Banning The Catcher in the Rye The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger should not be banned in schools based solely on the fact that it is a controversial book that uses harsh language and sexual references. This book is J.D. Salinger’s freedom of speech‚ and it is a violation of the first amendment for schools to ban this book. This book is only offering an inside look into what teenagers go through in some point of their lives. According to the Los Angeles Times‚ The Catcher in the Rye’s‚ “…
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In the book “Catcher in the Rye” By J.D. Salinger‚ there are many themes. Actually there are mainly two‚ but that is besides the point. I’m here to tell you to tell you about those two. The first one is depression. The second is about youth/innocence of children. Let’s start with depression. This negative emotion is written all over the book. You can’t go two pages without our main character Holden whining about something. Most of these complaints are usually about someone being “phoney” or
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The Transformative Component of Love and Loss The coming of age happens when a person transitions from childhood to adulthood. It doesn’t happen overnight‚ but rather gradually‚ over many events that help form and change the child into an adult. This coming of age happens when someone experiences something significant in their life that makes them change in a way they never had before. Coming of age can be hard‚ depending on the component or emotion that brings about this change. A person can experience
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2011 You know that one person in your group of friends that just isn’t “all right” in the head? That you’re always kind of worried about in the back of your head? Well that would describe Holden Caulfield perfectly. J.D. Salinger’s Cather in the Rye is all about a teenage boy named Holden Caulfield in a mental hospital recalling a crazy weekend he had the previous year. It goes everywhere from prostitutes to illegal drinking. In the novel Holden exemplifies a borderline personality order with his
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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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Coming of Age Essay Coming of age means to physically and mentally grow and become mature. In the book The Secret Life of Bees‚ the main character Lily goes through her experience of becoming a mature young woman. Through her journey she learns about racism‚ love‚ and strong women. In the beginning of the story Lily lives with her father T- Ray‚ who is abusive and doesn’t care for her. What she wants most is to find out more about her mother who died when she was very young. She runs off to Tiburon
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Raye Cheng Catcher in the Rye Summer Reading July 17‚ 2015 1. Holden Caulfield‚ the main character in the novel The Catcher in the Rye‚ despises phonies‚ people depicted as corrupt and hypocritical characters‚ and though Holden appear to not be a phony‚ there are instances when he definitely does seem to be one. Holden loathes phonies for their hypocritical and superficial personalities‚ which he thinks is evident in almost all adults. He explains his hatred for these people
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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 fish swimming in a sea of Realist sharks. He is a fearful piece of prey
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J. D. Salinger’s magnum opus‚ The Catcher in the Rye (1951)‚ was a landmark novel in the 20th-century American literature and was listed as one of the best English-language novels of the century. Hailed as that “rare miracle of fiction…[where] a human being has been created out of ink‚ paper‚ and the imagination‚” this mock-autobiographical story—narrated by a cynical‚ sardonic‚ cuss-tongued‚ yet sensitive and grieving seventeen-year-old Holden Caulfield as he spends his days in a mental asylum—has
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Coming of Age Through Experience and Pain In the book Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry characters came through difficulties that cause them to be more mature‚ experienced and brave. After these experiences‚ the Logan brothers grow spiritually and despite their physical age‚ they prove to be older. Throughout the book‚ T.J. do not appear to be the best friend someone would like to have. His attitudes‚ especially when he gets Mama fired‚ lose him Stacey’s and the rest of the Logan’s friendship. However
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