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    Before Holden arrived at Pency he failed to meet academic standards at his previous schools that have “given him the axe”. The idea of Pency Prep seems to follow him everywhere because whoever he meets seems to know about it and how good of a school it is. It is a symbol of failure. Pency is not the first school Holden has flunked out of as a result his family is not too pleased with him and nonexistent academic ambitions other than in English. Central Park is a reoccurring location throughout

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    main character‚ Holden‚ can be seen as a troubled teenager growing up in a less than perfect society. Throughout the novel Holden struggles with the fact that many young and innocent kids will grow up and see the world from a different perspective. He naturally becomes worried for all future generations who will one day grow‚ as he did‚ and loose their innocence. The fixation of youth and innocence can be seen in the title of the book‚ as well as throughout the novel. Holden has matured in many

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    Brooklynn Broadwater CITR: Essay According to Psychiatric News the depression rate of a normal 16 year old is 11.5%. Holden Caulfield was apart of that 11.5% because he is disconnected with his family‚ is drinking heavily and is trying to experience sexual relations with older women. In Catcher in the Rye‚ J.D Salinger uses Holden’s interactions with his family‚ alcohol and sexuality to demonstrate his depression. This story describes that with Holden’s brother‚ Allie passing away it makes

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    My mother loved William Holden. Not unusually at all‚ I’m sure; many women were in love with William Holden. But this was my mother‚ and as strange as it sounds‚ I never thought of her as more than that. Yes‚ she was a person‚ but she was my mother. Remember‚ this was a time parents were not our “friends”. Long before social media‚ and spontaneous cell phone pictures shared with the world. The era of black-and-white photos‚ imprisoned behind plastic sheet covered pages‚ in books that hid in

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    In the book Catcher in the Rye‚ by J.D. Salinger‚ the protagonist Holden Caulfield‚ went through tough childhood that later on in his adult life impacted him. During his childhood he lost someone important‚ Allie‚ Holden’s brother. Holden had two brothers Allie and D.B. as well as he had one sister‚ Phoebe. D.B. was a famous writer in hollywood yet‚ at first he was a normal writer‚ who didn’t wrote movie scripts or plays. Holden goes to Pencey college‚ where he gets an ax or in other words gets

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    LeBlanc Mr. P. Murray Phoniness: Its Effect on Holden Caulfield’s Character and his View on Society December 3‚ 2012 Phoniness: Its effect on Holden Caulfield’s character and his view on society There comes a time in life when one believes that they are surrounded by nothing but fallaciousness and deception. In J.D Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye‚ Holden Caulfield‚ a 16-year-old boy‚ travels to New York to try to escape the

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    Salinger‚ violence is used to develop the main character‚ Holden. To convey a sarcastic tone and to refer to the theme‚ which is the protection of innocence‚ throughout the book. Salinger’s use of violence in the novel helps the reader understand Holden’s thought process. Violence is used to expose some of Holden’s main characteristics including his need for attention‚ his sensitivity and last but not least‚ his ability to care. Holden would be classified as an attention seeker. Ackley states

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    of The CATCHER in the Rye Holden‚ the protagonist goes through an intense internal and external conflict. Holden‚ can’t get over the fact that children will grow up and become an adult. Holden thinks adults are incredibly “phony” or fake. Additionally‚ Holden’s desire is to become the catcher in the rye to save children by stopping

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    Catcher in The Rye: Holden Caulfield’s Perception and Gradual Acceptance of the "Real" World. In The Catcher in the Rye‚ Holden views the world as an evil and corrupt place where there is no peace. This perception of the world does not change significannot ly through the novel. However as the novel progresses‚ Holden gradually comes to the realization that he is powerless to change this. During the short period of Holden’s life covered in this book‚ "Holden does succeed in making us perceive that

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    The Catcher in the Rye: Holden and Modern Teenagers The characteristics of Holden from the book The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger‚ will be compared to the "modern teenager".  The characteristics of both sets of teenagers are basically similar‚ but in some parts‚ they are different. I chose myself as the modern teenager to be compared to Holden. There will be four major subjects to be talked about in the essay. The main subjects that are going to be discussed in this essay are academics‚ family

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