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    ICM met with Ms. Holden at her residence in an effort to monitor her education and employment goals. During this encounter‚ ICM followed up with Ms. Holden to see how her child custody hearing went. Ms. Holden informed ICM that the case was dismissed due to her failure to appear at the court hearing. She stated that she was uncertain of the court date and as a result she missed the hearing. ICM talked with Ms. Holden about keeping a better record of her appointments and provided her with suggestions

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    chapters of‚ Catcher In The Rye‚ we can conclude that Holden is a very immature character through his actions and the expression of his thoughts. We can see immaturity in him because he usually lies and calls other people phonies when he himself is a phony as well. Through the use of diction and detail‚ Salinger is able to delineate and hint at the immature personality in Holden. Salinger is able to portray Holden as an immature character by using diction in the book Catcher In The Rye. “Goddam” is

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    you or others personally exclude you from everything. In the Catcher in the RyeHolden gets isolated by the team when he forgets the fencing foils. In chapter nine of the novel Holden is all alone at Penn station and goes to phone booth to make a call. When Holden gets to the booth he doesn’t know who to call‚ he has no one to talk to so he decides not to call anyone and leave the booth. This relates to the theme because even though Holden wants to call

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    Innocence of Youth Holden Caulfield‚ the protagonist in The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger is a complex young man‚ filled with many observations about the world around him. Most of his comments tend to be negative and judgmental; however he appears much more enthusiastic and about his younger siblings‚ and even his past. Events and situations that occurred‚ both in his past and over the course of the novel‚ show signs of Holden’s affection for innocence. Children also allow Holden to appreciate

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    The Dangers of Isolation in The Catcher in the Rye   It is normal to want to get away from all of the problems of the world‚ but it is not normal to want to be completely isolated from people. Holden wanted to have no human contact what so ever‚ and that is not normal. Throughout the book Holden expresses a rebellious attitude toward the world‚ and this rebellious attitude comes from his infatuation with being alone. He isolates himself from the world because he has not yet found himself and is

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    oneself‚ again to get a phony job Holden

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    challenged by strains and expectations. Those unwilling to face them are doomed to fail. Holden Caulfield‚ the 16-year-old protagonist of J.D. Salinger’s novel The Catcher in the Rye‚ is one of the adolescents who question the attraction of being an adult. Shortly before Christmas vacation‚ Holden has been expelled from an elite prep school in Pennsylvania. Disinclined to stay at the school any longer or return home‚ Holden decides to spend a few days in New York City. During his tour‚ he meets different

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    This is the case with Holden Caulfield‚ J.D. Salinger’s main character in the book The Catcher In the Rye‚ a adolescent boy conflicted with his own feelings of isolation and alienation. This is made apparent by his lack of friends‚ his attempts to be accepted by others‚ and his longing for his dead older brother. In Holden’s eyes‚ everyone is either “corny” or “phony”. He perceives a person to be this way if they do not act naturally and follow

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    actress Jennifer Coolidge‚ and perhaps she’s never read The Catcher in the Rye. However‚ she certainly sounds like Holden Caulfield who uses the word “phony” in the book an upwards of 40 times‚ all of which used in a negative connotation. Throughout the novel‚ J.D. Salinger develops this theme of phoniness in the adult world through changing personas to fit situations‚ artificial emotions‚ and commenting on movies and fame. We see Holden noting when people’s personas change to fit their situations

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    this part of The Catcher In the RyeHolden is talking to Phoebe about his possible future careers‚ however his choice in career reflects Holden’s affinity for all things innocent and his will to a protector of them. Holden remembers a part of a Robert Burns poem incorrectly as "if a body catch a body coming through the rye" this causes him to imagine himself saving children by "catch[ing] them" before they "go over the cliff." Ironically‚ the poem itself is about casual sex‚ yet Holden interprets it

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