Annie Groth English 10 Passage Analysis The Catcher in the Rye “On my right‚ the conversation was even worse‚ though. On my right there was this very Joe Yale-looking guy‚ in a gray flannel suit and one of those flitty-looking Tattersal vests. All those Ivy League bastards look alike. My father wants me to go to Yale‚ or maybe Princeton‚ but I swear I wouldn’t go to one of those Ivy League colleges if I was dying‚ for God’s sake. Anyway‚ this Joe Yale-looking guy had a terrific-looking girl
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empathize with characters in literature‚ cringing at their awkward situations or poor decisions. I share in their feeling of relief‚ satisfaction‚ or sense of accomplishment. I can feel the frustration in Romeo and Juliet‚ or relief at the end of Catcher in the Rye. However‚ I don’t feel as though I’m heavily influenced by fictional characters. Yes‚ I may be able to relate to their emotions‚ or even live their experience for a while through my reading‚ but I don’t feel as though they mold me. Perhaps my
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depression has changed over time? Everyone has the depression in daily life. Depression is a state of feeling sad. People has the depression when they feel very sad‚ hopeless‚ and unimportant and often is unable to live in a normal way. In the book‚ Catcher in the Rye‚ the author describes how holden feel depression which put him in mental school. Holden is the main character in the book. He is a young teenager that grows in California. He has a mental problem since his brother dead. The depression of the
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Noh English 3CP Catcher in the Rye Ch 16-17 CTA Chunk Group: Holden’s hypothetical musings about how he would confront his glove thief [demonstrates] how fear of confrontation causes people to act in contradictory ways. While Holden walks back to the hotel after his encounter with Lillian‚ he starts thinking about what he would do to the person who stole his gloves back in his prep school‚ Pency‚ since he is freezing. Holden admits that he would not have directly confronted the thief because
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Trials of Life: The Analytical Understanding of Loss of Innocence in Catcher in the Rye “When you lose someone you love‚ you die too‚ and you wait around for your body to catch up.” John Scalzi. This quote relates back to Catcher in the Rye because after Holden loses his brother Allie‚ he dies a little bit inside and like the quote says‚ he is waiting for his body to catch up to death of his brother Allie. The story takes place in Manhattan and is about a young boy named Holden Caulfield‚ it is
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"Catcher In The Rye" Character Analysis Holden Caulfield (Physical Description) Holden Caulfield is six foot two inches tall. Holden is tall‚ thin‚ and awkwardly built. He has dark brown/black hair. He has a streak of grey that also contributes to the fact that he looks older then he really is. He is 16 years old but looks a lot older than his age. For instance‚ Holden went down to the lavender room flirts with three women in their thirties‚ who seem to be from out of town. Holden danced
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Transcendentalism Essay Transcendentalism is known as the philosophical movement as a protest to the general state of culture and society. Many Transcendentalists include Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau. The way Chris McCandless acted during the end of his life were a lot like these Transcendentalists. Many people‚ including myself‚ would consider Chris McCandless to be a Transcendentalist. The ways that he hated on society‚ burned his money after he ruined his car‚ and went out into
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and other people. When one lives in a state of fear‚ it can have debilitating consequences. It can lead to insecurity and in extreme cases‚ mental breakdowns. Fear plays an important roll in J.D. Salinger’s fictional coming-of-age novel The Catcher in the Rye. Fear is demonstrated through the actions of protagonist Holden Caulfield‚ he is afraid of losing his innocence and wishes he could remain an innocent child. It seems as if its hard for him to face the responsibilities that come when people
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Members: Marco Antonio Gómez López 75705 María Lourdes Lara Rosete Julieta Morales Chapter 20 Holden is in a bar listening to Babe Valencia that sang better than Old Tina and Janine. He told the headwaiter to ask old Valencia if she’d care to join him for a drink‚ but the head waiter didn’t gave her the message. Eventually he got drunk and went out where the telephones where and wanted to call old Jane but he wasn’t in the mood and finally decided to call old Sally Her grandmother answered
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they be friends‚ family‚ or the entire population in general. They struggle to find their identity and a place in society where they can feel they belong. This is the case with Holden Caulfield‚ J.D. Salinger’s main character in the book The Catcher In the Rye‚ a adolescent boy conflicted with his own feelings of isolation and alienation. This is made apparent by his lack of friends‚ his attempts to be accepted by others‚ and his longing for his dead older brother. In Holden’s eyes‚ everyone is either
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