strong opinions towards such natural flaws that apply to society in the novel The Catcher in the Rye. In his encounters with friends‚ family and strangers‚ Holden reveals to the reader about multiple things that he hates. Unavoidable occurrences draw his negative attention‚ which explains the numerous times he faces such experiences that he hates. All throughout the novel‚ it is clear that Holden hates his childhood; the division in society and
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Everybody feels depressed at some time or another in his or her lives. However‚ it becomes a problem when depression is so much a part of a person’s life that he or she can no longer experience happiness. In Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye‚ the author develops the theme of Holden’s depression because it fully portrays Holden’s outlook on the ‘real’ world and life itself. The cause of Holden’s depression can be seen as his lack of personal motivation‚ his inability to self-reflect and his stubbornness
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J.D Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye is about a young Holden Caulfield’s growth into maturity. Caulfield begins the novel as an inexperienced boarding school student attending Pencey Prep‚ a private boarding school located in Pennsylvania‚ who is struggling academically and socially. After getting kicked out of yet another boarding school‚ Caulfield travels to New York City before going home. After staying in New York for the time period between when he got kicked out and when he can return home
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past a lot‚ so I found Holden to be really relatable. While most people see nostalgia as a harmless feeling of look back to the past‚ I see nostalgia as a burden that hold you back from moving on and growing up. There are many occurrence in the Catcher in the Rye where the main character Holden Caulfield look back at his past. He reminisce the time he spent with Allie‚ Jane‚ and Phoebe‚
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Themes in Catcher in the Rye In 1951‚ JD Salinger published a novel titled The Catcher in the Rye. Between the years of 1945 and 1951‚ Salinger had changed his concept of the misfit hero from a pathetically misunderstood protagonist who seemed doomed to a less than average life‚ to a protagonist who has learned to surpass the morons and show them compassion through somewhat condescending gestures. The latter is the present day Holden Caulfield‚ the protagonist in The Catcher in the Rye. Holden
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INTRODUCTION Jerome David Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye‚ is a work of fiction and a tragic-comedy. It is an interesting and controversial novel. Though controversial‚ the novel appealed to a great number of people. It was a hugely popular bestseller and general critical success. I chose this novel because of the negative status it has with parents‚ teachers‚ and school. I wanted to discover what the roots of this controversy are. The main character‚ Holden Caulfield‚ tells about
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2011 You know that one person in your group of friends that just isn’t “all right” in the head? That you’re always kind of worried about in the back of your head? Well that would describe Holden Caulfield perfectly. J.D. Salinger’s Cather in the Rye is all about a teenage boy named Holden Caulfield in a mental hospital recalling a crazy weekend he had the previous year. It goes everywhere from prostitutes to illegal drinking. In the novel Holden exemplifies a borderline personality order with his
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Murderers often have their loss of innocence pegged entirely on themselves‚ particularly if they kill out of ambition. In William Shakespeare’s play Macbeth however‚ it is Lady Macbeth who is the catalyst for her husband’s doom. In the play‚ a war-hero is confronted by three witches who give him a prophecy that he will become king. The only way for this to happen however‚ is if the current king dies and he usurps the throne. This idea horrifies him‚ and he immediately pushes the thought out of his
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“You could tell they didn’t want me around”‚ Holden constantly displays his lack of self-confidence through bringing himself down in J.D Salinger’s the Catcher in the Rye‚ which follows seventeen year old‚ angsty teen‚ Holden Caulfield as he tells the in depth story of a trip to New York after flunking out of Pencey School. Holden’s loneliness and isolation highlights his inability to recognize his traumatizing past and lack of closure due to his brother’s recent death‚ establishing his depression
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Victoria Matero English II H March 3‚ 2013 Holden Caulfield is one of the most hypocritical characters in literature. He spends the entire book complaining about all of the ’phonies’ around him when in truth he is one of the biggest phonies of all. Throughout the novel‚ there are many events where Holden exemplifies his hypocrisy. There are three primary examples. Holden first displays hypocrisy when he met Earnest Morrow’s mother on the train on his way to New York. Also‚ when he
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