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    Holden‚ Ten Years Later "Allieeeee‚ Allieeeee‚ please‚ don’t go‚ come back to me‚ don’t go‚ I’ll play with you‚ I promise‚ pleaseeeeee". I guess it’s another one of those nights. When are these goddam nightmares going to stop? I dream about Allie about twice a week and I have no idea why. It’s basically the same dream every single time‚ and quite honestly it’s becoming a true pain. We are both on this vomity looking colored boat‚ and Allie jumps into the waters and as he is being enveloped by the

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    a 17-year-old boy named Holden. Holden gets in a very bad condition after his younger brother Allie dies from Leukemia. He gets mentally ill and suffers from serious depression. Holden goes through tough times in which he has a lot of trouble finding friends and keeping good relationships. Relationship and sexuality are big motifs in the novel‚ which come up very often. Holden is always on the look for a new friend but he always turns away in the last moment. When Holden interacts with women in the

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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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    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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    Mr. Antolini’s house‚ Holden falls asleep… a. At the park b. At the train station c. On the bus 2) While Holden watches Phoebe on the carousel… a. He starts to cry b. it starts to rain c. He sees Allie’s figure in the distance 3) According to Holden‚ what is the best thing about the Museum of Natural History a. The joy on the children’s faces b. Pretending to one of the historical figures c. Everything always staying right where they are 4) Holden describes Stradlater as

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    Journal #9: Suitcases Holden finds it depressing when he sees people with inexpensive suitcases. He elaborates on the suitcases because he notices that people judge each other based on their belongings. He is saying how people judge just by their first impressions. Having a nice and expensive suitcase meant that you were high class. They symbolizes the social status. This may be referred to prejudice based on the things. The suitcase could be a metaphor for someone’s life. Since he makes the

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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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    Is Holden A Hero? In Catcher in the Rye‚ Holden is a complex and misunderstood character. Although he has bad qualities‚ Holden is portrayed as a hero. Though society has shaped him in a negative way‚ he still has hero like qualities and is overall a hero. He is respectful to women‚ capable of regret/remorse‚ and has experienced traumatic events. Holden is very respectful to women. As seen on page 83‚ “The trouble with me is‚ I stop. Most guys don’t. I can’t help it…the trouble is‚ I get to feeling

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    Holden Caulfield’s past events have affected his present actions‚ attitudes‚ and values of character in both positive and negative values. Some many notable past events that affected him in the future without him knowing were; when he didn’t take Pencey seriously and got kicked out of it for his grades‚ also when him and Jane were close friends and Stradlater brings her up‚ also when he gets a prostitute ordered to his house‚ and lastly when his little brother dies from an illness. All these past

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    Holden as a foil ti Zooey By: E.S. Although they are the protagonists from two separate books‚ Franny Glass‚ a teenage girl in J.D. Salinger’s Franny and Zooey‚ and Holden Caufield‚ a young man in Salinger’s novel Catcher in the Rye‚ serve as foils to each other. Both suffer unnecessarily due to their interaction with those whom they are close to‚ due to their relationships with themselves‚ as well as due to their views on the world. In the end‚ however Franny and Holden change their values

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