sadness. This is demonstrated when Holden is describing his feeling towards packing to leave Pencey. He laments‚ “One thing about packing depressed me a little. I had to pack these brand-new ice skates my mother had practically just sent me a couple of days before. That depressed me. I could see my mother going in Spaulding’s and asking the salesman a million dopy questions—and here I was getting the ax again. It made me feel pretty sad. She bought me the wrong kind of skates—I wanted racing skates and
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Caleigh Beverly Mrs. Lehman AP English‚ 1A 1 October 2012 Novel Abstract: Catcher in the Rye Novel Title and Author: Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger Author’s Background: J.D. Salinger was born on January 1‚ 1919‚ in New York City‚ New York. Jerome David Salinger was born to Sol Salinger and his wife Miriam (J.D. Salinger). Though he was a bright young man‚ when he attended McBurney School‚ he ended up flunking out and was soon after sent to Valley Forge Military Academy in Wayne‚ Pennsylvania
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Holden’s. Moreover‚ even though the novel is set in the 1940’s and is a contrast to contemporary society‚ the reader can still find things to identify with‚ because Salinger uses such a timeless idea. The “Catcher in the Rye” is centred around three days of the life of the main protagonist‚ Holden Caulfield‚ who is 16 when the novel begins. The novel is set in post-war New York in the 1940’s. The story is narrated by Holden who has been admitted to a psychiatric hospital. Holden tells the story of
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It can be extremely difficult to focus on things that one may want to do in order for them to change their life. Life is full of surprises that sometimes we find ourselves becoming the person we never imagined to be. The memoir A Place to Stand by Jimmy Santiago Baca‚ a story about a man who was abandoned by his parents at a very young age‚ having a mother who desired to blend into “white world” and an alcoholic father‚ a man who was convicted at the age of twenty-one. Baca’s story tells about how
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“You felt like you were disappearing every time you crossed a road”; Diagnosing Holden with PTSD in Catcher in the Rye Lexie He lived everyday not knowing when his little brother’s time was going to come. He knew it was soon‚ but just not that soon. Holden Caulfield‚ the protagonist in “The Catcher in the Rye”‚ by J.D. Salinger‚ seemed to have an ordinary life‚ until he watched his little brother‚ Allie‚ suffer from Leukemia. This traumatic event heavily affected Holden’s life. Most people that
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corrupt world. Holden says; “What I have to do‚ I have to catch everybody if they start to go over the cliff-- I mean if they’re running and they don’t look where they’re going I have to come out from somewhere and catch them. That’s all I’d do all day. I’d just be the catcher in the rye and all” (Salinger 93). J.D. Salinger uses the title to connect with this portion of the novel. When the reader gets to this point of the reading they finally understand the meaning behind the entirety of the novel
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Alyssa Palumbo Miss Pasqual March 28‚ 2009 CITR Constructed Response: Chapter 23 Holden Caulfield‚ the main character from J.D. Salinger’s book The Catcher in the Rye‚ holds a different relationship with his sister Phoebe than any other character in the book. With his cynical perspective on life‚ Holden finds it hard to connect with people. Throughout the novel‚ one can see that Holden is desperately trying to find someone who can understand him. He sees Phoebe as the only person
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As humans we sometimes seek isolation rather than human interaction for fear of being overwhelmed emotionally. For some people‚ comfort comes with the knowledge that alone‚ they are the masters of their own emotions‚ free from the pain of the world’s occasional bitterness and sting. In the coming-of-age tale "Catcher in the Rye‚" J.D. Salinger explores this phenomenon through the voice of the narrator‚ Holden Caulfield. Although Holden possesses a voice of intelligence‚ sensitivity and insight he
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CatVamshi Adimulam 10/4/12 Critical Lens Essay Period 1 Popular to Loser‚ loneliness will creep into your life at some point in your life. As Carson McCullers says‚ “All people are lonely. Our literature is stamped with a quality of longing and unrest”. Loneliness is in reality and the very literature we study about. Even loneliness cannot slip away in stories like other characteristics of reality such as beauty and intelligence. Loneliness is a quality everyone can understand
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Lying is a recurring motif in the novel The Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger that directly correlates to the character Holden Caulfield .Lying is an escape for Holden that makes him feel better about himself‚ so that way he doesn’t have to deal with problems he are faced with‚ thus isolating himself . This can be seen in chapter 3 when he is leaving from a visit with his teacher‚ ‘Old Spencer’. He tells the reader‚ “I’m the most terrific liar you ever saw in your life. It’s awful. If I’m on
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