Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye‚ Holden Caulfield relates to all people and their experiences. With Holden’s vocabulary‚ sexual fascination‚ and attempts to enter the adult world‚ Salinger effectively creates a character with whom readers can relate. Salinger relates Holden Caulfield to readers with the use of foul language and provocative wording. Salinger may even overuse the swearing in some parts in order to emphasize Holden’s lack of maturity and respect. Holden says‚ "I damn near puked‚ listening
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When you read pieces of literature‚ what do you notice they have in common? You might notice they all have lessons. Authors depict their characters to face conflicts and to cope‚ for example Eliezer Wiesel from the novel Night and Holden Caulfield from the novel The Catcher in the Rye. Throughout the stories the two young men experience the hard parts of life and learn how to face them. To cope with someone or something the two characters faced a transformation that would mark their lives. In the
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Holden is the main character in The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger and Carl grimes is a character in the show The Walking Dead. Holden is 16 years old and has been thrown out of 3 schools. Carl is about 15 years old and is living during a zombie apocalypse. They are both lonely because they don’t trust people and they’ve lost people they care about and they are both pessimistic because they are growing up in a strange world. Both Holden Caulfield and Carl Grimes are pessimistic about the world
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authentic teen character comes to mind‚ I think of someone who represents the stereotypical teen of that generation in which he/she lives in. In the book The Catcher In The Rye‚ Holden Caulfield‚ a teenage boy that gets kicked out of Pencey High School‚ is introduced to us. After he gets kicked out of the high school‚ Holden makes a journey back to return to his family‚ who lives in New York. From the last day in his dorm‚ to the day that he gets home‚ he exhibits characteristics that prove to us that
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Post-Traumatic Stress In Relation To Holden Caulfield Introduction Throughout life‚ an individual may endure emotionally and physically straining moments causing the person to become downhearted‚ and or irate. These feelings are normal‚ but may however become a problem when these feelings prohibit someone from living a normal ’ life. An estimated 5.2 million American adults ages 18 to 54‚ or approximately 3.6 percent of people in this age group in a given year‚ have PTSD (Narrow‚ Rae‚ Regier)
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Holden Caulfield undertakes a journey of personal discovery. Every journey begins with a first step. What are Holden’s first steps? How does his character react to the world around him as he begins his ‘hero’s quest’? Holden Caulfield is an extremely unique character. Through his inability to conform to the rules of the adult world that he is sucked into‚ he frequently criticizes people and is extremely judgemental to those around him. He calls people who reject him “phonies”‚ as a way to psychologically
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In my opinion‚ neither Holden nor Luce is more mature than the other. They both do more or less the same things that cause them to be immature in comparison to one another‚ and therefore‚ the things that they do that prove their maturity are overruled. Luce‚ in comparison to Holden‚ merely has a more ’posh’ or educated way of speaking and therefore could cause the illusion that he is more educated and more mature than Holden‚ when in reality their underlying purpose and maturity level is the same
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The most interesting question asked in our discussion to me‚ is: Why does Huck play tricks on Jim? Doesn’t he think it will affect their relationship? I find this question very interesting as it gives us an entry into Huck’s mind and his thoughts on Jim. At the same time he is dependent on Jim: “Well‚ I warn’t long making him understand I warn’t dead. I was ever so glad to see Jim. I warn’t lonesome now. I told him I warn’t afraid of HIM telling the people where I was. I talked along‚ but he only
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crucial themes in the novel as it exploits the physical and mentally abuse black people receive from white slaveholders. At the beginning of the novel‚ Huck buys himself into racial stereotypes when he says‚ “Jim was most ruined‚ for a servant‚ because he got so stuck up on account of having seen the devil and been rode by witches”(Twain 5). Huck points out Jim’s stupidity and makes fun of him for having‚ “seen the devil and been rode by witches‚” as a way to poke fun at Jim’s stupidity. As the novel
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owner talking about swelling him again‚ so out of fear‚ he runs away in opes to find freedom. Huckleberry Finn‚ on the other hand‚ runs away partly because he doesn’t like his home situation and partly because he is looking for an adventure. During the novel‚ Huck and Jim eventually meet up and go on the adventure to find a new home together and to escape slavery together. When Jim and Huck talk about being free‚ “it made him all over trembly and feverish to be so close to freedom. Well‚ i can
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