The Catcher in the Rye Relative to the 1950's
The Catcher in the Rye Relative to the 1950's
The Catcher in the Rye can be strongly considered as one of the greatest novels of all time and Holden Caufield distinguishes himself as one of the greatest and most diverse characters. His moral system and his sense of justice force him to detect horrifying flaws in the society in which he lives.
However, this is not his principle difficulty. His principle difficulty is not that he is a rebel, or a coward, nor that he hates society, it is that he has had many experiences and he remembers everything. Salinger indicates this through Holden's confusion of time throughout the novel. Experiences at Whooten, Pency, and Elkton Hills combine and no levels of time separate them. This causes Holden to end the novel missing everyone and every experience. He remembers all the good and bad, until distinctions between the two disappear. Holden believes throughout the novel that certain things should stay the same. Holden becomes a character portrayed by Salinger that disagrees with things changing. He wants to retain everything, in short he wants everything to always remain the same, and when changes occur; Holden reacts. However the most important aspect of Holden
Caufield's character can be attributed to his judgment of people. Holden
Caufield, a character who always jumps to conclusions about people and their phoniness, can be labeled as a hypocrite because he exemplifies a phony himself. Wadsworth 2. During the 1950's America was recovering from the greatest war in the
World. There was a cloud of forgetfulness after the war, people didn't want to remind themselves of all the bad things. People wanted to celebrate everything, but some people like Holden Caufield didn't feel all the phoniness is necessary to live life. The 1950's is so remanincannot of the 1920's, the world had just finished a war and it was suppost to be freedom and happiness for all. Everything seemed to be
The Catcher in the Rye can be strongly considered as one of the greatest novels of all time and Holden Caufield distinguishes himself as one of the greatest and most diverse characters. His moral system and his sense of justice force him to detect horrifying flaws in the society in which he lives.
However, this is not his principle difficulty. His principle difficulty is not that he is a rebel, or a coward, nor that he hates society, it is that he has had many experiences and he remembers everything. Salinger indicates this through Holden's confusion of time throughout the novel. Experiences at Whooten, Pency, and Elkton Hills combine and no levels of time separate them. This causes Holden to end the novel missing everyone and every experience. He remembers all the good and bad, until distinctions between the two disappear. Holden believes throughout the novel that certain things should stay the same. Holden becomes a character portrayed by Salinger that disagrees with things changing. He wants to retain everything, in short he wants everything to always remain the same, and when changes occur; Holden reacts. However the most important aspect of Holden
Caufield's character can be attributed to his judgment of people. Holden
Caufield, a character who always jumps to conclusions about people and their phoniness, can be labeled as a hypocrite because he exemplifies a phony himself. Wadsworth 2. During the 1950's America was recovering from the greatest war in the
World. There was a cloud of forgetfulness after the war, people didn't want to remind themselves of all the bad things. People wanted to celebrate everything, but some people like Holden Caufield didn't feel all the phoniness is necessary to live life. The 1950's is so remanincannot of the 1920's, the world had just finished a war and it was suppost to be freedom and happiness for all. Everything seemed to be