INTRODUCTION Grabber and general statement Take a moment to look to your right‚ now to your left. Either side of you they could have symptoms of depression. Thesis Statement (your argument) Holden Caulfield in The Catcher in the Rye (Salinger‚ 1951) shows signs that he is suffering from depression. Directional Statement (The points you are going to use to support your argument) He demonstrates several symptoms of depression including lack of sleep‚ lack of interest‚ and feelings
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The Catcher in the Rye: The Significance of the Nuns and James Castle By Alie Yu The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger is a novel narrating the story of Holden Caulfield‚ a troubled teenager who is searching for an escape from the flaws of society. After leaving his boarding school and traveling aimlessly for days‚ he decides to visit his little sister‚ Phoebe. Upon his arrival‚ Phoebe realizes that he has been kicked out of school and begins to hound him with questions. When Phoebe asks him
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The Catcher in the Rye was written in the subjective point of view style. Holden being the protagonist follows the aithors same thought process. There are several contradicting ideas and simple things that happen that lead to stories and other experiences that Holden exaplains to us. Salinger uses words such as "phony" "flit" and "flitty" which are words that today are not commonly used‚ but were used in the past. Holden has a method of alienation used for self-protection. Holden throughout the book
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The Catcher In The Rye is set on a weekend in December during the 1950’s. It takes place in several different locations in and around NewYork City. The story begins at Holden Caulfield’s prep school in Argerstown‚ Pennsylvania and then follows Holden’s travels to Manhattan where he spends three days wondering around to different places such as Penn station where he gets off the train from his school‚ the Edmont hotel‚ the lavender room‚ Ernies bar‚ the museum of natural history‚ the lagoon central
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Bildungsroman: a coming-of-age novel. Many critics and readers alike have argued that JD Salingers Catcher in the Rye is a superb example of a bildungsroman. The novel is a narration by Holden Caulfield‚ a troubled and mentally unstable sixteen year-old that has just been expelled from his fourth prep school. Holden‚ who is undergoing treatment in a mental institution‚ recounts the story of his mental breakdown and the events leading up to it. He concludes the story with brief hints at his recovery
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In the novel The Catcher in the Rye‚ and the play Antigone both main characters Holden and Creon are alienated or isolated from society. Through their journey they both develop the theme which is wisdom is gained through suffering and experience. J. D. Salinger’s novel ‘Catcher in the Rye’ portrays to the reader a protagonist named Holden Caulfield who desires independence and feels that the world is an inhospitable place‚ that he holds contempt for‚ Holden like many teenagers seeks a sense of
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The Catcher In The Rye is a fiction book written by J.D. Salinger. It was published in 1951 and contains 214 pages. The publisher was Little‚ Brown and Company. If you were to put the book in a certain genre‚ it would fall under Literary realism and Coming-of-age story. Originally the book was written for adults but over the years more and more teenagers have been drawn to the book because of the themes and the telling of life of being a kid that age. Within two weeks of being published this
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Catcher in the Rye Chapters 1-7 Journal entry a) Plot Development 1) Exposition Holden Caulfield is a 17-year-old adolescent and the protagonist of the novel. He describes the events occurring in 2 days around Christmas time of the previous year. He gets expelled from the Pencey prep school for failing in four subjects. He narrates what happened after he had left the school and why he had left it two days earlier than scheduled day. 2) Conflict This boy has an ongoing process of conflict
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The Catcher in the Rye written by J. D. Salinger is a story depicted in the 1950s. THe main character Holden Caulfield is a sixteen year old boy who is currently attending Pencey prep school in Agerstown‚ Pennsylvania. Failing out of three other schools‚ this is his fourth school.Which he is currently in the process of being expelled from. The story is set on a Saturday afternoon as Holden goes to visit a teacher to say goodbye. Since Pencey is a “sleep away” school Holden does not return to Manhattan
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The Praises and Criticisms of J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye Ever since its publication in 1951‚ J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye has served as a firestorm for controversy and debate. Critics have argued the moral issues raised by the book and the context in which it is presented. Some have argued that Salinger’s tale of the human condition is fascinating and enlightening‚ yet incredibly depressing. The psychological battles of the novel’s main character‚ Holden Caulfield‚ serve as
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