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    The novel The Catcher in the Rye‚ written by J.D. Salinger‚ involves a teenager named Holden Caulfield that swings between childhood and adulthood constantly. Salinger portrays Caulfield as an adolescent that goes through different levels of depression‚ which is what American youth were facing during the time period it was written. Critic Maxwell Geismer states the book protest “against both the academic and social conformity of its time period‚ but what does it argue for?” The book argues that society

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    This semester‚ I read the book The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger. This is a stunning book about a teenager named Holden Caulfield who has gotten kicked out of prep school after prep school‚ and after being kicked out of his current school‚ he tries to avoid making contact with his parents so they don’t find out that he flunked out of school. He has days of self-reflection and thinking while wandering the streets‚ going to countless bars‚ and meeting up with people from his past. He remembers

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    something Holden Caulfield learned through experience. Holden Caulfield is a perfect example of a person in denial. Holden seems to believe that everything that happens to him is because of someone else ’s actions and that none of his mishaps have come around due to his own poor judgment. He is denying that he often makes terrible decisions. Soon enough‚ he gets over that‚ but doesn ’t get over the fact that he has ongoing issues that he needs to be aware of and start to resolve. Holden hides his

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    Victoria Matero English II H March 3‚ 2013 Holden Caulfield is one of the most hypocritical characters in literature. He spends the entire book complaining about all of the ’phonies’ around him when in truth he is one of the biggest phonies of all. Throughout the novel‚ there are many events where Holden exemplifies his hypocrisy. There are three primary examples. Holden first displays hypocrisy when he met Earnest Morrow’s mother on the train on his way to New York. Also‚ when he

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    illnesses are some of the most difficult to diagnose‚ yet some of the most common illnesses in humans. JD Salinger‚ the author of Catcher in the Rye‚ once said that Holden Caulfield‚ the controversial and main character of the story‚ only needed a little attention and affection to help him find happiness. Despite these views‚ it is clear that Holden illnesses at such a young age with such a traumatic experience led him to have a different mindset than the rest of society. The Catcher in the Rye offers numerous

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    There are many other people whose murders or attempted murders are thought to be connected to The Catcher in the Rye‚ such as Lee Harvey Oswald’s assassination on John F. Kennedy‚ and Robert John Bardo ‚ the man who killed Rebecca Schaeffer. Holden Caulfield might have some criminal potential as well‚ having similar traits of killers. Mark David Chapman was absolutely obsessed with The Catcher in the Rye. He saw the book as his inspiration to kill

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    their childhood behind. Holden Caulfield‚ the main character in the novel The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger and the girl from the poem “First Ice” by Andrei Voznesensky are perfect examples of children leaving behind their childhoods. Both of them are transitioning into adulthood in a long process called loss of innocence. Their only differences are the ways that they react to their personal problems. Holden is resisting his loss of innocence but the girl is facing it‚ Holden isolates himself in

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    the main character‚ Holden Caulfield. Throughout the novel‚ Catcher in the Rye‚ the subject of innocence is regarded very highly in Holden’s life. In fact‚ these symbols have molded Holden’s views on his own life‚ and the perspective of others. Because innocence has highly impacted Holden’s perspective‚ Allie’s baseball mitt holds a very deep

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    Albert Camus’ ‘The Outsider’ and J.D Salinger’s ‘The Catcher in the Rye’ both have central characters who find themselves on the boundaries of the society they live in. Holden Caulfield finds himself ‘lonesome’ in 1950’s New York‚ in the lead up to Christmas‚ while Meursault‚ the protagonist of Camus’ novel faces trial before a jury after committing the murder of an unnamed Arab man‚ in 1930’s Algeria. The question we must ask ourselves as readers is: are the stories of these two men still relevant

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    newly economically empowered and hungry for culture‚ was fed by music‚ films and novels”. Characters •Holden Caulfield: He has a crew cut‚ graying hair and he’s tall for his age (6ft 2"). He’s also skinny and for a sixteen year old‚ he is a heavy drinker and a smoker. The sixteen year old “wear a crew cut quite frequently and never have to comb it much” and he is always mistaken for being 13. Holden is the hero‚ the protagonist who suffers from depression‚ nervous breakdown‚ impulsive spending‚ sexual

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