make a mentally healthy and successful life transition. Holden Caulfield‚ the protagonist in the novel‚ is desperately clinging to his youth. Holden is obsessed with the phony nature of adults and judges the people around him based upon their degree of insincerity‚ two-facedness‚ and pretension. Holden is equally preoccupied with preserving childhood innocence. He is unable to sacrifice his purity in order to gain adult privileges. In fact‚ Holden is so disillusioned about adulthood that he eventually
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of the person’s true personality. But to Holden Caulfield in The Catcher in the Rye‚ first impressions are concrete in his mind. Because he is so judgmental‚ he doesn’t have any friends and eventually goes insane seeing as human nature is to communicate and interact and he doesn’t have anyone to interact with. J.D. Salinger argued in the catcher in the rye that being judgmental isn’t beneficial to ones well-being or success in life and this is seen as Holden Caulfield judges everyone and pushed most
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flowers on your stomach… Who wants flowers when you’re dead?”(Salinger 172). Holden Caulfield‚ the protagonist of the Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger‚ begins his journey confused‚ alone and filled with regret. Holden regrets doing bad in school‚ not for his sake‚ but his parents. Holden regrets not seeing his sister‚ but most of all Holden regrets not saving his brother Allie from his untimely death of Leukemia. Holden feels he has a responsibility to save everyone because he failed to save his
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Catcher in the Rye written by Jerome David Salinger‚ is about Holden and his journey of trying to be accepted in the adult world. A memorable technique is symbolism to show the idea’s the ducks‚ red hunting hat and The Museum of Natural History. These symbols show the theme how alienation is a form of protection and how Holden likes to alienate himself from the world. By Holden wearing his red hunting hat when he feels like he doesn’t belong. The ducks run away from their problems. The Museum of
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perverts. In Catcher in the Rye‚ Holden Caulfield’s New York odyssey leads to his dark fall. The sixteen year-old protagonist Holden faces rejection by Old Luce‚ Stradlater‚ and the taxi driver Horwits throughout the Catcher in the Rye. Holden starts to realize that he is lonely and has no one and finally is feeling the rejection as he says “ Have just one more drink...please I’m lonesome as hell. No kidding” (149 Sallinger). Throughout the day no one has joined Holden for a drink which he is so desperate
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In J. D Salinger ’s novel‚ The Catcher in the Rye‚ the protagonist‚ Holden‚ goes through many hardships in his journey to self-knowledge. In the beginning‚ Holden has to deal with being kicked out of school and not having any place to call home. He is also struggling with the unfortunate tragedy of the death of his beloved younger brother Allie. At the same time‚ Holden is trying to deal with growing up and accepting the adult world. Throughout the novel Salinger addresses the conflicts faced by
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depressed adolescent‚ Holden Caulfield. Without intensive analysis and study‚ Holden appears to be a clearly heterosexual‚ vulgar yet virtuous‚ typical youth who chastises phoniness and decries adult evils. However‚ this is a fallacy. The finest manner to judge and analyze Holden is by his statements and actions‚ which can be irrefutably presented. Holden Caulfield condemns adult corruption and phoniness but consistently misrepresents himself and is a phony as well as a hypocrite. Holden criticizes phonies
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Psychological Evaluation Princendale Psychiatric Hospital Name: Holden Caulfield Evaluation Date: December 16th‚ 2012 Case No: 1124 3553 Admission Date: December 10th‚ 2012 Purpose for Evaluation: The patient is a 16 year old‚ single‚ white‚ male. He is currently a junior in high school and was recently expelled from his boarding school Pencey Prep in Agerstown Pennsylvania‚ where he was the manager of the fencing team. Family admitted this patient after
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Language Choice Within “The Catcher In The Rye” In “The Catcher in the Rye” a coming of age story is told of Holden Caulfield. Many conflicts with maturity arise in coming of age literature. Throughout the reading of the text a large amount of graphic language is used by the narrator. The constant cursing and references to classes of people in derogatory terms permeate throughout the reading. This fact alone causes the book to be controversial and in turn banned from many curriculums. The language
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The Catcher In the Rye‚ Holden 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 differently
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