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    Salinger) Jane Gallagher and Sally Hayes are both major female influences on Holden. Both now and then. However‚ Holden has a dark near future ahead and he must be accompanied by someone who will best meet his needs. Jane is perfect for this as she not only

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    Wealth is often overlooked by those who possess a great deal of it but desired by those who can only dream to live the life of luxury. Either way‚ the fortunate and the unfortunate may despise their financial statuses. Novels such as J. D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye capture the rich through the eyes of the rich. Holden Caulfield is a well-off adolescent disgusted by the materialistic mannerisms of society. Other novels‚ including Cutis Sittenfeld’s Prep‚ describe the rich through the endeavors

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    Mikahla Denney Mr. Snow English II PAP- 3 12 March 2012 The Catcher in the Rye: Salinger v. Caulfield During World War II and the post war era after‚ many peoples’ lives went down paths that lead their sanity to meander‚ just like that of J.D. Salinger. Salinger grew up as a very bright child‚ yet his work effort lacked great stamina which caused him to flunk average school‚ requiring a military academy. Once Salinger reached adulthood‚ he became lost in his paranoid thoughts and secluded himself

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    J.D. Salinger J.D. Salinger died on January 27th of 2010 at 91 years old. The author arises on the 1950’s when he wrote The Catcher in the Rye a book that has marked a generation of youth ever since‚ his success has been due to his shorter stories that shared about religious and philosophical territory and that is what he was good at. He was born on January 1st of 1919 in New York that means success came to him at a young age and was recognized as one of the most influential

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    David Salinger was one of the most prominent writers of the 20th century. His crowning achievement was The Catcher and The Rye. Along with this he also boasted A “Perfect Day for Bananafish”‚ For Esmé – with Love and Squalor‚ and the Glass family novellas‚ to name a few. Most of his works involved adolescent youths growing up and loss of innocence in harsh times. This is probably to his rough early years‚ his involvement in WWII‚ and the myriad of his relationship and religious changes. J. D. Salinger

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    ’The Laughing Man’ By J.D. Salinger I. Introduction Context and Environment The Laughing Man is one of the J.D. Salingers stories which was published in The New Yorker on March 19‚ 1949 ‚ and its included in his book called Nine Stories‚ his second book(Salinger‚ Jerome David 1953).Nine Stories was the collection that introduced and killed Seymour Glass-the brooding figure that gave rise to the Glass family dynasty‚ the fictional subject that held Salinger’s attention until

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    J.D Salinger was a literary writer who was born in New York in the year of 1919. J.D Salinger wrote the famous novel Catcher in the Rye and other famous shorts stories related to World War II. He had influenced literature in America as no one else had during the 20th century. J.D Salinget is a writer who has very strong ideas when writing a book and The Catcher in the Rye was banned for many years on the United States due to the fact that it was controversial and gave children bad influences. Salinger

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    opinion of the novel‚ it is important to consider the praises and criticisms of The Catcher in the Rye. When studying a piece of literature‚ it is meaningful to note the historical background of the piece and the time at which it was written. Two J.D. Salinger short stories‚ "I’m Crazy" and "Slight Rebellion off Madison‚" were published in periodicals during the 1940’s‚ and introduced Holden Caulfield‚ the main character of The Catcher in the Rye. Both short stories were revised for later inclusion in

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    Danny Kajura’s Simple Minds. Where are our Lee Harpers or J.D Salingers? A fortnight ago I was honored to attend the Pantomime of the Kampala Amateur Dramatics society’s Treasure Island at the National Theatre. To purport that Robert Louis Stevenson would ever envision his riveting classic mould into an impeccable spectacle of the proverbial British humor in Uganda’s National theatre would be unfathomable ; more so with Writer Chris Carruthers seamless inclusion of new

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    Holden as a foil ti Zooey By: E.S. Although they are the protagonists from two separate books‚ Franny Glass‚ a teenage girl in J.D. Salinger’s Franny and Zooey‚ and Holden Caufield‚ a young man in Salinger’s novel Catcher in the Rye‚ serve as foils to each other. Both suffer unnecessarily due to their interaction with those whom they are close to‚ due to their relationships with themselves‚ as well as due to their views on the world. In the end‚ however Franny and Holden change their values

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