ENG 3U1 – The Catcher in the Rye Essay Outline Assignment Task: Pick one of the essay prompts below. Your answer to the prompt will be the thesis of your essay. Thoughtfully and carefully craft an essay outline to develop and defend your thesis. Be concise and to the point‚ this is only an outline! You may consult your agenda‚ previous notes and our class for essay writing tips. Be sure to use text-based evidence to support your thesis. Essay Prompts Throughout the novel‚ Holden is a tormented adolescent
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Austin Berryman Mrs. O American Literature 4 4 October 2012 Things Change The more things change the more they stay the same in Holden Caulfield’s case is wrong. In the story‚ The Catcher in the Rye‚ Holden Caulfield had to go through many changes to become the person he is at the end of the story. The many changes he went through matured him into a man that accepts life. Holden in the story went through many obstacles to survive when he ran away from home. The death of his brother Allie contributed
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The poem "Comin Thro the Rye" by Robert Burns may be best-known today because of Holden Caulfields’s misinterpretation of it in The Catcher in the Rye. In the book‚ Caulfield relates his fantasy to his sister‚ Phoebe: he’s the "catcher in the rye‚" rescuing children from falling from a cliff. Phoebe corrects him‚ pointing out that poem is not about a "catcher" in the rye‚ but about a girl who has met someone in the rye for a kiss (or more)‚ got her underclothes wet (not for the first time)‚ and is
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The Catcher in the Rye: Study Guide Questions Chapter 1-2 1. The narrator is Holden Caulfield a student of Pencey Prep in Agerstown‚ Pennsylvania. Holden narrates the story in first person. 2. The school doesn’t mold their boys into men. They advertise the school in a lot of magazines. The school doesn’t do the activities they promote. 3. Holden is lazy when it comes to his school work. “How many subjects did you carry this term?” “Five‚ sir.” “Five. And how many are you failing in?” “Four.” (Salinger
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“The Element of Innocence” “I’d just be the catcher in the rye and all. I know it’s crazy‚ but that’s the only thing I’d really like to be.” (Salinger 173). Innocence can have an array of meanings. However‚ for Holden Caulfield‚ innocence means preserving the most important points in life‚ keeping them in a standstill form of art. The idea of innocence in Holden’s point of view is somewhat altered‚ leaving him to think that death of his brother‚ Allie‚ won’t be so hard to deal with if he protects
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Life Lessons through Holden Caulfield In “The Catcher in the Rye”‚ Salinger uses Holden Caulfield as a vessel to portray the loneliness created by the flaws and realities of the human psyche. Human beings are not born “socialized”. The process of socialization and the ability to interact positively with others can be a long and perilous journey. Loneliness is a common theme of human existence. The alienation can be created via multiple pathways such as by lacking a sense of self‚ lacking support
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CIR Writing Prompt: Phoniness is the key theme illustrated in the controversial author J.D. Salinger ’s Catcher in the Rye. This novel depicts the main character Holden Caulfield ’s experiences just after getting kicked out of the prestigious Pency Academy. Through his journey Holden often describes people and situations he comes in contact with as phony. In fact it is Holden ’s "phony phobia" that keeps him from maturing from an innocent boy to an independent adult. It is Holden ’s "phony phobia"
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When analyzing and comparing The Catcher in the Rye and Great Expectations‚ by J.D. Salinger and Charles Dickens respectively‚ one usually stops and ponders‚ what can these two novels possibly have in common? Well I can tell you‚ quite a lot. To begin with‚ both are fictional autobiographies‚ narrated personally by the protagonists‚ that is Holden and Pip. However‚ regardless of the fact that they are both narrated in the first person‚ one‚ Great Expectations is a full life story‚ and you can tell
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Catcher in the Rye The book Catcher in the Rye‚ which is written by JD Slinger‚ is a novel on human behavior. In the book the young boy Holden Caulfield cannot comprehend the fact that everyone has to grow up one day. He didn’t want children to grow up because he feel’s it turns them in to corrupt adults. This dilemma is viewed when Holden tried to erase bad words that were written on the walls of the elementary school where his little sister Phoebe went." While I was sitting down‚ I saw something
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Catcher In The Rye: Journey from adolescence into adulthood A journey is more than a physical movement from one place to another. All journeys no matter how arduous entail setbacks and barriers that must be met. In doing so the traveller experiences a more significant inner journey of self growth. This is evident in the journey from adolescence to adulthood during which setbacks and barriers may entail a loss of innocence. J.D Salinger’s novel the Catcher in the rye explores this concept through
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