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    Rocky Savo 12/5/15 English Catcher in the Rye SHS Humpty Dumpty So I got a story of some not so great things that happened to me a while back and all. I might just share it unless you’re one of those goddamn phonies. Cause this story is full of em like the damn king’s men

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    L I T CHA R T S w w w. L i t C h a r t s . c o m TM GET LIT TM The Catcher in the Rye Background Info Author Bio Key Facts Full Name: J. D. Salinger Date of Birth: January 1‚ 1919 Place of Birth: New York City Brief Life Story: Jerome David Salinger grew up on Park Avenue in New York. His father was a successful Jewish cheese importer‚ and his mother was Scotch-Irish Catholic. After struggling in several prep schools‚ Salinger attended Valley Forge Military Academy

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    In the novel‚ The Catcher in the Rye‚ the main character‚ Holden Caulfield goes through some serious emotions as depression and confusion. J.D. Salinger uses the symbol of a carousel to suggest that innocene and life of a child can’t be held on forever and maturing is part of life. Salinger introduces the carousel at the end of the novel. In chapter 25‚ Holden has just left Mr.Antolini’s house going to the train station to sleep on a bench at the waiting area. He then goes trolling

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    Innocence in The Catcher in the Rye Not too many people in this world can be labeled as truly innocent. Nowadays‚ there is always something wrong with people. Some try to keep their innocence; however‚ innocence cannot be kept. In The Catcher in the Rye‚ Holden Caulfield does not want to realize that everyone has to grow up. J.D. Salinger writes a beautiful novel by using several literary and rhetorical devices to convey the theme of innocence. For example‚ Holden wants to stay young and never grow

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    The Catcher in The Rye is Not a Bildungsroman Liselotte Teuthof Mrs. Brandt ENG 3U1 May 14/2014 A bildungsroman‚ also known as a “coming-of-age story”‚ is a novel that conveys the development of the protagonist. The type of development varies from one definition or example to another‚ but any significant change in the character for the better is usually accepted as a bildungsroman. Many readers and critics alike have categorized the novel The

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    TThe Catcher In The Rye By J.D Salinger The Catcher in the Rye was written by J.D salinger and published by Little‚ Brown and Company in 1951. Originally intended for adults‚ the novel has in time become very popular with younger readers as well. His portrayl of alienation and difficulties with growing up has both been very influentional and sparked debate. The novel remains well-recognized selling more than 250 000 copies a year. Jerome David or “J.D.” Salinger was born on January 1th 1919

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    difficult time adjusting to it. Instead‚ Holden preferred that things stayed as it was. Even after Phoebe corrected the lyrics for Holden‚ he refused to change his interpretation. The actual words were‚ “If a body meet a body coming through the rye” (chapter 22). He took no regard to it‚ because of his fear of confronting another person‚ especially with adults. He lied to gain respect from them. During the train ride in New York with Ernest Morrow’s mother‚ Holden praised him‚ “When I first met

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    In the Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger‚ Holden Caulfield portrays the second stage of grief‚ which is anger. Anger is when a person is not only angry with others‚ but with themselves. Holden occasionally still tends to show denial‚ but has moved more towards anger. Holden disconnects himself from reality in order to protect himself from grief. "[He] was only thirteen‚ and they were going to have [him] psychoanalyzed and all‚ because [he] broke all the windows in the garage. [He] don’t blame

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    In J.D. Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye‚ the main character‚ Holden‚ is explaining to the reader about his perspective on religion and the bible. He explains how he likes Jesus‚ but doesn’t "care too much for most of the other stuff in the Bible". By using vulgarism‚ the quote is important because it shows how separated and insignificant religion is to Holden. Even after the death of Allie‚ Holden decides to seek a life that doesn’t include the idea of praying towards a higher being. Despite Holden

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    Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye J. D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye (1951) is a twentieth-century classic. Despite being one of the most frequently banned books in America‚ generations of readers have identified with the narrator‚ Holden Caulfield‚ an angry young man who articulates the confusion‚ cynicism and vulnerability of adolescence with humour and sincerity. This guide to Salinger’s provocative novel offers: • an accessible introduction to the text and contexts of The Catcher in the

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