Maturity in the Catcher in the Rye Maturity is a process in life that usually no one can run away from. The novel the Catcher in the Rye‚ by J.D Salinger‚ tries to disprove that lesson through its protagonist. Holden often behaves like a prophet or a saint‚ pointing out the “phonies” around him because he believes they are not as mature as he is‚ but as the novel progresses‚ Holden makes choices that prevents him from maturing rather than enabling him to mature. Holden’s mail goal is to
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Pency Prep: "The Catcher in the Rye" opens with Holden Caulfield at Pency Prep‚ his high school‚ where he has just been kicked out for failing almost all of his classes. Holden‚ as a lost and frustrated teen‚ goes to his room for his last night before planning to run away from Pency Prep for some "alone time" before telling his parent he was kicked out of another school. In his room he interrogates his roommate‚ Stradlater‚ about one of Holden’s old friends‚ Jane. Stradlater just got back from a
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completely and losing all hope in his future. It is because of his fear of what Phoebe would do without him that keeps Holden from moving out west. When she tries to accompany him‚ Holden implicitly realizes that the trip west would destroy Phoebe’s innocence‚ and that his erratic behavior would prove harmful to her. He makes the
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Yessaian‚ Hrag Shoushan Arabian English III‚ Per: 4 November 5th‚ 2010 Catcher in the Rye Final Essay The story “Catcher in the Rye” by J.D. Salinger shows the epic journey of a boy growing up and learning about adulthood. Holden Caulfield‚ the arrogant and biased protagonist of the story in a period of four days begins to learn about the adult world‚ thus loses his innocence. Holden Caulfield holds a bitter‚ defiant‚ and negative tone and attitude towards his classmates
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In Zootopia‚ the authors use the loss of innocence to reveal how we as humans tend to look at a person and judge them by their looks‚ not by their heart. This means that humans tend to judge a “book by its cover”rather than actually finding out who they are. You will never know if they are nice and caring or mean and sad. In the beginning of Zootopia‚ Judy was in a play that was talking about how Zootopia is a place where every animal comes together. In the play‚ it states that “every young mammal
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PRS1023/502/3/2013 Tutorial Letter 502/3/2013 Health in Early Childhood Education: A PRS1023 Department of Teacher Education Semester 1 and 2 This tutorial letter contains important information about your module. Bar code PRS1023/502 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 COURSE OVERVIEW 2 STUDY UNIT 4: NUTRITION 3 STUDY UNIT 5: COMMON HEALTH PROBLEMS 4 STUDY UNIT 6: PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER - THE HEALTH POLICY 5 CONCLUSION 6 LIST OF SOURCES LAYOUT OF
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Loss of Innocence in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein Innocence‚ throughout time it is lost‚ varying from who and how much. Throughout the novel Frankenstein there is a central theme of loss of innocence‚ cleverly instilled by the author‚ Mary Shelley. This theme is evident in Frankenstein’s monster‚ Victor Frankenstein himself‚ and three other minor characters that lose their innocence consequently from the two major characters loss. Frankenstein’s monster is destined to lose all innocence as
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around on the bench for quite a while.” Referencing his hunting hat‚ he tries to say it provided protection from the rain‚ when contrarily‚ he was getting soaked just the same. Once he was “near bawling”‚ it is clear why this is the supposed climax of Catcher. Expressing emotion and even crying in a place with a crowd‚ shows the weakness and sensitivity that Holden does not usually allow himself to feel or express. The climax of this story is the expressing of emotions he does not want to express. The
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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 sell-out” and the ultimate definition of phony. Holden does not want the children to lose that innocence‚ because that would mean that they would become phony as well. Entering the adult world‚ and facing the challenges of growing up becomes Holden’s main conflict throughout the novel as he tries to preserve innocent. Even though‚ Holden despises the
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help them as adults. However‚ as they mature‚ they will also be exposed to the corrupt nature of adulthood. While increasingly becoming jaded and alienated from his sobering realization of corrupt adulthood‚ Holden Caulfield in J.D. Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye identifies that the root of corruption in adulthood lies in adults’ growing awareness of others which causes them to behave according to socially constructed ideals driven by monetary and superficial values. While defining the
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