Comparison and Contrast Essay A Separate Peace and The Catcher in the Rye The coming of age novels‚ The Catcher in the Rye‚ written by J.D. Salinger‚ and A Separate Peace‚ written by John Knowles‚ both interpret the lives of adolescent boys journeying through their conflicts and inner confusion to reach the level of maturity. Salinger and Knowles both discern the literal ways a typical teenager grows up with the help of literary elements such as plot‚ setting‚ character development‚ conflicts
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Discussion Questions to Consider from The Catcher in the Rye 1. The Catcher in the Rye centers on a young man – can women relate to this novel‚ too? What about Holden is gender-specific‚ and what is common to all teenagers? Women can relate Common to all teenagers Rebellious nature Negative thoughts Feeling inferiority Illusion of Future Curiosity Not belonging Gender-specific Not as impulsiveness as girls 2. Let’s talk about the ending to the Catcher in the Rye. Is it optimistic? Negative? Gloomy
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Quiz Makeup Chapters 1-11 Holden Caulfield seems to be a troubled kid who keeps having to leave the school he is attending. He has just flunked out of Pensey Prep School because he was not applying himself. Holden goes to tell his former history teach Mr. Spencer goodbye. Mr. Spencer annoys Holden by reminding him that he flunked him and forces him to read his horrible essay he had written. Holden is in his room reading Out of Africa when one of the students Ackley comes into his room. Ackley stays
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Stradlater’s composition is supposed to be about a room in a house that can be described. Holden decides to write about his dead brother’s baseball glove because he is deeply depressed about his death and has not come to terms with his grief over the loss of his brother. Allie’s glove‚ with the green writing on it‚ is symbolic of isolation. Allie felt separate from his teammates while playing baseball. Instead of paying attention to the game‚ he would write poetry on his glove while playing the outfield
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In the novel‚ “The Catcher in the Rye” written by J.D.Salinger‚ it can be agreed that the main character Holden is not the least bit normal. The perception of Holden is easily identified‚ he is a lonesome and complicated character. So much so‚ that he constantly refers to himself as a “madman”. Yet‚ despite his desire to detach himself from society‚ he still takes the effort to communicate with others‚ especially females. Jane Gallagher and Sally Hayes are the most prominent female characters presented
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Within The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger‚ Holden’s childhood and past are depicted containing happiness‚ hope‚ and optimism(shown in yellow containing Jane ‚with the game of checkers‚ Allie‚and Phoebe). Holden thus clings to his childhood as a source of his happiness‚ as he views his current reality(depicted in purple) with cynicism and pessimism. (represented by the piano for his pessimism towards “phony” musicians‚ and by Sally’s “phony” conversation with George) Holden‚ however‚ isolates
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Chapter 1 begins with the main character‚ Holden‚ talking about his family. His busy parents and his Hollywood writer brother D.B.. Holden then discusses his school Pencey Prep which he believes to be overrated. Holden is the fencing teams manager and is ostracized by the team for forgetting the fencing gear. Every year Pencey Prep has a big football game‚ but Holden does not attend it because he planned to meet with his history teacher Old Spencer. The reason for this meeting is that Holden had
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The Catcher In the Rye: First Person Narration is Critical In J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye‚ the first person narration is critical in helping the reader to know and understand the main character‚ Holden Caulfield. Holden‚ in his narration‚ relates a flashback of a significant period of his life‚ three days and nights on his own in New York City. Through his narration‚ Holden discloses to the reader his innermost thoughts and feelings. He thus provides the reader not only with information
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Use Of Symbolism In "The Catcher In The Rye" and "The Great Gatsby" There are many writers like James Joyce‚ Patrick Kananach and Thomas Moore who use symbolism to convey and support indirect meaning in their writings. J.D. Salinger and F. Scott Fitzgerald both use symbolism in similar ways. In both "The Catcher In The Rye" and "The Great Gatsby"‚ the authors used symbolism to convey emotions and reality. In "The Catcher In The Rye"‚ J.D. Salinger uses Holden’s red hunting cap‚ the exhibits
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Caulfield plays a timeless character in the sense that his way of life is common for the American teenager‚ in his time as well as now. Today parents dread the terrible and confusing adolescent years of their child’s life. In J.D. Salinger’s book‚ The Catcher in the Rye‚ Holden is in this terrible and confusing point of his life. At this point in his life‚ as well as in modern teenager’s lives‚ a transition occurs‚ from child to adult. Holden takes this change particularly rough and develops a typical
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