Catcher in the Rye Chapters 1-7 Journal entry a) Plot Development 1) Exposition Holden Caulfield is a 17-year-old adolescent and the protagonist of the novel. He describes the events occurring in 2 days around Christmas time of the previous year. He gets expelled from the Pencey prep school for failing in four subjects. He narrates what happened after he had left the school and why he had left it two days earlier than scheduled day. 2) Conflict This boy has an ongoing process of conflict
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The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger and the movie Into the Wild are very similar in the way that both main characters‚ Holden and Chris are undergoing a coming of age. Holden is a boy who lives in New York and went to Pencey Prep before getting kicked out for falling most of his classes. Chris is a college graduate who abandoned both his mother and sister who have to suffer with living with their abusive father. However‚ both of these characters are afraid of being apart of the social norm because
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another‚ but any significant change in the character for the better is usually accepted as a bildungsroman. Many readers and critics alike have categorized the novel The Catcher in The Rye by J.D. Salinger as a bildungsroman. The novel is about Holden Caulfield‚ a teenage boy‚ who is being treated at a mental institution (which is hinted at later in the novel) while he recounts the events leading up to him being placed there. Most simply accept that the novel is in fact a “coming-of-age” story and do
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a member of the Outer Party and his journey through realising the power hungry totalitarian ruling of the Inner Party (the government) and consequently disobeying the set expectations held for him. “The Catcher in the Rye” shows the life of Holden Caulfield‚ a seventeen-year-old boy who wonders through New York City alone expressing his fear of adulthood and a distaste for maturity and “phoniness” that ensues as a result. “The Humans”
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drinks‚ and drinks a lot. Throughout the book‚ Holden drinks and gets drunk with his friends. Holden is only 17 and his friends and he drink all the time. This quote shows that Mr. Antolini drinks right in front of Holden‚ and doesn’t care if it’s a bad thing for him to see. Holden hasn’t grown up with a good role model‚ and Mr. Antolini is as close as he gets. - “I figured I’d probably see them again‚ but not for years” (225). At this point Holden decides that he will move away from all his friends
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people at that time period suited to the style of Holden Caulfield’s dialogues through J.D. Salinger. Salinger’s view of phoniness may or may not even share a bond with most of the readers’ experiences‚ because this theme is confronted in at least some kind of form or action in the life of all people on a daily bases. The way Salinger has set up his story is also to explain the significance of phoniness‚ to help understand the story more closely. Holden has said to himself "If I’m on a train at night
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homeless. Minorities. People labeled “different”. These are examples of “outcasts‚” people “rejected or cast out‚ as from home or society.” They are “mistfits” even‚ “unable to adjust to a situation” with its narrow‚ inflexible expectations. Holden Caulfield in the novel Catcher in the Rye‚ Wally in the short story White Chocolate‚ and Jamal Wallace in the movie Finding Forrester are examples of teen heroes‚ all attending high school‚ who struggle to fit‚ but who discover quickly that they are not
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Belonging to a community or a group has a significant impact on an individual sense of belonging. Belonging is a concept that provides confidence and support to individuals who are able to connect to people or places. Individuals that belong to a community or a group have portrayed that there are significant impact that do affect a individual own sense of acceptance‚ which could lead to a better wellbeing. However not belonging to a community or a group has negative impact on the individual as presented
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The Price of Happiness Responsibility‚ self-acceptance‚ and happiness are important virtues‚ especially with family. What happens when these are put up against each other? Edna Pontellier from Kate Chopin’s The Awakening‚ and Holden Caulfield in J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye‚ face this challenge. Edna Pontellier lives in a Creole society‚ but defies the lifestyle of the typical Creole woman‚ who strives to care for her family and make her husband comfortable and happy. Being quite the opposite
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indicates the character of the individual. He uses love in the context of being a device that is used to protect and to care for people who need protecting and caring. In the novel‚ Catcher in the Rye‚ by J. D. Salinger‚ love is used by a character‚ Holden Caulfield‚ who struggles desperately to find a certain somebody or anyone to allocate his love to‚ but realizes finally‚ that this love is not necessarily expressed through saving " the children in the rye" from the time of trial‚ but actually caring for
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