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    J.D Salinger uses the catcher in the rye as a main symbol because he wants teenagers to relate to his book by understanding that teenagers normally have the same hardships as Holden. To be the catcher in the rye means to save other people from depression‚ “‘ If a body catch a body comin through the rye’ It made me feel better. It made me feel not so depressed any more” (115). Holden felt depressed when he was at Pencey because he couldn’t figure out how to fit in and make friends. Instead of spending

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    The Catcher In The Rye Essay Throughout the book‚ The Catcher In the Rye‚ the theme that I saw reoccurring in the novel was the painfulness of growing up. In the book there are many cases of Holden Caulfield trying to resist growing. He does not want to grow up because he’s afraid of the unknown‚ or what’s coming next in his life. In fact his main goal is to resist maturing. He is scared of the unknown and cannot handle things that are very complicated. He likes it when things are very simple

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    difficult time adjusting to it. Instead‚ Holden preferred that things stayed as it was. Even after Phoebe corrected the lyrics for Holden‚ he refused to change his interpretation. The actual words were‚ “If a body meet a body coming through the rye” (chapter 22). He took no regard to it‚ because of his fear of confronting another person‚ especially with adults. He lied to gain respect from them. During the train ride in New York with Ernest Morrow’s mother‚ Holden praised him‚ “When I first met

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    Adam Bayless English 11 Advanced Mrs. Cooke September 13‚ 2011 Importance of the Title The Catcher in the Rye In The Catcher in the Rye by J.D Salinger‚ the major plot line consist of a young teenager named Holden Caulfield who is approaching the fears of adulthood. Holden is extremely lost throughout the book not knowing how to embrace adulthood and has very little assistance from adults. The reader first sees Holden’s immature behavior through his explosion from the Pencey Prep School

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    Catcher in the Rye Analysis Catcher in the Rye takes place in the late 1940’s and early 1950’s‚ written in 1951 by J.D. Salinger. Salinger implores the reader to struggle alongside Holden Caulfield as protagonist and reader simultaneously explore the boundaries and meanings of childhood‚ innocence‚ and the duality of these two identities existing in tandem. Salinger has written Catcher in the Rye to preserve the struggle to find oneself‚ and the denial of one’s growth‚ through loss‚ experience

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    discovering new worlds‚ which are extrapolated in William Shakespeare’s 1661 tragicomedy ‘The Tempest and J.D. Salinger’s ‘Catcher in the Rye’ (1951). Shakespeare’s‘ The Tempest’‚ elucidates the transformative power of planned discoveries that manifest an individual’s desire to re-evaluate assumptions and unveil fresh insights into humanity’s moral flaws. Similarly‚ The Catcher in the Rye’ demonstrates that physical and intellectual discoveries can elicit an emotional

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    Catching a True Role The symbol of the carousel and adolescence used by J.D. Salinger in the Catcher in the Rye develop Holden’s character into a young man. Holden Caulfield is an adolescent that refuses to grow up. He begins his life in the book as a confused young man in search of saving humanity. Through the realizations Holden has‚ he is able to recognize his true role in life. Holden understands that he is not able to stop every child from taking risks‚ that allowing them to take risks is

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    ‘The Catcher in the Rye’ - Essay ‘The Catcher in the Rye’ was written by American author‚ J.D. Salinger in 1951. The book was an instant success on publication‚ and still today‚ over sixty years later‚ the novel still sells around 250‚000 copies each year. The author‚ J.D.Salinger‚ was born in New York and was a recluse from the army. After the success of the novel‚ J.D. Salinger cut himself off from society‚ and idea expressed many times by the main character‚ Holden Caulfield‚ in the novel

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    1001379 Harper AP Literature 6 November 2014 The Catcher in the Rye Typed Essay – Prompt #1 J.D. Salinger’s coming of age novel‚ The Catcher in the Rye‚ follows mental institute patient Holden Caulfield as he narrates his experiences and struggles in a world full of what he likes to call‚ “phonies” (13). Throughout the novel‚ Holden oscillates between childhood and adulthood as he desires to be “the catcher in the rye”: he hopes to “catch all the children that “start to go over the cliff” and preserve

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    In J.D. Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye‚ the main character‚ Holden‚ is explaining to the reader about his perspective on religion and the bible. He explains how he likes Jesus‚ but doesn’t "care too much for most of the other stuff in the Bible". By using vulgarism‚ the quote is important because it shows how separated and insignificant religion is to Holden. Even after the death of Allie‚ Holden decides to seek a life that doesn’t include the idea of praying towards a higher being. Despite Holden

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