in the Rye by J.D. Salinger there are many insights about Holden Caulfield revealed by symbols‚ which would otherwise remain unclear. School‚ the checkerboard‚ the museum‚ and cigarettes and alcohol are all symbolic of Holden. These symbols tell us things about Holden that he doesn’t tell us straight out. This essay will discuss many symbols in the book and what they tell us about Holden. The checkerboard is referred to a lot when Holden is thinking of his old friend Jane Gallagher. The checkerboard
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the Rye Chapter 23-24 1. Holden breaks into tears after his confrontation with Sunny and Maurice in chapter 14. Another time when Holden is crying is when he leaves Pencey. In chapter 7 pages 52 Holden says “I was sort of crying. I don’t know why”. The only real connection I can make about the two evens in which Holden cries is the loss of something. In this case‚ it was not his loss‚ it was Phoebe’s. Phoebe gave him the Christmas money that she was saving. Holden saw it as generosity‚ but I think
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Holden is a teenager who refuses to grow up because he is afraid of gaining the responsibilities that come with it. So‚ Holden struggles hard to stay childish. For example‚ he does not want to take responsibility to communicate with others that may want to help him. He refuses to go home and confront his parents and face the consequences. Along with this‚ he also pulls the childish silent treatment toward his parents; because that is the only knife he has to hurt them:” She would not be the ones
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Marketing plan for “HOLDEN COMMODORE” Executive Summary: The company which I have chosen is Holden and the product is Commodore. Holden is the Local Company of Australia. This company had successfully completed its 60 years last year in 2008. And at this occasion company had launched the limited edition of Holden Commodore SS V-Series 60th anniversary. The marketing planning is done on the basis of the information provided by the company on the websites‚ news articles‚ broachers and journals
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In The Catcher In The Rye‚ judging from incidents involving Holden‚ I can conclude that he is some kind of a Byronic hero who typically exhibits following traits: No doubt‚ Holden has a troubled past. One way to understand Holden’s uncommon combination of characteristics is to look at the traumatic events in his childhood‚ most importantly the death of his brother‚ Allie. How Holden reacts to his brother’s death‚ by smashing all of the windows in the garage that night‚ shows that this event has
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Introduction Despite being in a growing market‚ Holden has seen a recent downturn in sales of its domestic range of automobiles (King‚ 2013). Increased pressures from competitors and poor public opinion of the brand may be two contributing factors. The need for innovation is consistently a top business priority among CEOs and the importance of a firm’s ability to innovate cannot be overstated (seen in Griffin et.al‚ 2013). Holden has indicated that it plans to renew its product range with
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Protagonist Holden Caulfield faces many events that make him feel that life is just a depressing way of living. Each opportunity Holden achieves he somehow finds a way to mess it up. In Holden’s perspective life seems really unfair to him. Ever since his little brother died‚ life turned upside down for him. Since the day Holden left school he went through many tough events that made him go back into the past. Holden does not want to grow up. Holden`s personality is very unique. In fact Holden`s personality
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Holden also has an unstable sense of self. His unstable sense of self is depicted in a few ways. First is his relationship with his little sister Phoebe. He says “The thing with kids is‚ if they want to grab the gold ring you have to let them do it‚ and not say anything” (273). In this quote in a way he saying let them be adventurous they will learn from their mistakes. He acts this way towards his little sister because he is trying to give her the childhood he didn’t get to experience. You can
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Holden and Charlie In both the novels Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye and Chbosky’s the perks of being a wallflower‚ the main characters Holden Caulfield and Charlie are troubled teens. Although they were teenagers in different time periods they shared many similar teenage difficulties. Both novels portray a male protagonist growing up while struggling to find his identity‚ while loathing their lives. Thus both novels are of the coming of age genre. Both boys are socially awkward and are not able
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