The Catcher in the Rye: Holden and Modern Teenagers The characteristics of Holden from the book The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger‚ will be compared to the "modern teenager". The characteristics of both sets of teenagers are basically similar‚ but in some parts‚ they are different. I chose myself as the modern teenager to be compared to Holden. There will be four major subjects to be talked about in the essay. The main subjects that are going to be discussed in this essay are academics‚ family
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J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye provides a provocative inquiry into the crude life of a depressed adolescent‚ Holden Caulfield. Without intensive analysis and study‚ Holden appears to be a clearly heterosexual‚ vulgar yet virtuous‚ typical youth who chastises phoniness and decries adult evils. However‚ this is a fallacy. The finest manner to judge and analyze Holden is by his statements and actions‚ which can be irrefutably presented. Holden Caulfield condemns adult corruption and phoniness
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phony and what is not. The story is set a decade before the great social movements of the 60s‚ in a time of rapid media growth and a strong demand for education. Holden was born into a generation traumatized by the great depression and world war two which ultimately resulted in the creation of a culture centered upon normality and conformity. Due to these circumstances‚ Holden went mad‚ and I find it hard to blame him for it. Holdens parents expect his siblings and him to do well in school‚ and to
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adulthood. Throughout the novel of the Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger‚ the author illustrates the main character‚ Holden Caulfield and his painfulness of growing up by drawing out multiple symbols. Holden Caulfield‚ a seventeen year old teenager with a complex personality tells readers his life’s events before he ended up in a mental institute from a mental breakdown. The Ducks in Central Park Lagoon‚ the Museum of Natural History and the Catcher in the Rye are three important symbols that the
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Salinger places his main character in a sea of people‚ carefully magnifying one person to stand out among the rest in order to make the point he intended to make when deciding to dive into the book in the first place. In The Catcher in the Rye‚ J.D. Salinger writes Holden Caulfield as a character that is struggling with the fear of becoming what Ward Stradlater represents through his shameless ability to repress women‚ hide his poor hygienic habits‚ and look upon himself in an egotistical manner
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Salinger and David Fincher use to explore the personal dilemmas of their protagonists‚ Holden Caulfield and Mark Zuckerberg‚ in The Catcher in the Rye and The Social Network? In David Fincher’s The Social Network and J. D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye‚ a story of two young men‚ Holden Caulfield and Mark Zuckerberg face many difficulties and ultimately are very vulnerable souls. The dilemmas that Holden and Mark face are alienation‚ betrayal and identity. Fincher and Salinger both use many
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In his novel‚ The Catcher in the Rye‚ J.D Salinger characterizes Holden not only as a seemingly typical confused‚ rebellious and immature adolescent‚ but also as a young man who suffers from the effects to bereavement and consequently‚ is frequently anxious‚ depressed and exhibits seriously risky behaviors. The story‚ in summary‚ tells the bildungsroman of sixteen-year–old Holden Caulfield following his expulsion from his fourth private school‚ Pencey Prep. Here‚ a disillusioned boy struggles with
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Holden on the Change. As a natural process‚ all human being go through life experiences as a part of the life cycle. In the novel J. D. Salinger CATCHER IN THE RYE‚ through his experiences Holden Caulfield faces many changes with regards to his relations‚ how he communicates with others and by the end of the novel he‚ mature as a person. Relationships and sexuality are big recurring pattern in the novel. Holden is always searching for a new friend but he always turns away at the last moment.
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years are some of the most stressful and complicated moments of life even though some adults may not remember. In J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye‚ the protagonist Holden Caulfield struggles with himself on trying to connect with someone in New York and deals with situations that most teenagers go through. By alienating himself‚ Holden Caulfield is a confused male who complicates himself by not knowing what to do in life. Holden Caulfield faces many problems that all relate to him in a way.
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Throughout the novel Catcher in the Rye Holden excessively uses the term phony in many of his sentences that include describing people or things he does not like. The term can describe more than just a person but also organizations and things. Phony is not just for describing people. According to Holden in the novel Catcher in the Rye a phony is someone who makes Holden feel depressed on the inside. Salinger wants to display through Holden that a phony can be known as a bully or a fake person.
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