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    The Dark Fall of Caulfield The song “Catcher” by the Swedish band Komeda refers to Holden’s fantasy. The lyrics include‚ “ Who will catch you when you fall? / Who will do it all? And/ There ain’t no catcher in the rye” (from the album Kokomedada‚ 2003). These are apt words because Holden’s dream job is to protect children from growing up and becoming phonies and perverts. In Catcher in the Rye‚ Holden Caulfield’s New York odyssey leads to his dark fall. The sixteen year-old protagonist Holden

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    her parents‚ about a new movie Phoebe watched‚ if D.B. was going o go on Christmas and about a boy that pushed Phoebe down the stairs and so on. Suddenly in the middle of the conversation Phoebe discovered that Holden was kicked out of school. Characters: Holden Old

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    that it is too inappropriate to read. Especially in schools. The reason books are challenged or even banned is that the topics the book covers are sensitive for people to handle. Such as racial themes‚ profanity‚ and violence. The novel The Catcher in the Rye would be challenged because it showed a child going through an adult life with vulgar language‚ sexual references‚ and underage drinking. After all the reasons why the novel got challenged I still believe that is should not be. There have

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    Rodriguez Ms.Ansolabehere English 3 Honors‚ 7 October 19‚ 2014 Alienation at its Finest The teenage years are some of the most stressful and complicated moments of life even though some adults may not remember. In J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye‚ the protagonist Holden Caulfield struggles with himself on trying to connect with someone in New York and deals with situations that most teenagers go through. By alienating himself‚ Holden Caulfield is a confused male who complicates himself

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    The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger it is about Holden the troubled teen. Holden finds that the world around him is almost unbearable and because the thought of growing up scares him‚ he tries to protect himself from adulthood that is coming to him. Holden has this mindset of not caring about his responsibilities in life. Also‚ he is scared for what the future has to bring him. In addition‚ he is scared of transitioning into adulthood. Though the book is about growing up‚ Holden never reaches

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    Kierra Whitelow 19 May 2013 CLUE 9 English Sandie Whittington Presented in the book entitled Catcher in the Rye‚ Holden Caulfield rebels against what life has to offer. Symbolized throughout the book‚ Holden shows his many dislikes towards the normal actions of a human being. The normal things that take place in society seem to irate Holden. Stated in chapter two‚ Holden says “People always think something’s all true.” Holden is explaining his frustration of the lack of education towards

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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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    "Catcher in the Rye" written by J.D. Salinger‚ is a novel in which the author creates much irony in the way he presents the loss of innocence or the fall from innocence in his main character‚ Holden Caulfield. While Holden clearly believes in protecting the innocence of children in society‚ he himself cannot seem to hang onto his own innocence. Throughout the novel Holden shows his love and protection for childhood innocence‚ the irony that he in fact himself may be losing his own childhood innocence

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    The Catcher In The Rye Essay Throughout the book‚ The Catcher In the Rye‚ the theme that I saw reoccurring in the novel was the painfulness of growing up. In the book there are many cases of Holden Caulfield trying to resist growing. He does not want to grow up because he’s afraid of the unknown‚ or what’s coming next in his life. In fact his main goal is to resist maturing. He is scared of the unknown and cannot handle things that are very complicated. He likes it when things are very simple

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    The novels Siddhartha by Herman Hesse and The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger show many similarities. One of the major themes in both novels consists of the main characters finding their self and journey through life. Their similar experiences consist of the relationships they go through‚ as well as the different people they meet in life and their personal views on society‚ which let the audience distinguish the affect on similar situations. Siddhartha’s dream throughout the entire novel consisted

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