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    Stepping into controversy after it was banned in America after its first publication‚ The Catcher in the Rye by J.D Salinger‚ is sure to keep you thumbing through the pages. The story of a young man’s journey through life with obstacles such as: his brother dying‚ being expelled from numerous schools‚ suffering from depression‚ and the intolerance for the world around him; The Catcher in the Rye is told from one man’s reflection of his place in society and the world around him. Holden Caulfield‚

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    HOLDEN’S INTERACTIONS WITH OTHER CHARACTERS The catcher in the rye‚ by J.D Salinger‚ tells the story of Holden Caulfield and all the things he do when he gets out of Pencey School because of failing five subjects. When the story begins‚ it starts while Holden is still at Pencey. By being still in there‚ the story stars to tell about Holden’s interactions with some friends of him and how he feels with every one of them. Some of them he gets in conversation with but with others he just describes

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    What a Difference a View Makes Who is telling us the story of The Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger? Holden Caulfield tells it to us‚ the readers‚ through his point of view. His point of view‚ literately speaking‚ is called first person. We get the facts through his recollections‚ with his opinions and bias. Did you ever wonder what The Catcher in the Rye would be like if it were in a different point of view? It would be very different if it was told in third person dramatic‚ third person omniscient

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    and he’s already very moody and has a bad perspective of the world. However‚ he becomes very vulnerable when it comes to his little sister Phoebe where he changes his attitude towards her and shows love and compassion. According to the novel The Catcher In The Rye by J.D. Salinger‚ it states that “I kept calling him a sonuvabitch and all” (Holden 50). This quote demonstrates how Holden is under a lot of stress where he has no control of what he’s saying or he doesn’t think what he’s saying is hurting

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    Zachary Sessions Mrs. Neal English 2204 7th 30 November 2012 Phoniness‚ Loneliness‚ and Innocence in The Catcher in the Rye Generally‚ the ordinary public typically contains problems with deception and the sensation of cheating. Within the globe‚ the feeling of phoniness is present and can result in vast varieties of individuals to distrust one another. In the bottomless trench of every human being’s bowels‚ there is also a vacancy. In all of the lives of the world‚ citizens collectively

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    Professor English 101 14 April 2014 The Catcher in the Rye Controversial Classic The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger has been one of the biggest sources of contention in American literature since its first publication as a novel in 1951. The author himself has proven to be an elusive creature‚ not writing much of lasting value after the publication of his first novel‚ granting interviews extremely infrequently‚ and eventually allowing himself to fade away from the public eye. Yet the spirited

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    Victoria Matero English II H March 3‚ 2013 Holden Caulfield is one of the most hypocritical characters in literature. He spends the entire book complaining about all of the ’phonies’ around him when in truth he is one of the biggest phonies of all. Throughout the novel‚ there are many events where Holden exemplifies his hypocrisy. There are three primary examples. Holden first displays hypocrisy when he met Earnest Morrow’s mother on the train on his way to New York. Also‚ when he

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    1950’s was different than it is now. it was much harder for kids and adults back then. Holden has to go through this and other hardships as you read the story and see his sadness and depression through the whole story. In J.D.Salinger’s book‚ The Catcher in the Rye emotional state and hardship is brought to us through a child’s eyes. Everyone goes through hardships. Hardships are what makes you. Holden goes through his own hardships making him more relatable like his school hardships “I wasn’t coming

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    Catcher in the Rye chapters 1-18 Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger has intrigued me. I love the way the author writes. It is like Holden is talking right to me‚ telling me all the things that have happened to him. Salinger does leave a little to my imagination. I am always guessing what Holden is really feeling or thinking. Holden’s outlook and perspective on life are displayed on each page and I can hardly ever put the book down. There are many aspects of this book that I truly enjoy. The complex

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    Catcher In the Rye: The Quest For Love In many novels in J.D. Salinger’s library of books‚ there is a recurring theme of the loss of innocence of children‚ the falling and the confusions of childhood‚ and many other ideas that apply to the ideas of adolescence and the life of the average teenager growing up. Many of his themes occur in a short period of time in a child’s life that affects him/her in a very profound and significannot way. The idea of love is also a major theme that arises

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