Madness‚ madman and fiend. Death‚ kill and die. The title itself: The catcher in the rye. The catcher in the rye. Death. In 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
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Holden Caulfield‚ the novel’s protagonist‚ is a pivotal character in The Catcher in the Rye. Holden is characterized as an innocent‚ apathetic‚ naive teen who is seeking knowledge of life and the meaning of becoming an adult. Holden’s struggle with seeing the genuine nature of people is something that acts as a barrier for him throughout the novel. Holden is troubled and burdened throughout the story‚ which causes him to have a warped view on an array of subjects. Holden passes strict judgement on
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English 10 HP October 25‚ 2013 Rough Draft Compare and Contrast Essay Holden Caulfield and Jay Gatsby external appearance would lead one to believe that they are just ordinary. Holden is the protagonist from J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye and his outward features would suggest that he is a typical sixteen year old boy‚ but in reality there is much more than meets the eye. He deceitful‚ reserved‚ and a critical human being with a complicated past that explains why he became this way. Gatsby
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Ben Sisler AM Lit AP-4 Walter September 28‚ 2011 Holden’s Realization Holden Tries to be the "catcher in the rye" and save the children from losing their innocence. He then comes to realize that it’s impossible to stop children from growing up. In the first encounter Holden is scared that this "fuck you" will take away the innocence of the children. On Holden’s way up the stairs he sees the words and thinks "It damn near drove me crazy. I thought how Phoebe and all the other little kids
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novel‚ The Catcher in the Rye‚ the main character‚ Holden Caulfield goes through some serious emotions as depression and confusion. J.D. Salinger uses the symbol of a carousel to suggest that innocene and life of a child can’t be held on forever and maturing is part of life. Salinger introduces the carousel at the end of the novel. In chapter 25‚ Holden has just left Mr.Antolini’s house going to the train station to sleep on a bench at the waiting area. He then goes trolling around
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similar to a simile but is a hidden comparison because a metaphor doesn’t use the words "like" or "as" like a simile does. Example: " My mother gets very hysterical. She’s not too bad after she gets something thoroughly digested‚ though." (The Catcher in the Rye 51 Function: When Holden comes up with the idea to leave his town‚ Pencey‚ and go to New York for a little while‚ he decides to write a letter to his parents telling them exactly this. While he is doing this‚ he is thinking about how they would
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Annie Groth English 10 Passage Analysis The Catcher in the Rye “On my right‚ the conversation was even worse‚ though. On my right there was this very Joe Yale-looking guy‚ in a gray flannel suit and one of those flitty-looking Tattersal vests. All those Ivy League bastards look alike. My father wants me to go to Yale‚ or maybe Princeton‚ but I swear I wouldn’t go to one of those Ivy League colleges if I was dying‚ for God’s sake. Anyway‚ this Joe Yale-looking guy had a terrific-looking girl
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In J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye‚ the main character’s favorite concept is 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
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In The Catcher In The Rye by J.D. Salinger there were many different ways that the main character‚ Holden‚ was trapped. He was trapped by his own assumptions‚ by his own actions‚ and his own mind psychologically. The first way Holden was trapped was by his own assumptions. Because his personality was to lie‚ he was trapped in a world of lies. This makes him a very negative person. Having a negative attitude can lead to making bad decisions and it traps him. Holden is also trapped by his
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“The Catcher in the Rye” was first banned around 1961-1982 for reasons such as; profanity‚ sexual references‚ and degrading others. The main character‚ Holden Caulfield‚ is viewed as a defiant teenager‚ but in reality he’s just going through some problems and acting how any boy his age would. Holden‚ being a teenager and not regarding anyone else’s feelings‚ has strange ways of conversing and communicating. This book is filled with profanity‚ references to premarital sex and prostitution‚ statements
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