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    depression in daily life. Depression is a state of feeling sad. People has the depression when they feel very sad‚ hopeless‚ and unimportant and often is unable to live in a normal way. In the book‚ Catcher in the Rye‚ the author describes how holden feel depression which put him in mental school. Holden is the main character in the book. He is a young teenager that grows in California. He has a mental problem since his brother dead. The depression of the teenager is still going around in this day

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    At certain points‚ lying isn’t always so bad. In the novel‚ Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger‚ begins with a teenage boy named Holden Caulfield narrating a story about himself. The story consists of him being kicked out of school‚ nostalgia‚ dealing with phonies‚ and innocence. It also focuses on children’s innocence‚ as for the adults they’re mostly tainted throughout the book. Holden finds the little things about children cheers him up in way‚ as for adults who are mostly considered “phonies”

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    coming-of-age novel The Catcher in the Rye. Fear is demonstrated through the actions of protagonist Holden Caulfield‚ he is afraid of losing his innocence and wishes he could remain an innocent child. It seems as if its hard for him to face the responsibilities that come when people get older. Holden has been continuously kicked out of schools for failing classes and thats

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    In the book I am reading The Catcher In The Rye a lot happen in the last few chapters. The first thing that happen was Holden meet up with his old acquaintance of his for a drink. He ended up getting drunk. He left the bar and walked to central park and while he was in the park he decided to finally go home and see his sister. He snuck into his house and went to his sister’s room and he woke her up. She was really excited to see him. After that Holden called one of his old teachers at one of his

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    Comparison of Similar Characters In both the Gus Van Sant directed film Good Will Hunting and J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye‚ the antagonists are trying to find the true value of life. While the film is not by any means the visual for the novel‚ the two are often compared most typically because of the antagonists. Both Holden Caulfield and Will Hunting are both capable of exceeding in the world‚ but their cruel living styles act as setbacks to whatever beholds in their respective futures

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    D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye is coming to age story with an unhappy ending that captured the adoration of people across the decades from 1951‚ when it was first published‚ to the present. While Holden himself is an unlikable protagonist‚ he is a relatable one. He doesn’t want to grow up‚ no one does. He thinks everyone is phony‚ everyone does. Holden is holds as much relevance to the teenagers of the world today as he did in the 1940’s. He doesn’t want to grow up. Holden is scared of adulthood

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    “Happiness is not something already made. It comes from your actions” –Dalai Lama J.D. Salinger’s world-renowned book The Catcher in the Rye and director Sean Penn’s dramatic feature film Into the Wild both give us a unique perspective of society through a collection of descriptive imagery and riveting plot development. Both materials present us with protagonists Holden Caulfield and Chris McCandless‚ whom are deeply encompassed by self-introspection and who seem to be on a quest to find true

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    ICM met with Ms. Holden at her residence in an effort to monitor her education and employment goals. During this encounter‚ ICM followed up with Ms. Holden to see how her child custody hearing went. Ms. Holden informed ICM that the case was dismissed due to her failure to appear at the court hearing. She stated that she was uncertain of the court date and as a result she missed the hearing. ICM talked with Ms. Holden about keeping a better record of her appointments and provided her with suggestions

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    This is the case with Holden Caulfield‚ J.D. Salinger’s main character in the book The Catcher In the Rye‚ a adolescent boy conflicted with his own feelings of isolation and alienation. This is made apparent by his lack of friends‚ his attempts to be accepted by others‚ and his longing for his dead older brother. In Holden’s eyes‚ everyone is either “corny” or “phony”. He perceives a person to be this way if they do not act naturally and follow

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    this part of The Catcher In the RyeHolden is talking to Phoebe about his possible future careers‚ however his choice in career reflects Holden’s affinity for all things innocent and his will to a protector of them. Holden remembers a part of a Robert Burns poem incorrectly as "if a body catch a body coming through the rye" this causes him to imagine himself saving children by "catch[ing] them" before they "go over the cliff." Ironically‚ the poem itself is about casual sex‚ yet Holden interprets it

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