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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From the novel‚ The Catcher in the Rye‚ the youthful protagonist Holden Caufield‚ employs the word "phony" to describe the behavior of a number of characters including Mr. Spencer and Ossenburger‚ however it is not them who are"phony"‚ it is the young main character. First‚ Mr. Spencer‚ Holden’s ex- history teacher‚ is not described as phony‚ but according to the adolescent‚ his choice of words are. Secondly‚ according to our main character‚ Ossenburger is not the generous philanthropist he portrays
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sleigh melt away. As an older sister‚ I dread watching my brother approach this realization as he matures. I want to cherish his youthful christmas spirit forever. Others express desires for sustained purity in friends and family as well. In The Catcher in the Rye‚ J.D. Salinger illustrates our human need to protect the innocence of others. Salinger uses symbolism to demonstrate society’s longing for individuals to remain pure. For example‚ the glass cases holding artifacts displayed in the Museum of
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Problematic Fantasy Trying to run away from your problems is futile. The sole inevitability of them to come back to face you will always be there‚ as the main character of J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye‚ Holden Caulfield‚ experiences. The book narrates Holden’s venture into New York City after being kicked out of school for the third time after his brother’s death. Drinking‚ smoking‚ and other self-destructive behaviors largely constitute most of Holden’s time spent over the course of these
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Throughout the novel‚ the reader is presented with various symbols. The symbols are clearly made evident by Holden’s constant repetition of their importance. The symbols are so important and their symbolism is directly related to the major themes of the novel. Allie‚ Holden’s young brother who died several years earlier‚ was a key symbol throughout the story. When Holden remembers incidents from his past involving Allie‚ his attitude changes‚ such as when he writes the composition about Allie’s
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Argumentative Essay: Catcher in the Rye Holden Caulfield has been described as intelligent but cynical. As much as others try to convince me otherwise‚ he is crazy. Holden shows readers obvious signs of post-traumatic stress disorder‚ he is contradictory about almost anything and one of the biggest and most obvious signs is that this story is narrated by Holden from a mental institution. Holden shows readers many noticeable sings of PSTD (post-traumatic stress disorder). There have been two
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I think Holden Caufield is one of the few sane characters in The Catcher in the Rye. List reasons why you think Holden is sane‚ or normal compared to the average teenager. I think holden is sane because he is like most other teens. They deal with emotions‚ mood swings‚ relationships with others‚ etc List some other characters and show how they are stranger than Holden. Mr. Antolini- holden awoke to him patting/petting his head‚ then asking holden not to leave afterward. P.192-193
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In this essay‚ I tried to replicate the meaning behind the book The Catcher in the Rye‚ which was the maturing of the main character‚ Holden‚ and his acceptance of the real world. I also tried to make the style of writing similar to J.D Salinger’s. I wanted to show that Holden was still struggling to change‚ and that he couldn’t get a grasp on the world until now. People don’t really change their way of thinking over time. It usually takes them a lot of time to change so I wanted to delineate that
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In The Catcher in the Rye‚ Holden develops complicated grief disorder over the death of his younger brother Allie. Holden’s specific symptoms involve having great difficulty to move on after this death and forming bitterness and anger from his depression. Holden finds
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While this isn’t one of my greatest timed essay‚ I am proud of what I’ve accomplished from writing down this essay. The introduction and thesis statement is perfect‚ absolutely perfect. It’s one of the best introduction that I ever wrote. I choose nostalgia as my main talking point of how it can affect a person and how that person sees the world. I reminisce the 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
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