Liking Holden Caulfield J.D. Salinger’s 1951 novel The Catcher in the Rye is considered by Time magazine to be one of the best novels of the 20th century. It has been banned more times than you could possibly count – which is no surprise‚ due to the abundance of profanity‚ under-age drinking‚ and elements of prostitution. Since its publication‚ The Catcher in the Rye has sold more than 20 million copies. Its themes of teen angst and alienation continue to entice audiences today. The Catcher in
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Can Holden be the Catcher in the rye? What is J.D Salinger trying to convey with his novel about a angsty teenage boy? Is the novel attempting to convey that the intelligent are alienated for their intelligence or that the intelligent alienate themselves‚ because they’re own self-awareness and understanding of others in their society is too much to handle? The standards and conventions of a society are major factors in the development of a person’s psychological and emotional being. Through our
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main character Holden Caulfield. Many Americans in the mid 1900’s saw Holden as a corrupt and disturbed person. “He is a drifter‚ a wanderer‚ an adventurer who seeks not adventure but smut and the negative satisfaction of a negative rebellion” (Moore 34). However‚ this is not necessarily a valid statement. In some lights‚ Holden’s surface character comes across in an unfavorable fashion. Nonetheless‚ when his life and personality are dissected‚ it becomes evident that
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the world. On Page 183 Holden says ‘you could tell the two hot- shots I was with weren’t enjoying it too much. They stayed close as hell to me‚ and the one that didn’t talk at all practically was holding onto my sleeve’. Holden calls them ‘hot shots’ because they acted phony by bunking school and then lying about there being no school. (P182). Throughout the novel‚ Holden seems to have a problem with the whole idea of ‘phoniness’‚ yet at times‚ he himself acts phony. Holden considers movies to be
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life being shown through a teenage boy‚ Holden Caulfield. Like Salinger in the novel Holden jumps from prep school to prep school not finishing each time‚ however excels in English classes. Holden’s life in the novel shook the nation with controversy and curiosity. Illustrated in the text it conveys extreme depression‚ sexual tension‚ love‚ and lewd language. Holden attempts to see the “phony” world through a new light‚ however fails due to the type of person he is‚ his troubled background‚ sexual confusion
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experiences‚ our childhood and several defining events. But more often than not society tries to shape someone’s identity into something that they aren’t. There are several examples of this constant battle between the people and society in The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger. Holden Caulfield is the prime example of this struggle there are several points in the story where he tries his hardest to fit into the unreasonable standards set by society‚ but eventually comes to the realization that he cannot
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Holden Caulfield is a sixteen-year-old boy who has to deal with all of the toils of growing up‚ while dealing with the loss of his younger brother and an unstable home. The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger is a story about a boy who alienates himself from people he loves and knows as a form of protection from being hurt. The main reason that Holden acts this way is because he is still dealing with the loss of his brother‚ Allie. “I was only thirteen‚ and they were going to have my psychoanalyzed
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someone is young‚ they tend to have innocence about them. As children grow up‚ they no longer possess this natural innocence. Exposure to all of the hatred in the world causes this loss. Holden Caulfield realizes this simple fact‚ as he himself grows up‚ and has a difficult time with the change. He experiences problems with communication as well as his school work. A common theme used throughout The Catcher in the Rye has to do with contradictions Holden makes. In J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the
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44-70% of them do not receive any treatment. Catcher in the Rye‚ by J.D. Salinger‚ displays a perfect example of a teenager going through chronic depression and their use of different coping methods which eventually leads to a mental breakdown. This teenager‚ Holden Caulfield‚ psychologically crumbles under manic depression through a series of agonizing events. These events truly affect his psychological state and eventually separates him from his chance of regaining his mental health. Holden Caulfield
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Amelia Lee Freeland 1/2 Who is Holden Caulfield? Many adolescents struggle with finding who they are and how they fit into this world. According to Lewis Judd ’s “The Normal Psychological Development of the American Adolescent‚” adolescents develop a sense of self-concept through the means of experimentation‚ daydreams‚ and in actual or physical activities. Holden Caulfield‚ in The Catcher in the Rye‚ is one such example. Troubled by the early death of his brother‚ Allie‚ and
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