people across the decades from 1951‚ when it was first published‚ to the present. While Holden himself is an unlikable protagonist‚ he is a relatable one. He doesn’t want to grow up‚ no one does. He thinks everyone is phony‚ everyone does. Holden is holds as much relevance to the teenagers of the world today as he did in the 1940’s. He doesn’t want to grow up. Holden is scared of adulthood and would rather remain
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Salinger there were many different ways that the main character‚ Holden‚ was trapped. He was trapped by his own assumptions‚ by his own actions‚ and his own mind psychologically. The first way Holden was trapped was by his own assumptions. Because his personality was to lie‚ he was trapped in a world of lies. This makes him a very negative person. Having a negative attitude can lead to making bad decisions and it traps him. Holden is also trapped by his own actions. Probably the biggest action
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the protagonist‚ Holden‚ exclaims that he dreams of a life where he can‚ “just be the catcher in the rye and all” (Salinger 200). Due to the pressures of American conformity in the early 1950’s‚ he discovers that he will never live a life where he simply keeps children from “falling off of cliffs”―helping them preserve their innocence. The Catcher in the Rye teaches readers that America promotes a materialistic culture in which conformity prevails. Throughout the story‚ Holden searches for purpose
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act in contradictory ways. While Holden walks back to the hotel after his encounter with Lillian‚ he starts thinking about what he would do to the person who stole his gloves back in his prep school‚ Pency‚ since he is freezing. Holden admits that he would not have directly confronted the thief because he describes himself as being “very yellow” (89). The word “yellow” is often known as a color‚ but it is also an archetypal American term that denotes ‘cowardly’. Holden then goes on to explain that the
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they are in society. Holden‚ Huck and Nick all live in a society where people are “phony’s”‚ “con artists” or very wealthy. They try and find themselves within their surroundings and do they best they can for the people around them. In the catcher in the rye by J.D Salinger‚ Holden is searching for his identity and slowly throughout the book his personality and character develops. In the beginning Holden is seen as careless and also very intelligent in his own way. Holden attends Pencey‚ a private
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work. (2005 Form B) In the book The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger‚ Salinger demonstrates the struggles of a boy Holden as he tries to battle his way though his high school years given all the obstacle and task he has to overcome to do as he pleases. The basis of the authors work is to show readers how alienation can be detrimental to one’s life.
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moments to last forever. However‚ things would gradually change‚ so those moments would not last forever‚ similarly‚ to the character Holden in The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger. Holden’s dilemma is that he wants things to stay the way they are forever and also save the innocent people around him; he realized that it’s not possible. Near the end of the novel‚ Holden progresses in his resolutions‚ for all his earlier dilemmas in the story with people‚ mostly the innocent people. He resolves it
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the 1950’s was different than it is now. it was much harder for kids and adults back then. Holden has to go through this and other hardships as you read the story and see his sadness and depression through the whole story. In J.D.Salinger’s book‚ The Catcher in the Rye emotional state and hardship is brought to us through a child’s eyes. Everyone goes through hardships. Hardships are what makes you. Holden goes through his own hardships making him more relatable like his school hardships “I wasn’t
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Crosby The Psyche of Holden Caulfield In J.D. Salinger’s "Catcher in the Rye"‚ a hard drinking‚ chain smoking drop out details his interesting journey home after being kicked out of yet another expensive prep school. This boy‚ Holden Caulfield‚ has taken it upon himself to judge every single human being he shares the Earth with and often goes on to excess about the numerous dislikes he has for a person. Perhaps the most curious however‚ is the fact that almost everything Holden judges others for
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In J. D Salinger ’s novel‚ The Catcher in the Rye‚ the protagonist‚ Holden‚ goes through many hardships in his journey to self-knowledge. In the beginning‚ Holden has to deal with being kicked out of school and not having any place to call home. He is also struggling with the unfortunate tragedy of the death of his beloved younger brother Allie. At the same time‚ Holden is trying to deal with growing up and accepting the adult world. Throughout the novel Salinger addresses the conflicts faced by
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