Elements Of Journal Entry For Catcher In The Rye
Catcher in the Rye Chapters 1-7 Journal entry
a) Plot Development
1) Exposition
Holden Caulfield is a 17-year-old adolescent and the protagonist of the novel. He describes the events occurring in 2 days around Christmas time of the previous year. He gets expelled from the Pencey prep school for failing in four subjects. He narrates what happened after he had left the school and why he had left it two days earlier than scheduled day.
2) Conflict
This boy has an ongoing process of conflict in his mind regarding the good and the bad, truth and the lie and the ethical and unethical issues of the adult world.” I will bet a thousand bucks the reason they did that was ........everybody’s mother would ask their darling boy what he had for dinner last night and he’d say “steak”. What a racket.” He believes everyone around him is living in pretense and eventually withdraws himself from the society. He also has a struggle in dealing with his everyday life. 3) Rising Action
Holden never has respect …show more content…
Little different from other children, Holden feels more responsible and protective for children, keeps on thinking about the artificiality and glibness of the world which he feels is dangerous to the youngsters. He struggles to find the balance between the real world and his inner self. He is sometimes depressed as he thinks in a unique way, not natural to the common world and rarely finds anyone to connect with. He is watchful of all that is happening around him. He is an intelligent analyzer, yet a helpless kid who cannot change the world or accept the lies, cruelty and hypocrisy of it. To Holden, Pencey and the other prep schools that he has attended represent all that is spurious. He calls it ‘Phony’ to describe this
a) Plot Development
1) Exposition
Holden Caulfield is a 17-year-old adolescent and the protagonist of the novel. He describes the events occurring in 2 days around Christmas time of the previous year. He gets expelled from the Pencey prep school for failing in four subjects. He narrates what happened after he had left the school and why he had left it two days earlier than scheduled day.
2) Conflict
This boy has an ongoing process of conflict in his mind regarding the good and the bad, truth and the lie and the ethical and unethical issues of the adult world.” I will bet a thousand bucks the reason they did that was ........everybody’s mother would ask their darling boy what he had for dinner last night and he’d say “steak”. What a racket.” He believes everyone around him is living in pretense and eventually withdraws himself from the society. He also has a struggle in dealing with his everyday life. 3) Rising Action
Holden never has respect …show more content…
Little different from other children, Holden feels more responsible and protective for children, keeps on thinking about the artificiality and glibness of the world which he feels is dangerous to the youngsters. He struggles to find the balance between the real world and his inner self. He is sometimes depressed as he thinks in a unique way, not natural to the common world and rarely finds anyone to connect with. He is watchful of all that is happening around him. He is an intelligent analyzer, yet a helpless kid who cannot change the world or accept the lies, cruelty and hypocrisy of it. To Holden, Pencey and the other prep schools that he has attended represent all that is spurious. He calls it ‘Phony’ to describe this