puberty‚ not knowing what he is doing or where he is headed‚ in a world in which he feels he doesn’t belong in‚ and feels he is always around a bunch of "phonies." This would describe the position of Holden Caulfield‚ the main character in The Catcher in the Rye (1951) written by J.D. Salinger. The book‚ all narrated by Holden in first person‚ in its very unique and humorous style‚ is about Holden‚ and all the troubles he has encountered through school‚ family‚ friends‚ and basically life. Holden
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In The Catcher in the Rye‚ by J.D. Salinger‚ Holden struggles to grow up. He is in a big city all by himself. The theme of growth is shown at the end of the novel by Holden maturing and going into adulthood. The first example that shows Holden is growing up is when he goes to Phoebe’s school. He notices vulgarity on the walls and it drives him crazy. Holden‚ then “rubbed it out.” This suggests that Holden is maturing because he doesn’t want Phoebe and the other children to see profanity on
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Growing up poses challenges to most people at some point in their lives. 16-year-old Holden Caufield is no exception. He is an apathetic teenager who’s flunked out of many schools. Underneath the cynical exterior though‚ Holden is troubled. He has different methods for escaping his problems but in the end they just cause him more problems. J.D Salinger‚ in his novel The Catcher in the Rye shows that often times when an individual faces problems in their life they will try to find a means to escape
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The novel ‘The Catcher in the Rye‘ by J.D Salinger is a story that shows that growing up is a very painful process. During the novel‚ Holden Caulfield‚ a sixteen-year-old boy who was expelled for academic failure from a school called Pencey Prep went through his life that came with changes that caused him to become more independent and mature. In the story‚ Holden has reached a point in his life where is expected to grow up and follow more rules and guidelines about how to be a proper and responsible
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In the Novel‚ The Catcher in the Rye‚ Holden’s dream is to stop children from growing up. He would imagine thousands of children playing in a field and on one side‚ there is a cliff. He would hide somewhere until a child came close to the edge of a cliff and then he would come out and stop them from falling off and catch them if they fell. To Holden‚ growing up means becoming normal and joining the fake‚ phony world. He is afraid of growing up because he does not want to be responsible‚ does not
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When it comes to Holden’s struggle of growing up it presents itself‚ throughout the book‚ as Holden constantly running away from any implication of growing up. An example of Holden running away from adulthood is in chapter 16‚ Holden is walking through the museum and he stops to look at the Eskimos‚ “The best thing‚ though‚ in that museum was that everything always stayed right where it was. Nobody’d move.” That sentence is almost ironic in a way because even though he wants everything to stay the
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Catcher In The Rye‚ JD Salinger An exploration of the literary devices used by JD Salinger in the “Catcher in The Rye” to communicate the theme of growing up and how relevant this idea is in the 21st century. One of the dominant themes in the “Catcher in the Rye”‚ by JD Salinger‚ is growing up and how difficult it is. The author communicates this theme through various literary devices‚ including: characterisation‚ symbolism and a key incident. The idea Salinger creates is very identifiable
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irresponsible and resisting growing up. Holden feels that the world is full of phonies and the only innocent ones are the children because they haven’t grown up and become “perverted”. This is essentially why Holden is trying to resist growing up‚ he doesn’t want to become a phony like everyone else School is supposed to prepare kids for the future and life in general‚ Holden hasn’t experienced this in school yet because he wants to hold onto his innocence. Rather than growing up‚ being kicked out of schools
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characters as symbols to aid in thematic development. Using Catcher in the Rye show how J.D. Salinger uses symbols to develop a theme. In the novel‚ The Catcher in the Rye written by J.D. Salinger‚ words and objects are used as symbols to aid in thematic development. Themes are the fundamental and often universal ideas explored in a literary work‚ through the use of symbols‚ the painfulness of growing up‚ is developed in The Catcher of the Rye. Symbols are objects‚ characters‚ figures‚ and colors
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Catcher in the Rye Essay The journey of the adolescent mind into the more mature structure of adulthood‚ displays the corruption the world inflicts on the innocent. In the book‚ The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger‚ Holden‚ who is a sixteen year old boy struggling with school and a few disorders‚ explores the various parts of New York while observing the atmosphere of it all through a flittered lens. The book demonstrates the innocence in youth while still exhibiting the phoniness of the adult
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