Jerome David Salinger‚ born on January 1th 1919 in New York City. His parents were very wealthy‚ and he was raised in Manhattan. Salinger has expressed in a number of interviews that he had trouble fitting in at school‚ and therefor moved from prep school to prep school as a child. In 1934‚ his parents decided to send him to a military academy. After he graduated‚ he attended several universities‚ including Colombia University‚ where he focused on creative writing. However‚ he did not graduated from
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collective allegiance to the football team enables them to belong to each other: “Anyway it was the Saturday of the football game with Saxon Hall…It was the last game of the year and you were supposed to commit suicide or something if old Pencey didn’t win”. Pg. 2 (Pencey Prep is a school the main character‚ Holden went to) The use of the verb‚ ‘supposed’‚ demonstrates the expectations of the community. The high modality of the verb‚ ‘suicide’ highlights the strength of their connection Holden’s
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Catcher in the Rye is a novel told by a teenage boy‚ Holden Caulfield while he was undergoing treatment in a mental hospital. His story began with dropping out of his fourth school‚ Pencey Prep. According to the things and people he encountered in the New York City himself‚ many readers think Holden is an example of a careless and untrustworthy young man struggling with transition to the adult world. While I argued if Holden’s life story continues‚ he is going to live a productive life based on
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the lead character. <br> <br>Illustrating Mr. Spencer as phony because of his vocabulary‚ is when Holden leaves Pencey Prep permanently‚ and goes to say good-bye to the ex-history teacher. The depicted fake tells the ex-Pencey student "I had the privilege of meeting your mother and dad when they had their little chat with Dr. Thurmer some weeks ago. They’re grand people". The ex-Pencey student immediately impugns Mr. Spencer’s use of the word "grand"‚ and tells the reader: "Grand. There’s a word
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who’s fear of change and disappearance completely takes over his life‚ but‚ throughout the book‚ learns that growing up is inevitable. In the opening chapters‚ Holden’s immaturity is shown through various interactions. Before getting kicked out of Pencey Prep in Agerstown‚ Pennsylvania‚ his roommate was Ward Stradlater and his neighbor was Robert Ackley. An example of his immaturity is when Ackley is in Holden’s room and Holden says: " I pulled the old peak of my hunting hat around to the front‚ then
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interact with people who are phony and according to him‚ Pencey Prep is filled with phonies. One of the phonies that Holden interacts with is his roommate‚ Stradlater. During the aftermath of a fight with Stradlater‚ Holden is left alone to ponder his thoughts and one of the first feelings that he expresses is that he feels “so damn lonesome”(63). Holden quickly realizes that he has no friends at Pencey and decides that it is a good time to leave Pencey. We know that Holden feels this way because he sates
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He is a 16 year old junior and he was expelled for failing Pencey Prep even though he is intelligent and sensitive. He always finds the negativity of the world around him and he tries to protect himself from the pain of adulthood. He isolates himself from the rest of the world and refuses to reach out. -Mr. Antolini:
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wrote‚ “Stradlater’s crude rejection to the theme is itself a symbolic gesture‚ and a final one‚ shutting off all hope of communication.” This rejection led to the fight between Holden and Stradlater and ultimately led to Holden’s departure from Pencey Prep. Another example of symbolism in The Catcher in the Rye‚ occurs when Holden and Phoebe visit Central Park. Phoebe and Holden are searching for the ducks that live in the Central Park lagoon‚ and when they discover that the ducks are gone for the
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Chapter 1 begins with the main character‚ Holden‚ talking about his family. His busy parents and his Hollywood writer brother D.B.. Holden then discusses his school Pencey Prep which he believes to be overrated. Holden is the fencing teams manager and is ostracized by the team for forgetting the fencing gear. Every year Pencey Prep has a big football game‚ but Holden does not attend it because he planned to meet with his history teacher Old Spencer. The reason for this meeting is that Holden had
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IOC Study Guide IB English HL 1 – Ferrara What works will be included on the IOC? • The Fire Next Time • Poetry of Sylvia Plath ▪ Cinderella ▪ The Colossus ▪ Stillborn ▪ The Moon and the Yew Tree ▪ Daddy (extract) ▪ Medusa ▪ Cut ▪ Lady Lazarus (extract) • Pride and Prejudice • Hamlet What will the extract be like? • Length: 25 – 40 lines o
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