Duke University Press are collaborating with JSTOR to digitize‚ preserve and extend access to American Speech. http://www.jstor.org THE LANGUAGE OF ’THE CATCHER IN THE RYE’ DONALD P. COSTELLO RooseveltUniversity TheCatcher theRye can be in ofJ. D. Salinger’s justified not only on the basis of literary interest‚ but also on the basis Finn of linguistic significance.Today we study The Adventuresof Huckleberry in (with which many critics have compared The Catcher the Rye) not only as a great work
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J.W. von Goethe once said‚ “No two persons regard the world in exactly the same way...” What Goethe meant was that every human views the world in a unique fashion. The novels The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls and The Catcher in The Rye by JD Salinger both prove this quotation to be true. People do not respond to situations in the same exact way. People who grow up in the same circumstances react in different ways. That’s what makes one unique. For example‚ there could be two people
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Colin Geraghty Becker English 11 May 25th‚ 2017 Holden on for Dear Life Realism and Romanticism have a history of conflict in American History‚ whether it be stopping Gatsby from finding his one true love‚ Tom Sawyer and his romantic conflictions to Huck‚ these opposite ideals never fail to become themes of our stories. In J.D Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye the protagonist seems to be taking a different approach and far more extreme in his romantic beliefs than any of our other analyzed characters
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adult world is like‚ consistently reinforcing his belief that the real world is fake. His hatred for people in general is only bested by his hate for those whom he considers to be phonies‚ which is just about everyone he meets throughout the novel. Salinger uses strong irony‚ complex characterization‚ and a specific setting to display Holden Caulfield’s strong hatred towards people that are phonies and prove that no one is immune to the phoniness. A great deal of the irony in Salinger’s novel arises
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those procedures‚ they would be able to achieve their accomplished outcome or conclusion. C. Historical Background The book was published after J.D. Salinger returned home to the United States from his time in Europe during World War II. Many parallels exist between Holden Caulfield‚ the protagonist of The Catcher in the Rye‚ and J. D. Salinger: both grew up in upper class New York‚ both flunked out of prep schools‚ and so on. It’s no surprise‚ then‚ that Salinger’s experience in World War II should
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adult society as they struggle to find direction in the world. Many long for acceptance and love that they do not receive. This description perfectly suits the situation befalling Holden Caulfield‚ the controversial protagonist and main character of J. D Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye. In the novel‚ after being expelled from his fourth school‚ Pencey Prep‚ Holden goes on a journey of self discovery through New York. He becomes increasingly unstable in a world in which he feels he does not belong‚ with
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blue in several parts of the story that is‚ next to the color white‚ known to represent innocence and purity. When Seymour first sees Sybil‚ he says: “That’s a fine bathing suit you have on. If there is one thing I like‚ it’s a blue bathing suit.” (Salinger 12) Even though in reality it is not blue but yellow‚ through this single reference‚ the innocence of a child seems to be pointed out by Seymour. Almost as soon as Sybil is introduced‚ it is made obvious that she is characterized by the simplicity
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PRIMARY SOURCE TITLE OF NOVEL: The Catcher in the Rye (I used a pdf of the novel and need to get a real copy of the book to redo my page numbers) CITATION Salinger‚ J. D.‚ E. Michael Mitchell‚ and Lotte Jacobi. The Catcher in the Rye. Boston: Little‚ Brown‚ and Company‚ 1951. Print. NOTES (DIVIDE BY SUBTOPICS; INCLUDE PAGE NUMBERS) Interactions with roommates His relentless emotional connection to Jane Gallahger when he realizes Stradlater (17-19) Possessive over Jane Indirectly becoming infuriated
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The protagonist in a novel is the main character. Readers can feel sympathy or have a lack of sympathy for the protagonist in the novel. In the novel‚ The Catcher In the Rye by J. D. Salinger‚ Salinger creates an unsympathetic protagonist named Holden Caulfield. Readers are unsympathetic toward Holden because he grasped onto Allie’s death‚ frequently makes poor decisions and constantly criticizes minor characters without getting to know them. The trait of holding on to the past displays the unsympathetic
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Young adulthood is often a time for maturing spiritually. Franny Glass‚ the protagonist of J.D Salinger’s novel‚ Franny and Zooey‚ began to question her religious beliefs‚ during this time of spiritual growth. Franny’s quest for religion caused her to become pessimistic‚ bitter‚ and emotionally unstable. Franny held many strong beliefs that caused her to view her surroundings pessimistically. After spending three years contently in college‚ Franny changed her view of the college experience
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