life are susceptible to cults and manipulation from others as well as depression. In J.D. Salinger’s novel the catcher in the Rye‚ The main character (Holden) is having difficulty finding the meaning of life. Everyone is bound to spend some time in their life searching for meaning. Holden does not make an effort to do well in school nor does he make an effort to fit in with others. He looks at others as phonies merely trying to imitate each other and questions all social
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motif that symbolizes Holden’s alter ego‚ the side of Holden that wants to confidently stand out. Its red colour is vibrant and eye-catching‚ its brim is pointier and different than a regular baseball cap that most kids wear‚ and by turning it backwards‚ it resembles a back catcher in baseball. All these characteristics make Holden stand out among the crowd when he wears the red hunting cap. The cap‚ first mentioned in chapter 3 when Holden returns to his room after visiting his professor‚ embodies
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Lavender room scene describes Holden as a young boy attempting to portray a grown man through his language‚ actions‚ and his interactions with the opposite sex. In “The Catcher in the Rye‚” J. D. Salinger depicts Holden who hates “phonies” and “moron‚” but he is sneaky and deceitful as well. The diction from the lavender room scene describes the way Holden carries himself in a mature atmosphere. The order that he made with the waiter wasn’t an easy request to be done. Holden knows he is a minor‚ yet
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age? Could it have been from past experiences in which she needed to be the adult in the situation? If Holden hadn’t misheard the little kid singing the poem would he still have realized that he wanted to be “a catcher in the rye” or would he still be lost and trying to find his place in the world? I wonder what would have happened if Holden had just come home to his parents immediately? If Holden had just told his parents would have been a different person than he is now? My favorite character in
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the book “The catcher in the rye” Death is mentioned several times throughout the story‚ ranging in use. The main character Holden Caulfield brings up death several times whilst mentioning his dead‚ younger brother Allie. He talks about him a few times the first time being when he mentions Allie’s Baseball mitt as a subject prone to description for a work of English Holden is doing for his roommate‚ Ward Stradlater. “(…) he had poems written all over the fingers and the pocket and everywhere. In
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different types of different things. The main character of the book is Holden Caulfield‚ this guy has major problems. He’s alone and he knows it‚ he hates everyone and judges them too. Some themes of this story are the sadness‚ the lies and deceit‚ and Holden’s youth. Every one of these themes describe Holden in different ways‚ mostly it describes what he’s like. SADNESS Sadness permeates The Catcher in the Rye. Main character Holden Caulfield finds nearly everything depressing‚ from receiving gifts
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In her article “should the world of toys be gender- free?” Peggy Orenstein addressees the topic of whether or not toys should be separated by gender. Orenstein asks‚ “Should gender be systematically expunged from playthings?” This is in indeed a multibillion question. Parents‚ teachers and specially the toy industry would certainly love to have a not refutable answer to it. In reality‚ opinion are really divided. On the one hand‚ numerous people would quickly agree that society is influencing children
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of Agerstown‚ Pennsylvania. Holden Caulfield is a high school student who drops out of Pencey Prep due to his poor grades. This leads him to return home to New York where he bides his time staying away from his home but in a instance returns home to visit his sister for a time‚ he travels from hotel to hotel with a few bars as well meeting a couple of old acquaintances along the way until he eventually returns once again home to comfort his sister. I believe that Holden wishes to desperately cling
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theme in “The Catcher in The Rye”‚ “Coming Through the Rye”‚ and “ Lord Randal is loneliness”. One example of loneliness in The Catcher in the Rye is when Holden tries to invite the cab driver out for a drink. “"Well – take me to the Edmont then‚" I said. "Would you care to stop on the way and join me for a cocktail? On me‚ I’m loaded." “ Holden is so desperate for someone to talk to that he invites a cab driver‚ someone who he doesn’t know‚ out for a drink and he gets rejected. One example of loneliness
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Rye Stephen King once said that alone was the most terrible word in the English language. That may be so. However‚ in The Catcher in the Rye‚ we see loneliness through a wholly different point of view‚ that of its protagonist‚ Holden Caulfield. The solitude that Holden experiences is a type of seclusion from the rest of world that is more or less self-inflicted. His inability to understand or be understood by those around him has led him to weave a sort of cage around himself‚ and the bars of this
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