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    Dream Catcher -kit- “Don’t dare to dream on something if you wouldn’t do anything to make it true ..” There was once a child who was born on the midnight of the sixth day of the ninth month‚ 1993‚ when all were sleeping abound with their sweet dreams and nightmares. According to his mother‚ he was so cute the first time she saw her baby. With his little eyes‚ pointed nose‚ and fair complexion‚ others might say he was born ‘with gold spoon’ on his mouth. They were wrong.. Actually‚ this boy

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    Essay Prompt: The Catcher in the Rye is one of the most controversial texts taught in schools. It has been questioned as to its relevance for teenagers due to its mature subject matter and provocative narrator. Draw on evidence from resources used in class‚ class discussion‚ and reading the novel‚ and write an essay identifying and explaining at least three reasons why this book is relevant to teenagers and should be read in high school classrooms. Also‚ include a rebuttal paragraph or include in

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    Problematic Fantasy Trying to run away from your problems is futile. The sole inevitability of them to come back to face you will always be there‚ as the main character of J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye‚ Holden Caulfield‚ experiences. The book narrates Holden’s venture into New York City after being kicked out of school for the third time after his brother’s death. Drinking‚ smoking‚ and other self-destructive behaviors largely constitute most of Holden’s time spent over the course of these

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    To those whom it may concern‚ The recent debate on the banning of the popular book‚ The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger‚ from a public school is nothing new in the literary world. J.D. Salinger’s novel is the second most challenged book in history (Doyle) because of its crude language‚ sexual references‚ and questionable content. In reality‚ Holden is a character to be respected for his rash views on the world and the political madness of it all. Holden may not always have the most moral ideas

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    “The catcher in the rye expository essay” The catcher in the rye is a book I have read and really enjoyed because of the plot and the characters in the novel. “I always call it the catcher of the rye of the new generation.” (www.Thinkexist.com Jessica sharzer) the novel takes place in New York. This narrative is really enjoyable and fun to read. This novel deals with a lot of issues and this is the reason I enjoyed this innovative story. The story takes place in New

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    the book‚ The Catcher in the Rye‚ by J.D Salinger‚ is an appropriate text to be taught in American high schools. Holden Caulfield‚ the main character‚ is telling his story from a rest home he is in for therapy. He has been through quite a lot as a child‚ so he is extremely bitter about everything. Holden has been kicked out of schools‚ and put himself in dreadful situations‚ however he gives good insight on life itself. The Catcher in the Rye is worthwhile to be taught in American high schools because

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    Life Lessons through Holden Caulfield In “The Catcher in the Rye”‚ Salinger uses Holden Caulfield as a vessel to portray the loneliness created by the flaws and realities of the human psyche. Human beings are not born “socialized”. The process of socialization and the ability to interact positively with others can be a long and perilous journey. Loneliness is a common theme of human existence. The alienation can be created via multiple pathways such as by lacking a sense of self‚ lacking support

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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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    travel both / And be one traveler‚ long I stood.” This recurring motif of being “stuck” between two “roads” can be found again and again‚ both within society itself and within works of literature such as J.D. Salinger’s coming-of-age novel‚ The Catcher in the Rye. Salinger uses the protagonist‚ Holden Caulfield‚ to explore the process of self-discovery‚ ultimately demonstrating how society oppresses the non-conforming individual. Caulfield‚ “be one traveler‚” attempts to find out what it means to be

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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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