illustrates the main character‚ Holden Caulfield and his painfulness of growing up by drawing out multiple symbols. Holden Caulfield‚ a seventeen year old teenager with a complex personality tells readers his life’s events before he ended up in a mental institute from a mental breakdown. The Ducks in Central Park Lagoon‚ the Museum of Natural History and the Catcher in the Rye are three important symbols that the author uses to demonstrate Holden’s painfulness
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confused‚ leading to clinical depression. Adolescents experiencing depression show signs such as sadness and hopelessness‚ anger and rage‚ and substance abuse. Holden Caulfield‚ the protagonist of the realistic-fiction novel The Catcher in the Rye‚ by J.D Salinger‚ is a troubled teenager dealing with depression. Throughout the novel‚ Holden exhibits a myriad of signs that confirm his depression. Indications of his depression are his infatuation with tobacco and alcohol‚ his volatile behavior and
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Catcher in the Rye In The Catcher in the Rye‚ by J.D. Salinger‚ Holden Caulfield narrates the story of his wandering around New York; after becoming fed-up with the people around him‚ he decides to start his Christmas break early before returning home to his parents. There he will face the consequences of being expelled from yet another school due to his rebellious nature. Over the course of his five-day journey‚ Holden is highly critical of the people around him. However‚ he is much more
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depends on knowing about others and being able to adjust our behaviour in light of that knowledge. Therefore‚ it is extremely important that we observe others in order to understand‚ and change‚ our place in the world. Chapter 5. Jake Hong 1.why is Holden unable to write the composition about a place and instead chooses to write about Allie’s mitt? According to the text‚ there is a word " I couldn’t think a room or a house or anything to describe the way Stradlater said he had to have. I’m not too
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containing happiness‚ hope‚ and optimism(shown in yellow containing Jane ‚with the game of checkers‚ Allie‚and Phoebe). Holden thus clings to his childhood as a source of his happiness‚ as he views his current reality(depicted in purple) with cynicism and pessimism. (represented by the piano for his pessimism towards “phony” musicians‚ and by Sally’s “phony” conversation with George) Holden‚ however‚ isolates himself from his past for fear of tainting it(represented the the cracking glass case turning
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Catcher in the Rye: How Holden Deals With Alcohol‚ Sex‚ and Violence The Catcher in the Rye‚ by J.D Salinger‚ depicts how a lonely teenager‚ Holden Caulfield‚ deals with alcohol‚ sex‚ and violence. Teenagers must also deal with these problems daily. Alcohol is very predominate throughout the novel The Catcher in the Rye. Alcoholic beverages are a readily available‚ and relatively inexpensive for minors to get. Over the past couple of years‚ teenage consumption of alcohol has risen dramatically
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In J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher is the Rye‚ the protagonist Holden Caufield emerges from a trying and emotional series of events and does not grow emotionally but remains as immature as he was at the beginning of the novel. The story is about the difficulties of growing up. Most people come out of their teenager years as more responsible and mature people. Holden goes through many stressful events during the weekend‚ but instead of coming out more mature and grown up‚ he still has the same childish
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troubled boy named Holden Caulfield. Salinger masterfully depicts the story’s protagonist as a well rounded character who feels the full range of emotions. Holden is consumed by the desire to live in a world where he can play the hero and surround himself with love and acceptance. Holden’s need for love and belonging‚ however‚ creates an irony because it provokes an intense aversion to society that pushes Holden further away from achieving a sense of belonging. While in several ways Holden epitomizes the
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Holden is a complex person with many conflicting characteristics. He has many ambitions and desires for his life but he is faced with the basic conflict in the story‚ corruption. This corruption is what drives him and at the same time restricts him Holden ’s being surrounded by corruption disgusts him. There are a few main instances in which Holden encounters corruption directly. One type is Stradlater‚ the ’secret slob ’or Ernie‚ who ’performs for the people ’. Two that affect Holden very
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Bob Shapiro 11/18/12 Holden and Charlie While Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger and Dead Poets Society by N.H. Kleinbaum are two completely different stories; nevertheless they do also share some similarities. Among similarities that I found is a similarity between two main characters in the stories - Holden‚ the main character in Catcher in the Rye‚ and Charlie Dalton from Dead Poets Society. Charlie and Holden are very similar starting from their financial situation to their general interests
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