was a typical student who had problems in schools. He failed every subject except English‚ and got kicked out of every school he went to. Also‚ he really hated “phony things”. What he meant in the word phony was like the basic manner people do every day. He also hated Hollywood movies and the actors just because he thought they were phony. I think he just hates it when people talk in a
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Extremely Loud and Incredibly close is a fictional book written by Jonathan Safran Foer. This book is predominantly set in Manhattan after September 11‚ 2001. The book often jumps back to the day or weeks before‚ ask Oskar calls it‚ “The worst day:” the day Thomas Schell‚ Oskar’s dad‚ dies. In the chapters where grandpa is the narrator‚ the book jumps back to when he was in Dresden as a teenager. While grandma is the narrator‚ the story seems to be rooted in New York. Granda also recalls experiences
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May‚ an American existential psychologist says “Depression is the inability to construct a future.” (May). Mays quote relates to Holden because he has nothing to look forward to in life anymore. In the novel The Catcher in the Rye Holden lives day by day. Holden never knows what he is going to do next which makes him in a depressed mood. In the story Holden shows symptoms of depression. One common symptom of depression is “Persistent sadness‚ anxiousness‚ or "empty" feelings” ("Depression… Therapies
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English 25 November 2013 Bad Reputation Did you ever think that books that contain sex‚ obscene language‚ and immoral subjects could make a good book? The Catcher in the Rye is a prime example. The book has been on the banned reading list since the days following its publishing. The book was said to be “immoral and inappropriate that in 1960‚ a teacher in Tulsa‚ Oklahoma‚ was fired for assigning the book to an eleventh-grade English class.” (“Banned Book: The Catcher”) The Catcher in the Rye should
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The story begins with Holden being kicked out of Pencey. His parents are not aware that he has been kicked out of yet another school. He sticks around the school for awhile so that he is not there whenever his parents find out. After staying a few days‚ being at the school knowing he must leave soon just makes him depressed. He decides to leave the school early and stay in a hotel until
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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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terrible poverty.” In J.D. Salinger’s novel‚ The Catcher in the Rye‚ the main character‚ Holden‚ always felt the he was completely alone. After Holden was kicked out of his boarding school for failing all but one classes‚ he decided to run away. He spent days in New York‚ with nothing but his red hunting hat. Holden’s hunting hat is a symbol of protection for Holden‚ and he wore it whenever he felt sad or lonely. Throughout J.D. Salinger’s novel‚ The Catcher in the Rye‚ the main character‚ Holden Caulfield
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Altogether‚ The Perks of Being a Wallflower is a classically authentic coming of age story that will in turn either lead you to reminisce on your wild‚ curious days as as tennager‚ illustrate to you the days that lie ahead in your future as a rebellious teen amongst society‚ or inspire you to keep persevering along your own journey to grow out of your youth. All aspects considered‚ The Perks of Being a Wallflower perfectly communicates
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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. Written as a first person monologue‚ Salinger describes the inner thoughts and
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Symbols and Symbolism in “The Catcher in the Rye” There are a few things that define one as an adult: maturity‚ responsibility‚ and integrity. Does Holden Caulfield have any of these? J.D. Salinger’s novel‚ “The Catcher in the Rye‚” follows the life of Holden Caulfield‚ a sixteen-year-old protagonist‚ who is on the road to becoming an adult and is trying to find all of the three terms above. Holden is living in a world with people that he classifies as morons or phonies. The self realization
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