Language Choice Within “The Catcher In The Rye” In “The Catcher in the Rye” a coming of age story is told of Holden Caulfield. Many conflicts with maturity arise in coming of age literature. Throughout the reading of the text a large amount of graphic language is used by the narrator. The constant cursing and references to classes of people in derogatory terms permeate throughout the reading. This fact alone causes the book to be controversial and in turn banned from many curriculums. The language
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J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye Miranda Hensley p.6 Term Paper 1 One of the most controversial yet influential authors of the 20th century‚ J.D. Salinger‚ led an intriguing life to say the least. His most popular work‚ The Catcher in the Rye‚ is a coming-‐of-‐age novel
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Holden Caulfield is afflicted by the hypocrisy of the adult world. He accuses all adults of being pretentious and phony and he wishes that the world was free of that fictitious behavior. He believes that the only people who are free from the phoniness are the children‚ because they are innocent. The only person Holden truly believes is innocent is his brother Allie‚ who died at a young age. Therefore‚ Allie never grew up to become phony. On the other hand‚ his older brother in Holden’s eyes is “a
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My Journal I’m Holden Caulfield and I was released from my third private school because of my shitty grades. I still don’t know how I’m going to tell my parents they expect me to be like my my two other siblings‚ my ten year old talented sister and my older "HOLLYWOOD" of a brother. Yesterday I went to go visit Mr. Spencer he was my history teacher back at Pency. He’s this old almost dinosaur of a teacher and he has the worst posture you’ve ever seen but I’mnot here to talk about a monopoly
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The Catcher in the Rye Holden is quite a peculiar kid. He tends to change his mind on a lot of things. However‚ the one thing he changes his mind about the most is whether he is ready to grow-up or not. Throughout the book he tries to do such adult like things‚ because he is sick of his usual life style. Then he gets sick of the unusual adult life. He talks to his sister‚ Phoebe‚ one night about the poem by Robert Burns‚ and Holden gets to thinking about innocence. How he wishes he could be
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Tragic events can affect your mindset in irreversible ways‚ causing self-destructive behavior‚ low self-esteem‚ and devious actions. Jerome David Salinger in his novel‚ The Catcher in the Rye‚ develops the character of Holden Caulfield‚ an adolescent boy who is living a tragedy‚ inflicted with suffering and deep pain within himself. According to Mary Klages from the University of Colorado‚ she incorporates Warren Hedges and Freud through a psychoanalytic lens and come to a conclusion that psychoanalytical
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good-by. I mean I’ve left schools and places I didn’t even know I was leaving them. I hate that. I don’t care if it’s a sad good-by or a bad good-by‚ but when I leave a place‚ I want to know I’m leaving it. If you don’t‚ you feel worse. --Salinger‚ page 7 Upon an initial perusal‚ the bittersweet image depicts Holden Caulfield on account of his untimely expulsion from Pencey Prep for not applying himself lately. The teenager stands on a hill in complete solitude‚ watching the nearby football
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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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Salinger Holden’s alienated character The entire novel portrays Holden as being outcast from and victimized by the society around him. He confides in Mr. Spencer‚ and informs him of how he feels ensnared on the other side of life. Consequently‚ he persistently attempts to uncover his way in a society in which he feels he does not fit in. However‚ a further look into his alienation character as revealed in the story indicates it as a way that he has acquired in order to protect himself. In efforts
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He realizes that he cannot protect children from seeing the profanity‚ as he cannot be the catcher in the rye for them. In addition‚ when Holden watches Phoebe reaching for the ring on the carousel‚ he concludes‚ “The thing with kids is‚ if they want to grab for the gold ring‚ you have to let them do it‚ and not say anything. If they fall off‚ they fall off‚ but it’s bad if you say anything to them” (Salinger 211). When Holden allows Phoebe to reach for the ring‚ it is evident that he is no longer
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