Salinger ’s The Catcher in the Rye‚ the narrator‚ Holden Caulfield‚ is an unreliable narrator. Discuss and analyze the text to support your argument. “I’m the most terrific liar you ever saw in your life” (Salinger 14). JD Salinger’s character Holden Caulfield admits himself that he is unreliable. The author portrays Holden as a teenage boy that brobdingnagianly lies to people that he doesn’t know. This makes the reader question if he lying to us? Holden does lie on many occasions‚ but usually it is
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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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This is showing that Holden has seen it happen before when he was on a double date with Stradlater. He knows how to seduce girls and use them for sex. Another reason that Stradlater is Stradlater is negative is because he is ungrateful for everything he gets. For example‚ Stradlater had a date and asked Holden to write his english paper for him‚ he said it could be on anything he wants‚ as long as it is descriptive and has lots of details. So holden was thinking about his brother Allie who died
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he no longer can grow up and he does not have to face the problems that come along with it. Holden’s view of Allie starts out as Holden not being able to accept his death. His view of Allie changes into him accepting the death and realizing that Allie can never come back. Allie represents not having to deal with the problems and decisions of the adult world. When Holden first talks about his Brother Allie’s death‚ he starts to talk about how Allie was the nicest most intelligent one. He talks about
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Connor Stewart Pd.5 3-18-14 History is Eternal‚ Especially in a Museum Where the Exhibits Never Change In J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye‚ Holden reflects very fondly of the Museum of Natural History. He wants to go there to find his sister Phoebe‚ but he remembers that “it was Sunday and Phoebe wouldn’t be there.” (119) But none the less‚ “even though it was so damp and lousy out‚” (119) he decided to walk all the way through the park to the museum. While he is on his way to the museum
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someone in between adulthood and childhood. The catcher in the rye‚ is sort of like Peter Pan‚ helping children and keeping them safe from falling off the cliff of innocence into adulthood. Holden loves the simple‚ straightforward and honest world of children‚ and he hates the adult world of phonies and perverts. Holden wants to be the catcher because he knows he would be a very good catcher. He really wants to see inner goodness in almost everyone‚ even if they are rich kids in his boarding school‚ or
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Holden Caulfield Diagnosis Holden Caulfield is seventeen year old caucasian male from New York City who recently has flunked out of another private boarding school then ran away and spent a weekend alone in the New York City drinking heavily. Caulfield describes himself during this week as being fed up and done with all people. From a rational perspective‚ nothing Caulfield did or thought during this week were the actions of a lucid person. Because of Caulfield’s impulsive scattered thinking he
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English Emma Jane marks The outsider‚ Holden Caulfield is responsible for his own alienation. How far would you agree? Focus on chapter 1-7 Define outsider -3 lines Every paragraph - A03 argument A02 methods and terms A04 context Quotations Holden Caulfield from the outset is an outsider and alienated from society. The technical term for an outsider is a person or thing excluded from or not a member of a set‚ group. We see that Holden is not really part of the society around him‚ from Pencey Prep
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“Holden remains at the end what he was at the beginning: cynical‚ defiant‚ and blind.” Do you agree? The Catcher in the Rye is a novel written in the 1950’s by J. D. Salinger. Sixteen-year-old Holden Caulfield‚ the novel’s narrator and protagonist‚ addresses the reader directly from a hospital in southern California‚ recounting the events leading up to his breakdown the previous December. Throughout the novel it is clear that Holden’s cynicism and his defiant take on life remains‚ while his perception
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Holden Caulfield’s relationship with his younger sister‚ Phoebe and his deceased brother‚ Allie impacted his identity the most. Throughout the book we quickly learn that Holden has a hard time connecting with adults‚ which makes it harder for him to develop a strong relationship with his parents‚ but this allows for him to focus on his current and past relationships with his younger siblings. Holden surprised Phoebe by coming to visit: “Holden! She said right away. She put her arms around my neck
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