Salinger began writing short stories while in secondary school and published several stories in the early 1940s before serving in World War II. J. D. Salinger’s first novel‚ The Catcher in the Rye‚ has caused quite a controversy in the literary community over its distasteful language and adult situations.The Catcher in the Rye is written in a subjective style from the point of view of its protagonist‚ Holden Caulfield‚ following his exact thought processesThe majority of the novel takes place in December
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The Catcher in the Rye Holden Caulfield in‚ The Catcher in the Rye‚ written by J.D. Salinger‚ lives a troubled life of not really caring about the repercussions of his actions. Holden’s beliefs on life are very narrow minded and he is very judgmental of everyone around him. Holden also has a strong belief that mostly everyone in the world is a phony. This ties into Holden’s wants of becoming a catcher in the rye when he is older. In the future Holden wants to become the catcher in the rye to
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“Characters and how they interrelate is the main focus of the novel.” To what extent do you agree with this view? To a significant extent I agree with the viewpoint that in “Catcher in the Rye” by J.D Salinger “characters and how they interrelate is the main focus of the novel”. This relates with the fact that the protagonist of the story‚ Holden Caulfield’s perceptions of life and of society and the main themes and motifs are all derived off of and presented through character interrelation
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The Catcher in the Rye “Is The Catcher in the Rye‚ as a work of literature still relevant for today’s youth?” Name: Sara Sigurdson Course: English A1 Supervisor: Mr. Peter Steadman Word count: 3851 Candidate number: 00136022 Table of Contents Content Page Number Abstract 3 Introduction 4 The Actual Catcher in the Rye 4 The Sexual Matter 5 The Caulfield Family 6 Narrator and Protagonist 8 Role Model 9 Mr. Antolini 10 Targeted Audience 10 Guidance 12
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Research pap. Catcher in the Rye is a book of many themes of many different types of different things. The main character of the book is Holden Caulfield‚ this guy has major problems. He’s alone and he knows it‚ he hates everyone and judges them too. Some themes of this story are the sadness‚ the lies and deceit‚ and Holden’s youth. Every one of these themes describe Holden in different ways‚ mostly it describes what he’s like. SADNESS Sadness permeates The Catcher in the Rye. Main character
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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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Reflection in The Catcher in the Rye In 1981‚ The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger was simultaneously the most frequently censored novel and the second-most frequently taught novel in American high schools (Andrychuk 6). The main protagonist of the novel is Holden Caulfield‚ a 16-year old boy who smokes like a chimney‚ swears like a sailor‚ and drinks to deal with his angst. He is also the narrator of his own story‚ telling the tale of the 48 hours he spent in New York City after getting expelled
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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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Study – Comparative Texts Which techniques do J. D. 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
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Society establishes their own rules of morality‚ but would they be accepted in these days? Mark Twain once wrote that Huckleberry Finn is a boy of “sound heart and deformed conscience”. Twain is saying that Huck is a good person‚ but his society has twisted him so that his conscience gives him bad advice. In the novel‚ Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain‚ Huck is a young boy torn between what society expects of him and what his heart tells him is right. The overall influence that has deformed
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