I think Holden Caufield is one of the few sane characters in The Catcher in the Rye. List reasons why you think Holden is sane‚ or normal compared to the average teenager. I think holden is sane because he is like most other teens. They deal with emotions‚ mood swings‚ relationships with others‚ etc List some other characters and show how they are stranger than Holden. Mr. Antolini- holden awoke to him patting/petting his head‚ then asking holden not to leave afterward. P.192-193
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Holden Caulfield and Sally Hayes after ice skating scene: (Holden and Sally are sitting in a coffee shop right next to the ice skating rink in Central Park making small talk‚ when Holden comes up with an idea) Holden: Sally‚ I got this idea. Okay so I got this idea that maybe you and I could get the hell out of here. Sally: Out of this coffee shop? Why the hell would we wanna do that? Its cold outside‚ and I don’t need to be home for another two hours. Holden: No‚ no‚ no! Sally‚ don’t be ridiculous
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untouchable childhood memories that will never change even when you grow up. When Holden and Phoebe get closer to the Central Park Carrousel‚ Holden hears the Carrousel music; “It played that same song about fifty years ago when I was a little kid” (Salinger 231). The hyperbole of “fifty years” represents Holden’s love of childhood which for him seems so long ago. Holden misses his childhood and all that comes with it. Holden is saying that his childhood was “fifty years ago” because now he has to be an
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Introduction” (1963). He published his last work in 1965‚ called "Hapworth 16‚ 1924" Holden Caulfield‚ who is the narrator and protagonist of the story‚ begins the narrating in Agerstown‚ Pennsylvania‚ at his former boarding school Pencey Prep. The majority of the story later takes place in New York City during Christmas‚ shortly after the Second World War somewhere between 1940 and 1950. In the story you get to follow Holden through various famous landmarks throughout New York City‚ such as Central Park
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something is not always the easiest task. People do not have control over what a child may hear or see. Children lose their pureness as they mature and explore the world. In the novel‚ The Catcher in the Rye‚ by Jerome David Salinger‚ the protagonist Holden Caulfield‚ finds himself the protector of innocence. There are substantial symbols that are beneficial to signify the theme of innocence throughout the novel. These symbols include‚ the Museum of Natural History‚ which is a place of innocence‚ children
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with them. Holden Caulfield is no exception. After losing his younger brother‚ Allie‚ to leukemia 3 years prior‚ Holden‚ a 16-year-old academic dropout‚ has successfully isolated himself from any meaningful relationships that he could possibly lose. The Catcher in the Rye‚ by J. D. Salinger‚ explores the build up and the tear down of emotional barriers that come after experiencing grief and loss. In a time of confusion and pain‚ alienation as a form of self-protection seems logical for Holden‚ but as
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in first person point of view by Holden Caulfield. Holden Caulfield is a student at Pencey Prep. Holden had failed all but one of his classes and has received a letter saying he is being kicked out.Holden shares a dorm with a kid named Stradlater‚ and has a next-door-mate named Ackley. Holden’s roommate goes on a date with a girl named Jane‚ who holden dated earlier and still likes. Holden questions Stradlater when he comes back. Stradlater makes fun of Holden‚ and tells him he gave her the time
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In this bildungsroman novel‚ The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger‚ Holden Caulfield believes that there is adolescence and adulthood‚ and he is so frightened of being categorized in the adulthood category that he goes to extremes to alienate himself from the population. He refuses to conform to the norm of American adulthood through his wild‚ immaturely driven thoughts and isolated feelings of others. Holden sees many people and many things throughout this book‚ most of them he shakes his head
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The Catcher in the Rye Analysis J. D. Salinger presents an image of an atypical adolescent boy in The Catcher in the Rye. Holden is much more than a troubled teen who just going through "a phase." Holden is a very special boy with special needs. He doesn’t understand and doesn’t wish to understand the world around him. In fact most of the book details his guilty admissions of all the knowledge he knows but wishes he didn’t. The Catcher in the Rye has many themes‚ but they all focus on the message
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His viewpoints are seen in the book through the eyes of young Holden Caulfield. This novel demonstrates modern-day dilemmas and complications that teenagers confront in life. Throughout this novel‚ Holden Caufield‚ the protagonist shows signs of clinical depression mourning over the death of his younger brother Allie which caused him to have a slight case of Tropophobia. There are many instances that sustain evidence against Holden Caufield’s depression which expose his continuous thoughts of suicide
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