D. Salinger‚ the protagonist‚ Holden Caulfield‚ is a highly reliable narrator or the storyline. Holden communicates his emotions truly and leaves them embedded in the text uncensored throughout the text. For example‚ upon meeting two nuns in a restaurant in New York City‚ he genuinely states that he “enjoyed talking to them a lot… [he] meant it‚ too” (Salinger 112). This quote represents how Holden strongly reveals any true emotions he feels to the reader. Holden also does not cease to inform readers
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Rye by J.D. Salinger‚ Holden Caulfield is a 16 year old boy from New York City. He recently got the ax from his school‚ Pencey Prep‚ for failing four classes. He ends up roaming around the streets of New York City for three days‚ after leaving school early for Winter Break. Through Holden’s adventures‚ he becomes addicted to smoking‚ drinking and going out to night clubs. This conclusion leads me to think that he has the common issues that teens deal with daily. Although Holden secludes himself from
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Salinger ’s The Catcher in the Rye‚ the narrator‚ Holden Caulfield‚ is an unreliable narrator. Discuss and analyze the text to support your argument. “I’m the most terrific liar you ever saw in your life” (Salinger 14). JD Salinger’s character Holden Caulfield admits himself that he is unreliable. The author portrays Holden as a teenage boy that brobdingnagianly lies to people that he doesn’t know. This makes the reader question if he lying to us? Holden does lie on many occasions‚ but usually it is
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others. Some people have many problems‚ and then there is Holden Caulfield. J.D. Salinger in The Catcher in the Rye‚ shows Holden as someone who has a great amount of problems. Holden’s little brother Allie died when he was young‚ and Holden has been kicked out of multiple schools. Holden is hypocritical throughout the book in various ways‚ showing that he is very confused. Holden says one thing but does the other various times in the book. Holden is like no other person‚ he ran away from home after being
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From the beginning of Catcher in the Rye‚ Holden Caulfield has kept himself on the outskirts of society. The first time he really demonstrates this is on page 5‚ when he’s describing the view from on top of Thomsen Hill. Everyone is at the game‚ screaming and cheering for Pencey to win. He had just gotten kicked out of Pencey Prep for failing four of his five classes‚ so him standing on top of the hill is both a literal and metaphorical statement of how he doesn’t belong there. By being physically
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Holden Caulfield is your regular teenage guy‚ or so he longs to be. Throughout J.D Salinger’s entire novel‚ The Catcher in the Rye‚ we see clear evidence that Holden is alienated from most people‚ and that he does this by choice. Our narrator sees the adult world as a dirty‚ perverted place‚ full of phonies and hate; thus the only people who are ‘acceptable’ to him‚ are children who are still pure and ‘clean’. Very early in the first chapter‚ Holden begins to express his solitude. “Anyway‚ it was
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In The Catcher and the Rye by J.D. Salinger‚ the protagonist Holden Caulfield experiences myriad personal difficulties originating from the tragic event of his brother’s death from cancer. Subsequently‚ his perspective towards the whole world has deteriorated into a pessimistic attitude‚ derived from his own personal sense of inferiority. As a result‚ Holden feels isolated and alone. In his desire to feel connected to someone‚ he travels home to visit his sister‚ Phoebe‚ hoping to receive emotional
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Holden Caulfield is a teenage boy whom fails to find human connection‚ this sense of alienation makes it clear that Holden is victim to the American dream. The American dream is the idea that through hard work and determination it is possible for anyone to become prosperous and wealthy. This prosperity should naturally lead to happiness‚ which in turn suggests that‚ the American dream is actually about achieving fulfilment. ‘The catcher in the Rye’ is a novel written by J.D. Salinger in 1951‚ J.D
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Caroline Dillon 5/15/13 Mrs. Lynch Period 3 While reading The Catcher in the Rye‚ Holden Claufield suffers from abnormal behavior. It’s safe to say that Holden doesn’t exactly act like a normal teenager does. Holden suffers from bipolar disorder. A mental illness which causes you to be depressed‚ feeling low and useless‚ as well as manic behavior that causes him to be sleepless‚ irrational‚ and act out with wild behavior. Bipolar disorder can be expressed as a manic-depressive illness. It is
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Salinger’s coming of age story‚ The Catcher in the Rye‚ protagonist Holden Caulfield comes from a very wealthy Manhattan family that sends him to different boarding schools‚ no matter how many times he flunks out. There are numerous similarities between Dill and Holden‚ namely the hardships they each face‚ including a great loss of innocence. Holden loses his innocence when his brother‚ Allie‚ dies. Allie is one of the only people Holden cared about‚ and he struggles with the idea of his beloved brother
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