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    The Catcher’s Illness It is said that there is nothing more depressing than somebody that has it all but is still unhappy‚ and this thought can be examined in the young men and women of America maybe better than anywhere else. Young adults who already have wealth‚ talent‚ and sight of a positive future‚ but feel alienated‚ depressed‚ and are overall mentally unhealthy‚ are a norm in American society. The novel Catcher in the Rye by J.D Salinger is written in part to describes this type of depression

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    J.D. Salinger explores the difficulties associated with the passage from youth to adulthood in his novel‚ The Catcher in the Rye. The author especially highlights the importance people staying connected to others in order to make a mentally healthy and successful life transition. Holden Caulfield‚ the protagonist in the novel‚ is desperately clinging to his youth. Holden is obsessed with the phony nature of adults and judges the people around him based upon their degree of insincerity‚ two-facedness

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    There are about 7 different stages of grief. These are guilt‚ depression‚ denial and throughout time acceptance will come. You can see different stages of grief in The Catcher in the rye more specifically‚ Holden. Three stages are seen more as holden through the process of accepting his loss. In this story‚ The Catcher in The Rye‚ holden goes through many stages of grief which are Anger‚ Denial depression‚ after the his brother Allie passed away. 2 stages such as anger and denial. The most

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    A symbol is defined as an object that represents something abstract by association‚ resemblance‚ or convention. In J.D. Salinger’s novel The Catcher in the Rye‚ Salinger uses a vinyl record to represent Holden Caulfield’s belief of childhood innocence. Throughout the novel‚ Holden maintains the belief that adults are evil and “phony”‚ while young children are immaculate. In chapter 16‚ Holden purchases an LP record for his younger sister‚ Phoebe. Holden describes the artist‚ Estelle Fletcher

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    Since You’ve Been Gone “It’s hard being left behind. (...) It’s hard to be the one who stays.” Audrey Niffenegger (American writer‚ artist‚ and academic). Holden (our main character) begins to emotionally withdraw himself from society after the death of his beloved brother Allie. The Catcher in the Rye‚ written by J. D. Salinger‚ illustrates the themes of innocence‚ melancholy‚ and detachment from society. Using Holden Caulfield as an instrument in his master plan‚ Salinger sees that the common

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    The Catcher in the Rye Rough draft Essay Prompt: One of the strongest human drives seems to be a desire for power. Write an essay in which you discuss how a character in a novel or a drama struggles to free himself or herself from the power of others or seek to gain power over others. Be sure to demonstrate in your essay how the author uses their power struggles to enhance the meaning of the work. (2005 Form B) In the book The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger‚ Salinger demonstrates the struggles

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    Holden's Downfall

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    In the dynamic novel‚ The Catcher in the Rye created by J.D. Salinger‚ portrayed Holden as a dishonest boy with sloth‚ pride‚ and wrath that caused trouble for him. With this thought in mind‚ Holden did not care to apply himself in school; soon you see sloth in him and his grades suffer because of that. Holden wrote about his life‚ school‚ and how he failed most of his classes. He even said‚ “I was flunking four subjects and not applying myself and all. They gave me frequent warning to start applying

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    A book is a beautiful thing. They give us sanity and imagination. Books take us to a place of many wonders. So why get rid of them? The beloved author Ray Bradbury creates a New York Times bestseller Fahrenheit 451‚ a fictional future when books are outlawed and burned. The book shows how absent-minded humans can be without books. How unimaginative we are without them. Another author‚ Bernard Malamud‚ once wrote a story named A Summer’s Reading. This story talks about a young man who has dropped

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    A psychological breakdown is like a hole. Once you fall in‚ it is hard to climb out. In J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye‚ Holden’s view of the world remains the same‚ however‚ the world around him changes. Holden’s self-isolation and the realization that he cannot save childhood innocence leads to his breakdown. Holden isolates himself from becoming close with another person as a source of self-protection‚ which ultimately plays a negative impact on his psychological state. While talking to

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    Holden Caulfield Misfit

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    Catcher in the Rye Lauryn Altman The initial publisher of Catcher in the Rye thought Holden Caulfield was insane. In the story “Catcher in the Rye” by‚ J.D. Salinger‚ Holden was a 16 year old boy who kept being sent to different boarding schools. He had gotten kicked out of a few‚ before wanting to run away and not go back to the schools. His reason for being kicked out is because everyone in his schools were phony and he did not like it. Holden and society are a misfit‚ but Holden is

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