The Catcher in the Rye As the protagonist of The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger‚ Holden Caulfield appears to attribute his social condition to circumstances beyond his control. Critics give praise to the character of Holden Caulfield as a non-conformist rebel that is unwilling to compromise in the face of the harsh realities of society. However‚ this view does not seem to hold true to the circumstances taking place. Holden’s detachment from his life is almost voyeuristic in nature‚ and he
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Holden Caulfield - The protagonist and narrator of the novel‚ Holden is a sixteen-year-old junior who has just been expelled for academic failure from a school called Pencey Prep. Although he is intelligent and sensitive‚ Holden narrates in a cynical and jaded voice Ackley - Holden’s next-door neighbor in his dorm at Pencey Prep. Ackley is a pimply‚ insecure boy with terrible dental hygiene. He often barges into Holden’s room and acts completely oblivious to Holden’s hints that he should leave
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paragraph or include in each body paragraph how you would address the opposing argument. Holden Caulfield‚ the Savior of Human Society Adolescence is the stage in which everybody has to go through; some people may find it pleasant‚ others may find it horrendous‚ but no one can escape it no matter what. In the Catcher in the Rye‚ the novel published in 1951 by JD Salinger‚ the protagonist‚ Holden Caulfield struggles through his rebellious‚ grievous teenage years. Soon after being published‚ the
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troubled 16 year old kid‚ Holden Caulfield. Holden has been a troubled kid‚ flunking out of various private schools and throw every happiness away. Holden Caulfield has a lack of control in his life and actions. When Holden was 13‚ his younger brother‚ Allie‚ passed away. Holden was very overwhelmed with emotion‚ he then since hasn’t been the same. Holden lacks control and acts very impulsively. When he found out Allie died‚ he punched out all the windows in the garage. Holden says that it was “just
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packing/shipping business‚ but Jerome hated it‚ and did not desire to become rich or anything of that nature. Like Holden Caulfield from his book The Catcher in the Rye‚ young Jerome found it difficult to concentrate on school and studies and was eventually sent to a military school by his father. This going to military school is reflected in the part of the book in which Holden is back at home explaining to Pheobe that he will not be killed‚ by his father‚ and that he would probably just be sent
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a fascinating novel for its insight on Holden Caulfield’s life when he was attending Pency Prep and to what occurred after he left the school. Holden Caulfield failed most of his classes except for English. Holden takes a leave from the school since he has been kicked out. He leaves earlier than planned and traveled to New York. He tells the stories of how he lived within the extra amount of days he had before his parents had expected to see him home. Holden describes New York well with its famous
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Profile: Holden Caulfield Part One: The patient is Holden Caulfield‚ a sixteen-year-old teenage boy. Caulfield’s appearance is tall for his age and surprisingly has quite a few gray hairs at the age of sixteen. Holden comes from an upper-middle class family. His family has enough money to support Holden with many luxuries including skates and expensive suitcases. It appears that Mr. and Mrs. Caulfield aren’t there to talk‚ care‚ and be there for Holden‚ which seems to drive Holden away from
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in the literary community over its distasteful language and adult situations.The Catcher in the Rye is written in a subjective style from the point of view of its protagonist‚ Holden Caulfield‚ following his exact thought processesThe majority of the novel takes place in December 1949. The story commences with Holden Caulfield describing encounters he has had with students and faculty of Pencey Prep (scholars often compare Pencey Prep to Valley Forge Military Academy‚ which Salinger attended from the
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Holden Caulfield. The name alone insinuates thoughts of tormented teen angst and a lonesome rebel in a world filled with phonies. To say that the protagonist of J. D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye produced theories and speculation would be a gross understatement. Vast amounts of hypotheses sprang up on the deeper implications of Salinger’s famous character. According to various readers and critics‚ Holden Caulfield represents the metamorphosis from adolescence to adulthood‚ demonstrating
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brother who died in 1946 of leukemia. He was two years younger than Holden. Holden describes him as‚ “a nice red head boy”. Holden said that many times teachers would send his parents letter saying how good of a student Allie was. Allie had a baseball mitt he used to write poems on so when he was in the field and nothing was happening he could read them. Whenever Allie died Holden still held on to the glove. The story begins with Holden being kicked out of Pencey. His parents are not aware that he
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