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    phoniness. He spend a lot of his time talking about people and how they are fake. What Holden does not realize that he is just as phony as the people he talks about. J.D. Salinger uses the character of Holden to express The Catcher in the Rye’s theme of phoniness. In the novel‚ Holden does not want to grow up. His main reason for this is that he believes that all adults are phony. One of the main reasons that Holden says he left Elkton Hills‚ a school that he went to‚ was because of all the phonies

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    responsibility. In The Catcher in the Rye‚ Holden Caulfield has been kicked out of school and is trying to decide what he wants to do with his life. In The Bell Jar‚ Esther Greenwood tries to kill herself and is trying to figure out what she wants to do with her life. In both novels‚ the protagonists are learning to grow up and take responsibility. Both are experiencing difficult situations and are dealing with them. Throughout both novels it can be seen that Holden and Esther are becoming better able to

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    vaulted him to the heights of literary fame. The book mostly focuses on the period of time when a young teenage boy named Holden Caulfield gets expelled from his high school and how he sees‚ feels things and people around him. J.D Salinger shows Holden as a 16-year-old boy lose to adult hood and having trouble with accepting society and struggling with many issues in the daily life. Holden is an individual in earlier American society‚ who is non-conformable and does not choose to cooperate with society

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    Nick Greco English 9H Ms. Amarianos 12/22/14 Adolescence and Holden Caulfield‚ the Rebellion Introduction Is it just me... or does every adult hate what teenagers do? Well‚ it hasn’t only occurred in recent days‚ it has dated back all the way to the 1940s and 1950s after World War II. Adolescents of the 1940s were no longer concerned with winning a war‚ instead they were concerned with being popular and successful in their adult lives. The Catcher in the Rye is an amazing book by J.D Salinger

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    was ultimately caused by these social engineering videos and the society of which they portrayed. The social engineering videos made by the government in the 1950s convey an entirely different society that the paintings of this time. The actions of Holden Caulfield from The Catcher in the Rye‚ by J.D. Salinger‚ provide helpful insight to this paradox. In the 1950s several videos regarding social engineering were made by the U.S. government for the country to observe. These videos served as a basic

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    Catcher in the Rye Chapters 13-17 1. Holden accepts the assignation with Sunny because he believes that he will be able to actually have sex for the first time without any interruptions. Holden says that‚ "Something always happens"(Salinger 103). This means that something always gets in the way. Holden just wants to get his first time over with. 2. Holden is unable to consummate any physical act with Sunny because he wants to keep his innocence. Holden covers this up by saying‚ that he injured

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    Often during the novel‚ Holden will remember events or incidents involving Allie. It is noticeable that Holden’s attitude changes when he thinks or mentions his story of his past with Allie. He writes a composition about Allie’s baseball glove for his roommate Stradlater and also mentions he broke his hand punching all of the windows in the garage when he slept there the night Allie died. The death of his brother created a big impact in his life more or less because Holden thought of Allie as being

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    The Rye” Essay In the novel The Catcher In the Rye by JD Salinger‚ Holden does a very good job of extending the limbo between childhood and adulthood for as long as he can. As a young man‚ he needs to start mentally preparing himself to become an adult. He is in high school and he needs to start making some decisions for himself. There is evidence of both childhood and adulthood actions taken by Holden. However‚ instead Holden embodies the limbo between childhood and adulthood by respecting and

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    in the Rye by J.D. Salinger‚ Holden gradually displays the downfall of his mental welfare by consistently worrying about protecting children’s innocence. At first glance‚ Holden appears to have a sumptuous life; he has his money‚ two parents‚ siblings‚ friends‚ love interests. As Holden continues to reveal his journey‚ his true emotions and experiences are exposed. Holden lives in depression after experiencing the death of his younger brother Allie. Because Holden never receives the help he needs

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