Catcher in the Rye is a book in which anybody who feels alone or has hit a crossroad could relate to. The novel follows Holden Caulfield‚ a boy who suffers mentally because he lives in a delusional world in where he fears the transition into adulthood because he despises change‚ hates adults‚ and isolates himself from others. In the novel Holden visits a museum‚ in which it showed his desire for everything to stay the same. His opinion is that children are more sincere and amusing than adults. However
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Although J.D. Salinger used many writing techniques in the novel the CATCHER in the RYE the two that stand out the most are how he used detail and diction. Salinger used these two techniques to help characterize Holden Caulfield as a realist in the novel to show different people’s perspectives. The first technique that Salinger used to help characterize Holden is diction. The constant use of negative language made Holden seem mean and more of a realist because he didn’t use bad words for good things
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Mark Philips revisits Holden Caulfield in J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye. This novel results in inspiring him to live his life by its teachings‚ starting off the same age as the protagonist and ending roughly thirty years of age in the same mind track addressing both J.D. Salinger’s novel and Holden to life. Mark Philips ends with a deep passion towards the book and its character Holden Caulfield. Mark views Holden as a hero‚ a person who understands the universe and argues society’s faults
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In J.D. Salinger’s A Catcher in the Rye‚ Holden Caulfield battles with growing up and maturing from a boy into a man. Holden struggles with the idea of children growing up and whether or not they should be sheltered. He also struggles with facing his problem of depression‚ rather than running from it. Holden matures when he realizes children cannot be protected‚ and he cannot keep running from his problems. Holden shows signs of maturation when he realizes that kids cannot be protected from growing
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" Carl Luce apparently knows some things about girls and sex. He says‚ for instance‚ he’s currently dating a foreign sculptress in her late thirties. Holden keeps trying to get some details out of him. Carl Luce refuses to answer these "typical Caulfield questions...." (pg. 146) When Holden tries to be honest and explain how the problem with his sex life is that he can’t get turned on by a girl unless he really likes her‚ Carl advises he go to a psychoanalyst. Luce’s father is a psychoanalyst‚ and
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die somebody has the sense enough to just dump me in the river or something. Anything except sticking me in a goddam cemetery. people coming and putting a bunch of flowers on your stomach… Who wants flowers when you’re dead?”(Salinger 172). Holden Caulfield‚ the protagonist of the Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger‚ begins his journey confused‚ alone and filled with regret. Holden regrets doing bad in school‚ not for his sake‚ but his parents. Holden regrets not seeing his sister‚ but most of all Holden
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The Catcher in the Rye is a book narrated by a 17 year old boy named Holden Caulfield who remains curious and naive throughout the story he tells. The story begins with Holden explaining how he was kicked out of a prep school and then takes us through his Christmas in New York while he waits until his parents have been notified of his expulsion. During the time he tries to keep himself busy in order to avoid his parents‚ he manages to experience many things for the first time and be able to act like
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take it easy" (page 1)‚ "I could probably tell you what I did after I went home‚ and how I got sick and all‚ and what school I’m supposed to go to next fall‚ after I get out of here‚ but I don’t feel like it" (page 213)‚ we can infer that Holden Caulfield‚ the aforementioned teenager‚ is in a mental hospital. However‚ he tells the story through flashback of a three-day period sometime before Christmas the year before. This is unusual because most novels cover much more time than three days. This is
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Nolan Jakubik Mrs. Sinders 3/21/17 Period 3 Independent Reading Project Book Information Title: The Catcher in the Rye Author: J.D. Salinger. Date of Publication: July 16‚ 1951. Genre: Coming-of-age fiction. Genre The genre is coming of age. I believe the book meets the characteristics of this specific genre‚ because the entire book is about him growing up‚ and living on his own. He is around alcohol at the age of 16‚ so he is obviously growing up to become an adult. Not only is he just around
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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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