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    HoldenTen Years Later "Allieeeee‚ Allieeeee‚ please‚ don’t go‚ come back to me‚ don’t go‚ I’ll play with you‚ I promise‚ pleaseeeeee". I guess it’s another one of those nights. When are these goddam nightmares going to stop? I dream about Allie about twice a week and I have no idea why. It’s basically the same dream every single time‚ and quite honestly it’s becoming a true pain. We are both on this vomity looking colored boat‚ and Allie jumps into the waters and as he is being enveloped by the

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    Salinger has the same feeling towards sex as Holden. According to J.D. Salinger and his character Holden Caulfield sex brings about the end of an innocent childhood and the beginning of a phony adulthood. In the novel The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger the main character Holden Caulfield is obsessed with phonies and the loss of innocence. To Him almost everybody are phonies especially those who have lost their innocence. According to Holden there is only one thing that can cause one to lose

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    In The Catcher in the Rye‚ Holden Caulfield views the world as an evil and corrupt place where there is no peace. "His anger turned to relentlessly unforgiving social scorn." (Coles)This perception of the world does not change significannot ly through the novel. However as the novel progresses‚ Holden gradually comes to the realization that he is powerless to change this.<br><br>"Holden Caulfield had much going for him--a comfortable suburban life and a privileged educational background in a private

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    totally different aspects to their personalities. In The Catcher in the Rye‚ Hold Caulfield displays many qualities as he struggles through a difficult adolescence. One side of him is immature‚ annoying‚ and coldhearted‚ yet the other side to him is mature‚ lovely‚ and caring. Although Holden frequently shows both of his sides‚ he exhibits more signs of sensitivity and maturity than cold-heartedness and immaturity. When Holden sneaks into his house to visit with his little sister Phoebe‚ he demonstrates

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    their own skin. Holden Caulfield‚ a rather extreme example‚ struggles to open up and have heart to heart conversations. Holden’s psychological profile would allow texting to effectively provide him a form of communication that is seemingly designed for him. In other words‚ texting is a communicative technology on the same wavelength as the socially awkward‚ implementing a way for him to feel comfortable in expressing who he is. Texting could provide some sort of salvation for Holden‚ creating superficial

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    Happened in the Past‚ in the Past “It’s easy to blame others for your situation. It’s much more productive to search your own past and find what caused your faults.” In the novel written by J.D. Salinger‚ The Catcher in the Rye‚ the main character‚ Holden Caulfield‚ has had a traumatic childhood. As he has gotten older‚ he has not done much maturing. Like many teenagers‚ he makes irresponsible decisions. Some might say that he has the right to blame others‚ due to his history of traumatic events. It can

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    about the importance of education but when saying goodnight he calls Holden handsome‚ which‚ in my opinion‚ isn’t very appropriate despite the fact they have known each other a long time. I definitely do not think Mr. Antolini sitting at Holden’s bedside stroking his hair is appropriate at all. No matter how long you know someone these things are not the norm. In my opinion I think Mr. Antolini was coming on to Holden and Holden was not imagining things because when I read it I thought it sounded

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    written by J.D. Salinger is a reflection of his own life being shown through a teenage boy‚ Holden Caulfield. Like Salinger in the novel Holden jumps from prep school to prep school not finishing each time‚ however excels in English classes. Holden’s life in the novel shook the nation with controversy and curiosity. Illustrated in the text it conveys extreme depression‚ sexual tension‚ love‚ and lewd language. Holden attempts to see the “phony” world through a new light‚ however fails due to the type of

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    “The Catcher in the Rye” There are a few things that define one as an adult: maturity‚ responsibility‚ and integrity. Does Holden Caulfield have any of these? J.D. Salinger’s novel‚ “The Catcher in the Rye‚” follows the life of Holden Caulfield‚ a sixteen-year-old protagonist‚ who is on the road to becoming an adult and is trying to find all of the three terms above. Holden is living in a world with people that he classifies as morons or phonies. The self realization that he cannot save children

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    main character in this book‚ Holden Caulfield‚ is a young boy growing up in the 1950s‚ and is still trying to figure out his place in the world. Throughout the book‚ Holden is shown to aspire to be an adult‚ because he feels that adults do not have problems. These physical wants are only held back by the child-like tendencies he keeps holding on to‚ and they prevent him from growing up how he wants to‚ falling somewhere in the middle‚ the self he is during the book. Holden finds that even though he

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