Patient Holden Caulfield demonstrates signs of depression brought out by Allie and drinking‚ isolation brought out by phonies and lack of social skills‚ and lying tendencies brought out by his determination to protect his reputation and the innocence of children. The death of Allie promotes Holden’s depressive states‚ while his drinking behaviors attempt to cover it up but make it worse. Also‚ Holden’s isolation is enhanced by his hatred towards people who are phonies in society and his lack of communication
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only good thing that he does is that he visits his sister Phoebe once in awhile. He says she’s the only person he truly loves. It doesn’t stop here‚ he made numerous mistakes throughout the novel. One mistake he made is‚ when he was kicked out of Pencey‚ he didn’t tell his parents and when the found out that he was kicked out‚ he got in more trouble. Thinking before making a decision is a good thing to do. Another example is when Sally was crying‚ he started laughing for no reason‚ and that made
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escapism to protect the innocence of himself and others‚ which are reflective of his desire to mentally escape his problems. Holden copes with his problems by running away from places and starting anew. An example of this would be when he left Pencey. Holden had many issues with school there‚ but the simplest is that he could not grow up like the rest of his school. Holden did not have the responsibility of handling grades‚ social changes‚ and everything else that an average 17-year-old would
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In the beginning of Holden’s story‚ Holden explains how he acts quite young for his age.”Partly because I have a lousy vocabulary and partly because I act quite young for my age sometimes”( 9). Holden has been to many different schools apart from Pencey and at 17 he is acting immature. By showing the audience Holden acts really immature for his age‚ Salinger is demonstrating the lack of guidance boarding schools have given Holden. Salinger introduces Holden’s older brother‚D.B fairly early in
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the novel‚ Holden is confronted with many topics he considers as disturbing‚ yet he finds reasons to stay humorous and positive about himself. For example‚ when Holden gets kicked out of school. “Do you have any particular qualms about leaving Pencey?” “Oh I have a few qualms‚ all right. Sure… but not too many. Not yet‚ anyway.” In this scene‚ Holden is asked if he has any concerns about
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Catcher in the Rye Study Guide Chapters 1-4 1. Who is Holden Caulfield? 2. Where is Holden as he narrates the story? 3. Why wasn’t Holden at the big football game? 4. Why wouldn’t Holden be back to Pencey after Christmas vacation? 5. What "dirty trick" did Mr. Spencer pull on Holden? 6. Who was Robert Ackley? 7. Who was Stradlater? 8. Identify Jane Gallagher. 9. Why doesn’t Holden go down to see Jane? Chapters 5-9 1. About what did Holden write Stradlater’s composition? 2. Why did Holden
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Chapter 1 1. Holden is the narrator of the entire story and he promises to tell the story of his crazy Christmas 2. DB is Holden’s brother and he calls him a prostitute because he sells himself as a writer. 3. Pencey Prep is the school Holden attends. 4. Holden is leaving because he failed all his classes but one‚ he feels passive. Chapter 2 1. Mr. Spencer is his history teacher and Holden visits him because he is a nice guy 2. Holden describes himself as an average guy? 3. Mr. Spencer reads
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judges at first sight for example like Ackley. He does not communicate well with his parents‚ his old teachers‚ Mr. Spencer and Mr. Antolini. He creates problems but does not face them. Instead‚ he runs away from the problems like running away from Pencey. Holden and Jim struggle with the same conflict but their reactions to the problem
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Holden and the Rest of the World Holden is everybody’s favorite judgmental cynic. He also has a bit of a problem: he’s completely alone and he knows it – we stopped count at about 22 when we tried to track the number of times he admits to being lonely. The clear conflict here is that he judges and hates everyone‚ but at the same time wants them to join him for a drink and chat it up for the evening. He seems perpetually caught in this very limbo: judging a person‚ making a half-hearted attempt
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also had another brother his name was Allie. Holden and his family miss him dearly but know that no matter what he cannot come back. Holden attends a boarding school called Pencey. He has a pretty bad reputation about getting kicked out of schools and this is basically his last resort. “He knew I wasn’t coming back to Pencey. I forgot to tell you about that. They kicked me out.” Holden says sounding totally casual (4). Holden is a kid who most likely did not get much attention at home. Since his
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