books I’ve read‚ Holden Caulfield is the most unique character I have encountered thus far. Since the beginning‚ I was oddly intrigued by his blatant pessimism towards life. Additionally‚ he acquires a negligent outlook on education‚ having been expelled from a myriad of prestigious schools‚ including the most recent one Pencey. He lacks not intelligence‚ but motivation. To say that Holden finds it difficult to get along with other people is an understatement. The truth is he despises the general
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Salinger is about a teenage boy named Holden Caulfield who struggles to find his identity. Holden wants to be an adult but he also subconsciously wants to stay young and maintain his innocence. Holden shows this when he hires a prostitute but doesn’t have sex with her. Holden’s negative encounter with the prostitute shows that although he tries to act like a tough adult he is still a kid at heart. One instance when the reader realizes Holden is still a kid is when he admits that he is still a virgin
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Is Holden Claufield a misfit in societyI do think that Holden Claufield is a misfit in society. It doesn’t seem like that is society fault that he is‚ its just the type of person that he is. He describes everyone around him as them being a phony as he likes to describe it. The way Holden cant fit into the society around has drove him to hate it‚ instead of him coming to realize this he just judges other people on the fakeness and dishonesty. Holden even thinks that his own school is hypocritical
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Essay – Holden Caulfield is the archetypal 20th Century anti-hero. Discuss. Holden Caulfield is a typical anti-hero from the 20th century who features as the main character from the novel‚ Catcher In The Rye by J.D Salinger. The young teenage boy says that he wants to be the one who stands at the bottom of the cliff and catch the children that are playing in the Rye that may run off the edge accidently. This is a dream‚ not reality however it indicates that Holden is desperate to preserve childhood
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Outline In J.D. Salinger ’s The Catcher in the Rye‚ the narrator‚ Holden Caulfield‚ is an unreliable narrator. Discuss and analyze the text to support your argument. “I’m the most terrific liar you ever saw in your life” (Salinger 14). JD Salinger’s character Holden Caulfield admits himself that he is unreliable. The author portrays Holden as a teenage boy that brobdingnagianly lies to people that he doesn’t know. This makes the reader question if he lying to us? Holden does lie on many occasions
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say. Holden does none of these things. If Holden was a real person telling the story‚ it could not be considered a memoir. He continually lies throughout the book‚ and he does not tell the full story by leaving out how he is feeling. Holden lies so much throughout the book‚ you almost start to think that the whole thing is a lie. He even states in the book that he is a very good liar‚ and when someone asks him a very simple question‚ he usually will answer in a lie just because he can.
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Patient Analysis Report: Holden Caulfield‚ age 17‚ was brought to me‚ Dr. Joseph M. Guerrieri M.D. at Sutter Center for Psychiatry‚ by his parents as a result of his recent behaviors. Holden is a 6‘2” tall and healthy young man. In multiple therapy sessions he has brought up his family and friends. One family member in particular that was brought up was his younger brother‚ Allie‚ who passed away of leukemia when Holden was 13 years old. (Salinger 49) Allie’s death seems to be the root of Holden’s
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Depressed? Feeling like no one cares or likes them? According to www.dascot.org one out of every four people struggle with depression. Not having friends can cause and lead to depression. All human beings are disconnected and they need to work at relating to others. Jim Stark from “Rebel Without a Cause” and Holden Caulfield from the The Catcher in the Rye are teenagers who struggle with connecting themselves to human beings. Jim Stark and Holden Caulfield are two teenagers who struggle with relating to
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Throughout the novel Catcher in the Rye Holden excessively uses the term phony in many of his sentences that include describing people or things he does not like. The term can describe more than just a person but also organizations and things. Phony is not just for describing people. According to Holden in the novel Catcher in the Rye a phony is someone who makes Holden feel depressed on the inside. Salinger wants to display through Holden that a phony can be known as a bully or a fake person.
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Holden Caufield and his shitty coping mechanisms Holden’s Desire to Escape his Problems and How It Reflects His State Of Mind In the animal kingdom‚ the average lifespan rarely passes 10 years. There are few exceptions to this‚ one being the lifespan of humans. The current average life span for humans is between 70 and 80 years. In both the animal kingdom and in modern society‚ maturity is meant to come quickly if you are to survive. However‚ Holden Caulfield from The Catcher In the Rye by
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