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    empathetic human interaction‚ excessive emphasis on physical appearance and the hypocritical nature of the adults makes the world Holden Caulfield lives in a bleak moral climate that destroys the soul in pieces. And if he were alive today‚ Holden would despise the current society because of it’s superficiality and obsession with technology. From the beginning of the story‚ Holden Caulfield’s interactions with the people around him reflect the obliviousness of others toward his problems. His roommate Stradlater

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    Holden Caulfield Narrates

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    written by J.D. Salinger. Taken place in New York City. The main character‚ known as Holden Caulfield‚ tries to discover the meaning of life and goes through many obstacles. In his tone throughout the story‚ he narrates and describes how certain people have an affect on him‚ also what they mean to him. As Holden Caulfield narrates the story‚ each character is given specialized details. What Holden sees in them‚ if they are phony or real. Symbolism is portrayed through the entire

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    As with catcher in the rye‚ it was first published in 1951 and is written in American English and also has many colloquial words and is also written as if the main character is speaking (first person narrative) directly to you. The main characters Holden (Catcher in the rye) and Philip Pirrip‚ referred to as pip because " My fathers name being Pirrip and my Christian name being Philip my infant tongue could make no more of both names than pip‚ so I called

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    Holden Caulfield Controversy

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    main character Holden Caulfield. Many Americans in the mid 1900’s saw Holden as a corrupt and disturbed person. “He is a drifter‚ a wanderer‚ an adventurer who seeks not adventure but smut and the negative satisfaction of a negative rebellion” (Moore 34). However‚ this is not necessarily a valid statement. In some lights‚ Holden’s surface character comes across in an unfavorable fashion. Nonetheless‚ when his life and personality are dissected‚ it becomes evident that

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    is the tendency people have to judge one another. The narrator‚ Holden Caulfield‚ is not only judgmental of the people he meets‚ but of society as a whole. Throughout his experiences‚ he criticizes the phoniness and shallowness that he encounters in the world around him. One sees‚ that while Holden spends much of his time judging the actions and intentions of others‚ he never recognizes his own faults. Throughout the novel‚ Holden runs into both old and new faces. He almost instantly begins to criticize

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    Productivity Commission that GM in Detroit decided to close operations in Australia. Why Holden will shutdown and leave out of the country? What have been done in order to save Holden? What about the other manufacturer (TOYOTA) in Australia? This analysis will discuss the past and current situation of Holden in Australia vehicle market. Furthermore‚ whether are the economics policies and strategies of Holden consistent to the economic theories or not will be analysis. The future Australia vehicle

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    Holden Caulfield is a character whose actions speak more than his words. In J.D. Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye‚ Holden is an innocent person who expects the world to be perfect. He knows that there are choices available for every decision he makes‚ but doesn’t have any particular instructions to go with it. He seems to be a very positive person who has just given up trying to make better of him after his Brother Allie’s death. This plus his "teenage mood and attitude changes‚" the society thinks

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    Reading the Catcher in the Rye as a teenager‚ I found myself connecting with Holden Caulfield as a character. Every teenager can relate to the general cynicism and skeptical view on the world that Holden holds. Adolescence is the period in life when kids become exposed to the struggles of adulthood‚ and with it often comes a feeling of isolation. Holden Caulfield was characterized by this feeling. Modern teenagers‚ even in this age of connection‚ can still relate to the feeling of alienation. Around

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    SALLINGER A PHROPET OR A PHONY? Holden Caulfield has terrible habit of calling everyone a phony and he himself often behaves like a prophet or a saint‚ pointing out people flaws or as he sees it the phoniness in the world around him. Holden is not nearly as perfect as he pretends/wants to be. Many times throughout the novel he displays his phoniness and hypocrisy. Holden struggles with finding who he wants to be and searching for companionship. He has

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    Holden Caulfield: Holden Caulfield is an intelligent but insecure high-school junior who is expelled from Pencey Prep which is the fourth boarding school he has attended for failing four out of five subjects. Although Holden seems likable and has a good sense of humour‚ he has difficulty facing reality‚ in particular his inability to adjust to his peers and society in general. Caulfield is immature and refuses to grow and doesn’t like to moved on. He wears the red hunting hat is certainly a

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