The inevitable transition from childhood to adulthood is a journey that tests a teenager to their capacities. Most adults cherish childhood innocence. Parents teach their children that the world is a perfect‚ Utopian place. When children grow up‚ they realize this theory is nothing but a false‚ sugarcoated take on the realities of life. The protagonist in The Catcher in the Rye‚ Holden Caulfield‚ suffers with his transition from childhood to adulthood. His teenage years prove are one of the most
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Everyone makes mistakes‚ they try to learn from them and try to move on and not dwell on the past. One’s mistakes and the experiences that people go through in life shape the person that they become. In the Catcher in the Rye written by J.D. Salinger shows‚ various characters‚ events and symbols that illustrate Holden Caulfield’s struggles to accept his inevitable transition into adulthood. Multiple people in the novel show and explain to Holden that there is more to life than being a child. The
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Holden observe that his surrounding is full of crooks. Holden Caulfield has failed out three other prep schools before his parents enroll him to Pencey. The first chapter takes place during the last day of Holden in Pencey. He decided to leave school before the official end of the term. Holden go to Pencey in order to finish his school‚ but eventually he still failing his entire subject due to the lack of interest in an academic’s topic. He believes‚" Pencey do not do any more molding in school."
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through Holden Caulfield’s eyes. The readers see his outlook on life‚ thoughts about people‚ and ideas about maturity and adulthood. Even though Holden doesn’t want to grow up‚ he still develops maturity through three symbols: the museum‚ the idea of being "the catcher in the rye‚" and the carrousel and gold rings. The museum holds many fond memories for Holden that he does not want to let go of. He loves this museum because he feels that it never changes. Holden says that every time he goes into
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Holden Caulfield entered my office a seemingly controlled‚ passive young adult. It would become utterly obvious that he was the complete opposite. Exposed to great trauma at a very early age‚ he desperately tries to control everything in his life: maturation‚ innocence in others and himself‚ and various other trivial subjects in life which others might pass by. Ultimately trying to be a "Catcher In The Rye"‚ he wants to control and protect the people he loves. Also showing classic symptoms of a borderline
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shows Holden’s concern of Jane having sex and going from childhood to adulthood. If she does lose her innocence then he will lose his interest in her. J.D. Salinger has the same feeling towards sex as Holden. According to J.D. Salinger and his character Holden Caulfield sex brings about the end of an innocent childhood and the beginning of a phony adulthood. In the novel The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger the main character Holden Caulfield is obsessed with phonies and the loss of innocence
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“The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause‚ while the mark of the mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one" (Salinger 188). In the novel‚ The Catcher in the Rye‚ the main character‚ Holden is stuck between two worlds: one with being mature and the other of childhood. Holden is viewed as a childish “madman” (mental condition) by the audience. Holden is afraid of change‚ so it is hard for him to live in the world we stay in. It is always changing‚ so the transfer
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Holden as the Typical Teenager of Today Holden Caulfield‚ portrayed in the J.D. Salinger novel Catcher in the Rye as an adolescent struggling to find his own identity‚ possesses many characteristics that easily link him to the typical teenager living today. The fact that the book was written many years ago clearly exemplifies the timeless nature of this work. Holden’s actions are those that any teenager can clearly relate with. The desire for independence‚ the sexually related encounters‚ and
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child he no longer can grow up and he does not have to face the problems that come along with it. Holden’s view of Allie starts out as Holden not being able to accept his death. His view of Allie changes into him accepting the death and realizing that Allie can never come back. Allie represents not having to deal with the problems and decisions of the adult world. When Holden first talks about his Brother Allie’s death‚ he starts to talk about how Allie was the nicest most intelligent one. He talks
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Hypocrisy is found in all of us. Many of us have things about ourselves that we don’t want to share with others‚ and try to hide; perhaps we are trying to hide our hypocrisy. In The Catcher in the Rye‚ J.D. Salinger expresses through Holden Caulfield that hypocrisy results from not being able to connect with others. Although Holden accuses others of being phony‚ in reality‚ Holden is a phony himself and as a result of his hypocrisy‚ he is unable to connect with others‚ suggesting
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