empathy as Holden Caulfield‚ the protagonist in J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye‚ the novel which was widely banned in the American education system upon initial publication in 1951. It chronicles the teenager’s three day odyssey through the unsavory corners of New York. We witness Holden’s emotional descent as he falls victim to his internal conflicts upon being expelled from Pencey Prep. Written as a first person monologue‚ Salinger describes the inner thoughts and feelings of Holden‚ so the
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in the texts of Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare and Catcher In The Rye by J.D Salinger is expressed‚ though in different periods of time. The upper class society that both the characters of Holden Caulfield and Juliet Capulet live in‚ clearly show the need for a diverge in the norm of society. Holden Caulfield is a troubled‚ yet unique young man‚ who ’s post war period style of living‚ has forced him to notice and take action upon the faults in his society. The roles expected by young people in this
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want to exclude it from all schools’ curriculum. Since this is such a controversial novel‚ it is very difficult to come to the conclusion of whether or not this should be read in schools. Though many people criticize this piece of literature due to Holden Caulfield’s violent and antisocial nature‚ it is a very valuable book because many teenagers can identify with Holden’s constantly changing opinions and desire to
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Catcher in the Rye In 1981‚ The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger was simultaneously the most frequently censored novel and the second-most frequently taught novel in American high schools (Andrychuk 6). The main protagonist of the novel is Holden Caulfield‚ a 16-year old boy who smokes like a chimney‚ swears like a sailor‚ and drinks to deal with his angst. He is also the narrator of his own story‚ telling the tale of the 48 hours he spent in New York City after getting expelled from his fourth
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known. In The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger‚ our protagonist‚ Holden‚ tells of his journey from Pencey Prep School in Pennsylvania to New York City from a mental hospital in California in the 1950s. The Catcher in the Rye is a powerful novel that uses adolescence and innocence to relate to the reader‚
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Significant passage: “You were supposed to commit suicide or something if old Pencey didn’t win” (2). Speaker: Holden Caulfield Audience: Reader Significance to the story: This passage shows the extremity of the schools dignity and school spirit. Reading this helps you realize that the school doesn’t tolerate failure and imperfections. You can assume that this could be one of the reasons Holden was kicked out of Pencey‚ aside from his academic failures. Thought provoking question about the passage:
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vaulted him to the heights of literary fame. The book mostly focuses on the period of time when a young teenage boy named Holden Caulfield gets expelled from his high school and how he sees‚ feels things and people around him. J.D Salinger shows Holden as a 16-year-old boy lose to adult hood and having trouble with accepting society and struggling with many issues in the daily life. Holden is an individual in earlier American society‚ who is non-conformable and does not choose to cooperate with society
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demonstrate positive attitudes even through traumatic events. The main character‚ Holden Caulfield‚ in J. D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye lives in a dysfunctional family. He matures in a normal household in New York City until his younger brother‚ Allie‚ passes away. The once normal family suddenly turns into havoc. This novel portrays many aspects of life within a dysfunctional family‚ such as the Caulfields. The Catcher in the Rye is criticized by many people of all ages. Some schools
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a book about a highschool student‚ Holden Caulfield. Holden thinks most everything is fake. The people he goes to school with are fake‚ the people ice skating are fake‚ and the movies in the cinema are fake. The Catcher in the Rye has many different symbols that reveal Holden’s character. In The Catcher in the Rye Holden Caulfield is always talking about how fake everyone is or “phony.” Holden has this one hat that is referenced continuously in the book. Holden expresses‚ “The way I wore it‚ I swung
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