened to him. Salinger does leave a little to my imagination. I am always guessing what Holden is really feeling or thinking. Holden’s outlook and perspective on life are displayed on each page and I can hardly ever put the book down. There are many aspects of this book that I truly enjoy. The complex character of Holden Caulfield is what I love the most about this book. He is very
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