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    Why do you think Susan Hill chose‚ I’m the King of the Castle as the title for the novel? At first glance a book entitled‚ ’I’m the King of the Castle‚’ might make a potential reader envisage a novel about petty power struggles between two young children‚ who know nothing of the evil in the world around them. As the reader looks closer and becomes engrossed within its pages‚ their eyes are widened to a malevolent nature‚ which can exist and flourish even in the young. At this point the title‚ ’I’m

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    Pencey Prep is a boarding school for boys located in Agerstown‚ Pennsylvania that Holden was attending at the beginning of the novel. It is the fourth school Holden has attended and is later the fourth school he is kicked out of because of his poor marks. Pencey Prep is where the reader is able to get their first glance of Holden’s lonesome character‚ strong opinion of phonies and the fact that he does not apply himself as he fails four out of five classes. At Pencey Prep‚ the theme of “alienation

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    Pencey Prep: Pencey Prep is a boarding school for boys located in Agerstown‚ Pennsylvania that Holden was attending at the beginning of the novel. It is the fourth school Holden has attended and is later the fourth school he is kicked out of because of his poor marks. Pencey Prep is where the reader is able to get their first glance of Holden’s lonesome character‚ strong opinion of phonies and the fact that he does not apply himself as he fails four out of five classes. At Pencey Prep‚ the theme

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    presents himself very highly‚ but is a “secret slob”--as Holden would refer to him. The school he attends and recalls most in the book is called Pencey Prep‚ a highly regarded school for young men that seems like it would be a great opportunity for anyone to attend‚ but this is not the case for Holden. He encounters a fair amount of phoniness while at Pencey‚ and has a difficult time dealing with it. Overall‚ Holden’s problem with the blatant dishonesty of the world around him leaves him quite distressed

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    just been expelled for academic failure from a school called Pencey Prep. Although he is intelligent and sensitive‚ Holden narrates in a cynical and jaded voice Ackley -  Holden’s next-door neighbor in his dorm at Pencey Prep. Ackley is a pimply‚ insecure boy with terrible dental hygiene. He often barges into Holden’s room and acts completely oblivious to Holden’s hints that he should leave. Stradlater -  Holden’s roommate at Pencey Prep. Stradlater is handsome‚ self-satisfied‚ and popular‚ but Holden

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    novel The Catcher In The Rye‚ the main protagonist‚ Holden Caulfield is introduced as angsty‚ judgemental‚ and politically incorrect. He is constantly making comments and critiquing individual people‚ as well as society as a whole. As a student at Pencey Prep‚ a school well known for its outstanding reputation for academic achievement‚ this type of attitude is not accepted‚ and as a result‚ Holden is ostracized by his peers regularly. While it is not directly stated what causes this aggressive behavior

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    Caulfield’s State of Mind The Catcher in the Rye Close to the end of the novel‚ Holden Caulfield is on the verge of another emotional breakdown. There are many factors which contributed to Holden’s state of mind such as Allie’s death‚ his expulsion from Pencey Prep school and the incident with Mr. Antolini. These incidents all contributed to Holden’s emotionally unstable state of mind in "The Catcher in the Rye"�. Allie’s death‚ I feel‚ is the root of all of Holden’s emotional problems. Holden never dealt

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    Holdens’s hotel room‚ when he visits the museum‚ and when he lies to Mrs. Marrow on the train are all examples of controversy and loss of innocence in the novel. Throughout the novel‚ Holden is afraid of losing his innocence. After he leaves Pencey Prep‚ Holden stays in a hotel and meets Maurice‚ who works in the elevator at the hotel. Maurice asks Holden “Innarested in having a good time‚ fella? Or is it too late for you?” (Salinger 101) When Maurice asks him this at first he does not know what

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    academic‚ social‚ and mental breakdowns from which he struggles to recover. One factor that leads to Holden Caulfield’s breakdowns is failing out of three schools‚ including‚ Pencey Prep. Social stresses also lead to his breakdowns. He feels that everyone is phony and the world is worthless. Once Holden is kicked out of Pencey Prep he visits his history teacher‚ Mr. Spencer‚ who reviews his previous test with him. “DEAR MR. SPENCER [he read out loud]. That is all I know about Egyptians. I can’t

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