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    main character who feel the need to protect themselves from harmful aspects of growing up‚ proving the people prefer to live in a world that is more innocent and less harsh. In Perks‚ the author created this character‚ Charlie who protects himself from the bad aspects of life by talking and spending time with his friends. Another novel that shows the main character as feeling the need to protect himself is in The Catcher In The RyeHolden put a hat on to protect himself but I feel that he also

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    “The Catcher in the Rye and The Five Levels of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs” In the article “The Five levels of Maslow ’s hierarchy of needs” by Abraham Maslow explains the basic needs that a person wants to achieve during his or her lifetime. Cherry states that there are 5 basic needs a person wants to achieve‚ which are physiological‚ security‚ social‚ esteem‚ and self actualization being the highest of these needs. The needs go up as a pyramid and the higher you go the longer and harder

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    Holden has a phobia about growing up. “I figured I could get a job at a filling station somewhere‚ putting gas and oil in people’s cars. I didn’t care what kind of job it was‚ though. Just so people didn’t know me and I didn’t know anybody. I thought what I’d do was‚ I’d pretend I was one of those deaf-mutes. That way I wouldn’t have to have any goddam stupid useless conversations with anybody. If anybody wanted to tell me something‚ they’d have to write it on a piece of paper and shove it over to

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    Falling Out of the Rye In the book The Catcher in the Rye‚ a character named Holden Caulfield who appears to be your everyday character‚ that is‚ until you realize that he is in some kind of mental institution and only sees people’s flaws‚ and it drives him to near insanity. Throughout the book‚ you realize that Holden is a very lonely character and somewhat depressive to the point where he thinks about committing suicide. It also seems that Holden is in the dark at times‚ he doesn’t have a lot

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    The majority of the novel takes place in December 1949. The story commences with Holden Caulfield describing encounters he has had with students and faculty of Pencey Prep in Agerstown‚ Pennsylvania. He criticizes them for being superficial‚ or‚ as he would say‚ "phony." After being expelled from the school for his poor academic performance‚ Holden packs up and leaves the school in the middle of the night after a physical altercation with his roommate. He takes a train to New York but does not want

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    Jack Konrath English II 8th Period The Catcher in the Rye Essay (Great or Not) Is this Great or just Good? Literature‚ among other things way for people to lose themselves in an entertaining story about a subject that require little thinking and raises very few questions‚ or it can be the complete opposite‚ which is a really badly told story with a very intriguing concept of discussion. But Great Literature requires both parts to inform the audience of a touchy‚ edgy‚ or tender subject or at least

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    Catch Me in the Rye Howbow Dah Although Catcher in the Rye implements many inappropriate topics for school such as drug abuse‚ alcoholism‚ and swearing‚ it should not be banned because it allows for an open and safe discussion about the dangers of engaging in these actions. The novel Catcher in the Rye should not be banned from schools because it allows for an open discussion about alcoholism at a young age. In Catcher in the Rye‚ the main character‚ Holden Caulfield‚ is a heavy drinker and

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    “If at least someone listens…” This is what Holden Caulfield from the novel “the Catcher in the Rye” by J.D. Salinger wants. It is about a sixteen year old boy‚ Holden Caulfield‚ isolated by society‚ as a result‚ he attempts to change others way of thinking to his own‚ acting as “the Catcher in the Rye”. Tone‚ symbolism and irony are used to demonstrate his separation from the outside world and himself. First of all‚ tone is used to express Holden Caulfield’s personality and character. His lack

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    Reinish 11/25/14 In the novel‚ The Catcher in the RyeHolden lives in perpetual fear of change. When the ducks are no longer in the pond‚ he’s not able to comprehend that ducks migrate and change habitats. The biggest fear of change Holden is unable to face is the change from a child to an adult. Holden strongly believes that being an adult makes a person corrupt and makes them loose their innocence. Hence‚ Holden fantasizes about being the Catcher in the Rye‚ where he metaphorically tries to save

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    11 May 25th‚ 2017 Holden on for Dear Life Realism and Romanticism have a history of conflict in American History‚ whether it be stopping Gatsby from finding his one true love‚ Tom Sawyer and his romantic conflictions to Huck‚ these opposite ideals never fail to become themes of our stories. In J.D Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye the protagonist seems to be taking a different approach and far more extreme in his romantic beliefs than any of our other analyzed characters. Holden is a small Romantic

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