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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through a window in other people encourages Holden to take on a job as the catcher of others. His adolescent years are not his finest‚ causing Holden to make himself there for others; so that people will not go over the edge‚ like he does. Holden feels comfort in helping others‚ “…I have to catch everybody if they start to go over the cliff.” (Salinger 173) Phoebe‚ his sister‚ is one of the main people Holden feels he needs to be there for all the time. Holden tends to remain independently strong; however
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A few days after I went home with Phoebe‚ I ended up getting sick and my parents sent me to a hospital. I was trapped in that hospital for about a month with nothing to really do. You know what was funny though? The days practically flew by‚ right out of the window. Before I knew it‚ half a month had passed. I was slowly getting back my strength and everything else as well. I made sure I asked the nurse‚ who was taking care of me‚ to bring me malted milk. She was very kind to me‚ and chatty in a
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Holden There are countless ways to interpret the character of Holden Caufield. I think the best word to describe him is protective. Which leads me to the first innermost circle‚ the name Holden in a case. Throughout the book‚ The Catcher in the Rye by J.D Salinger‚ Holden has tried to preserve innocence and the case around his name shows his protective personality. Located in the second circle are for me the two most important symbols about Holden in the book. The first item is Allie’s baseball
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necessity of adapting to change. Holden Caulfield spends the vast majority of the novel living in fear of ‘growing-up’ into an adult‚ and Holden’s fear and reluctance of this change ultimately results in his downfall. Salinger’s point of view‚ paired with several symbols‚ reflects the necessity of adapting to change. Salinger’s point of view represents the inevitability of change and the consequences associated with unwillingness to change. . When Holden prepares to visit Phoebe‚ he buys her “a record called
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PATIENT NAME: Caulfield‚ Holden ANALYSIS: The admission of this patient has proven to be yet another impulsive action made by desperate parents. This patient‚ although exhibiting many symptoms of depression and grief caused by the death of a loved one‚ is not showing any signs of serious mental illness or instability. He is obviously an independent individual‚ rebellious as well. He is not hesitant to make known his opinions and thoughts. He seems to be a very cynical individual‚ most likely
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In The Catcher in the Rye‚ author J.D. Salinger creates a timeless antihero who embodies flawed adolescent confusion and brash teenage skepticism. Holden Caulfield’s two hundred-page testimony to the reader—littered with his colloquial prose and cynical opinion—helps the audience understand his attitudes and identify his yearnings and tendencies. One of the best ways to capture Holden’s imagination—to really understand why he does what he does—is to examine the several daydreams and fantasies that
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Psychoanalysis of Holden Caulifield Through life we all experience events both physically and emotionally destructive causing us to feel down‚ but most of us bounce back. These feelings are a part of life. Holden Caulifield comes off as a controlled‚ passive‚ typical teenager. As the story progress we learn he is far from it. Holden’s actions‚ thought process‚ his outlook on life and the way he grieves all suggest that he is suffering post traumatic stressed syndrome better known as PTSD. PTSD
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the world. On Page 183 Holden says ‘you could tell the two hot- shots I was with weren’t enjoying it too much. They stayed close as hell to me‚ and the one that didn’t talk at all practically was holding onto my sleeve’. Holden calls them ‘hot shots’ because they acted phony by bunking school and then lying about there being no school. (P182). Throughout the novel‚ Holden seems to have a problem with the whole idea of ‘phoniness’‚ yet at times‚ he himself acts phony. Holden considers movies to be
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novel The Catcher in the Rye. This novel is about a teenager‚ Holden Caulfield‚ who notices the world around him. He sees how a materialistic view on life has dominated over a spiritual view. The Catcher in the Rye by Salinger indicates that ways of a material world is present‚ just the way it is today. When parents are not there for their children‚ they will often buy the love of their children with gifts. In the novel Holden talks of ice skates that his mother bought him. He thinks about
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