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    Catcher in the Rye

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    Holden Caulfield is afflicted by the hypocrisy of the adult world. He accuses all adults of being pretentious and phony and he wishes that the world was free of that fictitious behavior. He believes that the only people who are free from the phoniness are the children‚ because they are innocent. The only person Holden truly believes is innocent is his brother Allie‚ who died at a young age. Therefore‚ Allie never grew up to become phony. On the other hand‚ his older brother in Holden’s eyes is “a

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    Death Catcher n the rye

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    Madness‚ madman and fiend. Death‚ kill and die. The title itself: The catcher in the rye. The catcher in the rye. Death. In the book “The catcher in the rye” Death is mentioned several times throughout the story‚ ranging in use. The main character Holden Caulfield brings up death several times whilst mentioning his dead‚ younger brother Allie. He talks about him a few times the first time being when he mentions Allie’s Baseball mitt as a subject prone to description for a work of English

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    English Emma Jane marks The outsider‚ Holden Caulfield is responsible for his own alienation. How far would you agree? Focus on chapter 1-7 Define outsider -3 lines Every paragraph - A03 argument A02 methods and terms A04 context Quotations Holden Caulfield from the outset is an outsider and alienated from society. The technical term for an outsider is a person or thing excluded from or not a member of a set‚ group. We see that Holden is not really part of the society around him‚ from Pencey Prep

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    Catcher In The Rye: Holden Caufield Holden Caufield was a high school student at a boy’s academy by the name of Pency Prep. He feels as though he had fought the world and lost‚ everyone is against him and that little can bring him joy. He had lost his innocence‚ and saw himself as a "catcher in the rye"‚ trying to save children from his fate. Holden is quite the eccentric individual. I say this because of the incident with Sally Hayes where he proclaims his love for her and how they should

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    Holden Caufield‚ either mentally unstable or too morally advanced for society‚ misses the innocense of his childhood. Holden’s mentality‚ although confused and seemingly unstable‚ show the effects of exposed innocence. He becomes frustrated that he does not belong where ever he goes. He travels away from his school with no logial direction for a more internal desire to find his place. Holden has trouble understanding why he does not fit in anywhere and implies mental deterioration from stress

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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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    There are very few characters in modern literature who have evoked as much controversy‚ dedication and empathy as Holden Caulfield‚ the protagonist in J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye‚ the novel which was widely banned in the American education system upon initial publication in 1951. It chronicles the teenager’s three day odyssey through the unsavory corners of New York. We witness Holden’s emotional descent as he falls victim to his internal conflicts upon being expelled from Pencey Prep

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    Holden Caulfield: Holden Caulfield is an intelligent but insecure high-school junior who is expelled from Pencey Prep which is the fourth boarding school he has attended for failing four out of five subjects. Although Holden seems likable and has a good sense of humour‚ he has difficulty facing reality‚ in particular his inability to adjust to his peers and society in general. Caulfield is immature and refuses to grow and doesn’t like to moved on. He wears the red hunting hat is certainly a

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     The Irony of Holden’s Dream Job Holden Caulfield just cannot seem to catch a break. He is kicked out of school‚ ran away from home‚ and is now all alone in life. In the book The Catcher in the Rye‚ written by J

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    Mother Theresa said‚ "do not judge people‚ for you will have no time to love them". One of the most important themes in "The Catcher in the Rye"‚ is the tendency people have to judge one another. The narrator‚ Holden Caulfield‚ is not only judgmental of the people he meets‚ but of society as a whole. Throughout his experiences‚ he criticizes the phoniness and shallowness that he encounters in the world around him. One sees‚ that while Holden spends much of his time judging the actions and intentions

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