unpleasant and difficult one with many lessons learned along the way. <br> <br>Holden possesses abnormal relationships with some of the characters in Catcher in the Rye. Many of his friends and those he talks highly about are young children. He does not make any negative comments about these companions‚ and there is no mention whatsoever of phony. Holden has a strong relationship with Phoebee‚ his younger sister. Holden vocalizes about the fact Phoebee can visit him anytime in the summer‚ "What I’d
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Holden Caulfield vs. His mind Often times in life as a result of complex family situations or events‚ we experience anxiety and breakdowns. Events in the book The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger are powerful examples of this. The experiences in Holden Caulfield’s life lead to academic‚ social‚ and mental breakdowns from which he struggles to recover. One factor that leads to Holden Caulfield’s breakdowns is failing out of three schools‚ including‚ Pencey Prep. Social stresses also lead to his
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In J.D. Salinger’s novel The Catcher in the Rye‚ the main character‚ Holden Caulfield’s apparent madness and irrational behavior plays an important role. The decisions that Holden makes at the time seem un-normal and irrational to characters in the novel‚ but to the reader they seem wise and reasonable. One example of this behavior is the way Holden treats women. Throughout the novel he has the temptation to be with women‚ but he can resist his urges. He doesn’t want to be with a girl‚ just to
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full of bonding and experiences which lead to wisdom and understanding. Without maturity one may never have these life teaching experiences. This leads to an empty shell of a person never truly feeling passion‚ love or peace. Holden Caulfield in The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger is an adolescent struggling to mature into manhood. He is on a journey towards maturity and identity. Holden’s threshold crossing‚ road of trials‚ and flee and return are . The threshold crossing is the place or the
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several defining events. But more often than not society tries to shape someone’s identity into something that they aren’t. There are several examples of this constant battle between the people and society in The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger. Holden Caulfield is the prime example of this struggle there are several points in the story where he tries his hardest to fit into the unreasonable standards set by society‚ but eventually comes to the realization that he cannot be that standard model human
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novel “The Catcher in the Rye”‚ by J.D. Salinger‚ details the story of 17 year-old Holden Caulfield. Holden is stuck between childhood and adulthood‚ and his outlook on life makes his transition even more difficult. By the end‚ Holden begins the process of change and starts to show some maturity‚ but still has not fully transitioned into adulthood. Holden’s process of change begins at the end. At the beginning‚ Holden recalls a time when Jane begins crying when he is at her house and says‚ “I don’t
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is the tendency people have to judge one another. The narrator‚ Holden Caulfield‚ is not only judgmental of the people he meets‚ but of society as a whole. Throughout his experiences‚ he criticizes the phoniness and shallowness that he encounters in the world around him. One sees‚ that while Holden spends much of his time judging the actions and intentions of others‚ he never recognizes his own faults. Throughout the novel‚ Holden runs into both old and new faces. He almost instantly begins to criticize
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Holden Caulfield is a character whose actions speak more than his words. In J.D. Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye‚ Holden is an innocent person who expects the world to be perfect. He knows that there are choices available for every decision he makes‚ but doesn’t have any particular instructions to go with it. He seems to be a very positive person who has just given up trying to make better of him after his Brother Allie’s death. This plus his "teenage mood and attitude changes‚" the society thinks
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the Rye‚ the main character Holden Caulfield displays an obsessive dislike for "phonies”. Holden mentions the word “phony” regularly throughout the course of the novel. Holden thought everyone at Elkton Hills‚ one of the prep schools he’d gone to‚ were all phonies. But the biggest one of all was Mr. Hass‚ the headmaster of Elkton Hills. “ For instance‚ they had this headmaster‚ Mr. Haas‚ that was the phoniest bastard I ever met in my life.”(14). Holden thinks of Mr. Hass as a phony
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self-discovery that Holden Caulfield undergoes in “The Catcher in the Rye”. J. D. Salinger uses a variety of linguistic and literary techniques such as characterisation and setting to take the audience on Holden’s journey. Holden Caulfield is a teenager who is struggling to fit into adult society. This is evident from very early on in the book when Salinger immediately characterises Holden as a very judgmental and cynical person. Examples from the very first page include when Holden refers to his brother
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