sympathetic‚ and likable‚ and Holden respects him. Holden sometimes finds him a bit too clever‚ but he looks to him for guidance. Like many characters in the novel‚ he drinks heavily. Read an in-depth analysis of Mr. Antolini. Maurice - The elevator operator at the Edmont Hotel‚ who procures a prostitute for Holden. Sunny - The prostitute whom Holden hires through Maurice. She is one of a number of women in the book with whom Holden clumsily attempts to connect. D. B. Caulfield - Holden’s older brother
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speechless actions is committed through impulse as demonstrated when Holden wakes up grumpy and begins to have thoughts "then I tried to sock him‚ with all my might‚ right smack in the toothbrush‚ so it would split his goddam throat open"(Salinger 5.16)‚ which is easily relatable to an adolescent audience due to the impulsive thoughts which Holden is an example of‚ in fulcrum several sources displayed similar claims in which the article Holden Caulfield’s Legacy quotes " a behavior manual for the age of
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Gallagher: A girl Holden used to spend a lot of time with one summer when their families were neighbors in Maine. She is important to Holden because she is one of the few girls he can find attractive and connect to. -Allie Caulfield: Holden’s younger brother who died of leukemia three years ago. He was intelligent‚ red-headed‚ and friendly. Holden is still suffering from Allie’s death. -Phoebe Caulfield: Holden’s 10 year old sister who he loves a lot. She listens and understands Holden more than
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New York Times best-seller list. In the novel‚ they follow the life of the protagonist Holden Caulfield‚ a troubled sixteen-year-old boy from New York City. Holden attended Pencey Prep Academy‚ a private school‚ in Agerstown‚ Pennsylvania. He faces many mental difficulties in life‚ for example‚ he is depressed‚ has terrible health due to smoking‚ always angry‚ resentful‚ and perceptive.”The obvious signs that Holden is a troubled and unreliable narrator are manifold: he fails out of four schools; he
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Stradlater. In Chapter 13‚ Holden admitted more of his innocence‚ “"I was a little nervous. I was starting to feel pretty sexy and all‚ but I was a little nervous anyway. If you want to know the truth‚ I’m a virgin. I really am" (Salinger 102-103). When reading CITR‚ there was no denying Holden was a sexual person and being the unreliable narrator he was‚ he made it seem like he had women wrapped around his finger‚ but he was a virgin‚ a nervous one. Also in Chapter 13‚ Holden revealed more of his innocence
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being. A select few on the other hand are a combination of both‚ and in this category falls a boy named Holden Caulfield. His immaturity‚ self-denial‚ awful habits‚ and inability to move on from the past make him relatable to any teenager‚ or any former teenager. Holden is the main character in a famous novel by J.D. Salinger titled‚ “The Catcher in the Rye”. The baseline of the story is that Holden fails out of a private school and travels to New York
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Insanity in a Sane World Holden Caulfield is an insane person in a sane world. What is insanity? Insanity is when you’re in a state of mind that prevents normal perception‚ behavior or social interaction. This state is mental illness. Insanity is when you do things in deranged or outrageous ways that could frighten people‚ or make people feel uncomfortable when around you. It’s when you do things out of the ordinary; yet feel as if they are ordinary. Insanity could come about when you’re depressed
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this novel‚ too? What about Holden is gender-specific‚ and what is common to all teenagers? Women can relate Common to all teenagers Rebellious nature Negative thoughts Feeling inferiority Illusion of Future Curiosity Not belonging Gender-specific Not as impulsiveness as girls 2. Let’s talk about the ending to the Catcher in the Rye. Is it optimistic? Negative? Gloomy? O Angers the readers Nothing is finished It leaves you hanging and asking questions Gloomy Holden didn’t change much throughout
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Great Gatsby vs. Holden Caulfield The Great Gatsby written By F.Scott Fitzgerald is a novel about people‚ mainly Gatsby’s idea of the ‘American dream’ which can be compared easily to The Catcher in the Rye By J.D Salinger. Nick and Jay Gatsby are similar to Holden Caulfield. Nick is like Holden in the fact that they both share ideas of having expectations of people and hope‚ even though society constantly lets them down with multiple examples showing how people act in their natural state. Gatsby
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The character Holden Caulfield in “Catcher in the Rye” is a sophisticated yet simple character. He can be represented in many ways. The photo of James Dean represents Holden accurately. The photo shows Holden’s external as well as internal characteristics. It represents Holden because: the photo portrays his tough guy attitude‚ suggests his outward toughness as well as his positive aspects‚ and the photo shows Holden’s internal sensitivity. Holden Caulfield is precisely represented by the photo of
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