a. Holden does in fact have many unique and grotesque qualities. In fact‚ Holden has Schizophrenia. Because of this‚ Holden has trouble expressing his emotions externally‚ relating with others‚ and perceiving reality. Throughout the entire novel‚ Holden interacts with a number of individuals‚ but these interactions are not sincere‚ meaningful‚ or significant. This is due to Holden’s inability to realize‚ understand‚ and accept where others are coming from. b. In the novel‚ Holden does have
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Dropping his hand he clenches and unclenches it over the strap of his bag. He turns on his heel determination. He doesn’t know what he’s going to do. All he knows is that he has to do something. He misses the peculiar look Lucas is giving him having seen the entire exchange in the hallway. The concern‚ the tension‚ the way Smackle fled. Zay doesn’t see Lucas but Lucas see’s it all. Including the way he looks now. A look that Zay has described to him so many times. The look he gets when he’s about
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Stradlater’s composition is supposed to be about a room in a house that can be described. Holden decides to write about his dead brother’s baseball glove because he is deeply depressed about his death and has not come to terms with his grief over the loss of his brother. Allie’s glove‚ with the green writing on it‚ is symbolic of isolation. Allie felt separate from his teammates while playing baseball. Instead of paying attention to the game‚ he would write poetry on his glove while playing the outfield
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Character Analysis: Holden Caulfield Adrienne Sutherland From the first few pages of The Catcher In The Rye‚ Holden is portrayed as unreliable. His inability to remember the fencing team’s equipment clearly highlights this characteristic. Not only is Holden unreliable in his actions‚ but also in his narration. During Holden and Sally Hayes’ fight at the skating rink‚ one had to question what actually went down. Holden‚ in his narration‚ claims to not have been yelling at Sally‚ meanwhile Sally repeatedly
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Reality is the world or state of things as they actually exist. A person’s reality is made up of the brain interpreting stimuli from the 5 senses; from them the brain creates a scene one perceives as life. Reality‚ although formed through the basic building blocks of stimuli reception‚ is personal and individualized as reception varies from perception. These variations alter attitudes and outlooks on the basic notion of life itself. The idea of reality is challenged by the concepts presented in the
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This essay will determine the differences between two popular books‚ The catcher in the rye: by J.D Salanger and Great expectations: by Charles Dickens. Great expectations was first published in serial form in 1861 and is written in standard English with many colloquial and archaic words. As with catcher in the rye‚ it was first published in 1951 and is written in American English and also has many colloquial words and is also written as if the main character is speaking (first person narrative)
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Hills Like White Elephants In the story Hills Like White Elephants by Ernest Hemingway‚ the author uses the luggage to symbolize the hard decision that the American and Jig face in regards to having the abortion. The couple faces a very difficult decision about this baby because they are not willing to give up their immature life style. The luggage symbolizes that Jig and the American are still very ambitious to travel around the world and if they were to keep the baby‚ their ambition would come
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Holden Caulfield. The name alone insinuates thoughts of tormented teen angst and a lonesome rebel in a world filled with phonies. To say that the protagonist of J. D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye produced theories and speculation would be a gross understatement. Vast amounts of hypotheses sprang up on the deeper implications of Salinger’s famous character. According to various readers and critics‚ Holden Caulfield represents the metamorphosis from adolescence to adulthood‚ demonstrating
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Holden’s relationship with Phoebe Holden Caulfield‚ the main character from J.D. Salinger’s book The Catcher in The Rye‚ holds a different relationship with his 10-year old sister Phoebe than any other character in the book. With his view of life and his insecurities‚ Holden finds it hard to connect with‚ get along with‚ and meet and other people. Throughout the novel it is quite obvious that Holden has difficulties finding someone who can understand him instead of judging him. Holden sees
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The Catcher in the Rye – Timeline Saturday Holden Caulfield has just been expelled from Pency Prep and is supposed to leave on Wednesday. He goes to see Mr Spencer to say goodbye‚ but shows irritation when Mr Spencer tries to remind him of his poor academic performance. Holden goes back to his dormitory. Back at his dormitory‚ Holden tries to read a book but is constantly interrupted by Ackley. He tries to deter him but Ackley doesn’t take the hint. Eventually‚ Stradlater arrives. Stradlater
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