There is a moment in every child’s life where he or she realizes that growing up is not as desirable as they once thought. Before this moment they fantasize about not having a bedtime or driving or finally being able to drink. But then they feel the weight of the adult world with its responsibilities and restrictions of a society that doesn’t value the individual and expects its citizens to morph into mature‚ controllable adults. This is the time parents hate‚ the time when their children try to
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Summer Reading Essay – The Catcher in the Rye The author of The Catcher in the Rye‚ J.D. Salinger‚ did not fulfill his obligation to me of lifting my heart and reminding me of human glories. It was difficult to be uplifted by this book because the author made Holden‚ the protagonist‚ suffer through various adversities such as being kicked out of four private schools and even losing a brother through Leukemia. Each hardship that Holden faces adds a reason to why Holden and his actions do not exemplify
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“…the two teams bashing each other all over the place” The negative connotation of the football game illustrates Holden’s disregard for what he sees as a violent sport‚ not something one usually sees with your average 1950’s prep school teenage boy. “last game of the year‚ and you were supposed to commit suicide or something if old Pencey didn’t win.” His sarcastic tone further highlights his disinterest in the pursuits of a male teenager of that era. Similarly‚ love for literature and interest in
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novel explores the process from a different perspective. Holden Caulfield is an unusual protagonist for supporting this theme because his central goal is to resist the process of maturity itself. According to Webster’s New World Dictionary‚ Holden’s last name Caulfield literally symbolizes caul‚ the membrane enveloping the head of a child at birth." Holden fears change and is overwhelmed by complexity. Holden desires everything to be easily understandable and eternally fixed. During a visit to the
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Catcher and The Bell Jar " Two Coming of Age Novels While J.D. Salinger ’s The Catcher in the Rye and Sylvia Plath ’s The Bell Jar are two entirely different novels with different themes at first glance‚ both tell tales of teenagers who are coming of age and learning responsibility. In The Catcher in the Rye‚ Holden Caulfield has been kicked out of school and is trying to decide what he wants to do with his life. In The Bell Jar‚ Esther Greenwood tries to kill herself and is trying to figure out
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novel comes from a moment in which he realizes that “non-phony” connection is possible. After Holden’s breakdown reaches its climax he decides that running away is his only option to escape the ugliness that plagues the world. However‚ Phoebe‚ his last remaining anchor to reality‚ insists that if he runs aways she will go too. Holden‚ in a first sign of emotional maturity‚ realizes his effect on another and decides to stay. In return‚ Phoebe forgives him and returns to him his infamous red
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tries to fight Stradlater‚ resulting in a bleeding nose. Holden cleans himself up and goes over to Ackley’s room. He says that he fought Stradlater to defend Ackley’s name. He harasses Ackley for a while then decides to leave early and spend a few days in a hotel. After packing up‚ he heads off. He walks to the train station and catches the train. A woman sits next to him and reveals that he’s the mother of Ernest Morrow‚ another Pency Prep student. He makes up a lie about how her son is popular
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Troubled teenager In this novel Holden not only demonstrates dishonesty by repeatedly lying in various occasions but also shows to be confused as of what he really is. It is also proven that he is a hypocritical person that is just looking to keep his image well even if he has to lie. It is also shown that this character seeks pity from other people in order to make himself feel better. First off Holden Caulfield is not very shy about lying and even admits it when he lies. He uses false testimony
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J. D. Salinger’s critically acclaimed novel‚ The Catcher in the Rye follows the journey of Holden Caulfield‚ a young boy who returns home to New York after being ousted from yet another preparatory school. Throughout the novel‚ Holden shares his animosity towards what he sees as a phony society‚ filled with phony people and phony things. Within the novel‚ Salinger has created numerous symbols‚ such as the natural history museum or the red hunting hat‚ as well as creating a vocabulary which fits in
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young adult. Unlike Holden‚ Creon is in love with power. He puts his love for his country above the love for his family He’d rather kill Antigone to uphold his law and win the respect (or fear) of people of Thebes than pardon his niece and one of his last living relatives. When he sends Antigone to her death he has an argument with his son Haemon. Creon is now killing the love of his son’s life for his own love of power. He tries to take back what he has done but it is to late‚ Antigone‚ Heamon‚ and
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