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    Noh English 3CP Catcher in the Rye Ch 16-17 CTA Chunk Group: Holden’s hypothetical musings about how he would confront his glove thief [demonstrates] how fear of confrontation causes people to act in contradictory ways. While Holden walks back to the hotel after his encounter with Lillian‚ he starts thinking about what he would do to the person who stole his gloves back in his prep school‚ Pency‚ since he is freezing. Holden admits that he would not have directly confronted the thief because

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    miserable until the time he accepted that kids can fall (Salinger‚ p.211). Moreover‚ he admits that he was phony himself as he had lied about his virginity status and that one has to learn in life. Poem relation to the novel Similarly‚ to the catcher in the rye‚ the poem speaks of losing innocence. It speaks of two youngsters that lose their virginity‚ hence changing from childhood to adulthood. Moreover‚ the poem seems to be concerned whether the public should know or the deed remains a secret and

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    captors and the circumstances in which they are forced to live.” This quote is from the protagonist ‚Louie Zamperini‚ in the book “Unbroken”‚ by Laura Hillenbrand‚ replicates how precisely Holden views the world. Throughout the storyline of the “Catcher in the Rye‚” by JD Salinger‚ a seventeen year old boy named Holden has a different perspective on everyone he meets. Everyone Holden meets he thinks of them as a phonie. By him thinking that the entire society is fake‚ he starts to alienate and keeps pushing

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    In the novel‚ The Catcher in the Rye‚ the main character‚ Holden Caulfield goes through some serious emotions as depression and confusion. J.D. Salinger uses the symbol of a carousel to suggest that innocene and life of a child can’t be held on forever and maturing is part of life. Salinger introduces the carousel at the end of the novel. In chapter 25‚ Holden has just left Mr.Antolini’s house going to the train station to sleep on a bench at the waiting area. He then goes trolling

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    The genders play a big role throughout the novel. Holden is a very dominant male and seems to treat women as if they are nothing more then pieces of meat. He does not seem to see woman equal to men and just see them as sexual objects that are determined to serve men. Of course he doesn’t say they are obligated to do so‚ but he expects them to be directly attracted to him without even considering his age. Women in this novel are morally invaluable and definitely are not considered equal to men. Also

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    The Book‚ The Bean Trees was written by Barbara Kingsolver. Lou Ann is one of the characters in this novel. She is an innocent‚ insecure women and a fighter all in one. A cautious‚ patient‚ worrisome and caring single mother who will go to the ends of the earth to make her newborn baby‚ Dwayne Ray safe and sound in her little town of Tucson‚ Arizona. she longs for her husband and expresses her conviction that marriages and love should last forever but then she is introduced to Taylor Greer‚ who

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    Do you believe in happy endings? The majority of J.D. Salinger’s book‚ “Catcher in the Rye”‚ certainly makes readers believe he doesn’t. “Catcher in the Rye” is a story about a misanthropic‚ 16 year old named Holden Caulfield. Holden has just been kicked out‚ or “gotten the ax” from yet another school‚ called Pencey Prep. He leaves Pencey early‚ and spends a few nights out in New York City‚ meeting up with old acquaintances and generally hating adulthood. Thankfully‚ the ending to Holden’s account

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    When one pushes people away consistently‚ it is to protect themselves. In the Catcher in the Rye‚ J.D Salinger’s protagonist‚ Holden Caulfield‚ creates reoccurring gestures of isolation throughout the novel. Holden’s behaviour clearly suggests the requirement of love and affection‚ however‚ fails to generate the opportunity to maintain a formulated conversation. During his childhood‚ Holden becomes emotionally scarred because the only person he likes‚ his brother Allie‚ dies. Which brings him to

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    The Catcher within the Rye. The allegory. fictional character. Harry Potter. The Diary of Anne Frank. Animal Farm. To Kill a Mimus polyglotktos. The Leonardo Code. The Grapes of Wrath. These literary classics are important to the education of the many‚ particularly youngsters and adolescents. These nice novels each teach vital values and educate youngsters regarding international affairs and classic themes. sadly‚ every of those novels has been illegal at one purpose in time. several of those classic

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    In Barbara Kingsolver’s novel The Bean Trees‚ Taylor buys a picture book-about a farmer planting carrots under his rug-for Turtle‚ her adopted daughter‚ "who had managed to get through her whole life without a book”(Kingsolver 82). Although Taylor feels very proud of herself for providing educational resources for Turtle‚ Taylor admits that she has no money to buy more than two books‚ and her friend Mattie‚ who knows well about how childhood education influences children’s lives‚ is "concerned that

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