Suitcases Holden finds it depressing when he sees people with inexpensive suitcases. He elaborates on the suitcases because he notices that people judge each other based on their belongings. He is saying how people judge just by their first impressions. Having a nice and expensive suitcase meant that you were high class. They symbolizes the social status. This may be referred to prejudice based on the things. The suitcase could be a metaphor for someone’s life. Since he makes the connection
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Impact after Death By caleb anderson I think Allie influenced Holden the most in the novel. Allie‚ Holden’s younger brother‚ died of Leukemia when Holden was thirteen. Holden feels guilty after the death and blames himself for what happened‚ although there was nothing he or anyone else could do to prevent it. Allie’s death was one of the most traumatic experiences of Holden’s life and it impacted him in a negative way. Holden Caulfield‚ like every teenager‚ deals with adolescent struggles but
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Holden Caulfeild is the main character of J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye. Holden is portrayed as a very troubled and alienated young boy. He alienates himself to protect himself from the hurt of losing his brother Allie‚ the pain of growing up‚ and the phoniness of the adult world. Holden grieves the loss of his beloved little brother by thinking of everyone else as not good enough. He wants to fit into this new world he’s coming into as he’s growing up‚ but he can’t find a place for himself
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Holden knows that his plan is impossible‚ it is a comforting daydream born out of desperation; Holden resorts to fantasy because his desires ultimately contradict. Holden begins this passage gripped by paranoia that he will “never get to the other side of the street”(217) and that “nobody’d ever see [him] again”(217). Sweating through his shirt‚ he becomes so distressed that he begins to plead with Allie to save him‚ despite the fact that he considers the interaction “make believe”(218). Although
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them as a normal person‚ but some main characters show to be anti-heroic. Holden Caulfield from J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in The Rye and Naomi Nickel from Miriam Toews’ A Complicated Kindness show they are anti-heroes. Not being able to comply with society’s expectations and acting rebellious are what negative traits these two possess‚ but show a softer side from their compassionate personality and actions. Although both Holden and Naomi possess negative characteristics‚ which suits the anti-hero‚
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Introduction: Title: About a Girl Author: Joanne Horniman Genre: Teenage Romance • Story Outline: This follower the story of a girl called (protagonist) ‘Anna’. She moves to another town and is instantly attracted to this woman called ‘Flynn’ (Rosie). They have quite an intense relationship‚ but when Flynn is hiding a secret from her‚ Anna goes out of her way to find out what it might be. Anna is conflicted if Flynn will ever leave her and whether or not
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The Catcher in the Rye - ‘Holden Caufield is an Island’ John Donne’s quote‚ ‘No man is an island’ connects quite directly to Holden Caulfield in ‘The Catcher in the Rye.’ Holden’s character is very relative to themes such as isolation‚ loneliness and non-conformity. Holden has a very distinct character; he has many features‚ which would describe him as quite a lonely‚ cynical young man. It is evident that a past of his has had such an effect on him that the adolescence he has become quite
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Holden Caulfield’s State of Mind The Catcher in the Rye Close to the end of the novel‚ Holden Caulfield is on the verge of another emotional breakdown. There are many factors which contributed to Holden’s state of mind such as Allie’s death‚ his expulsion from Pencey Prep school and the incident with Mr. Antolini. These incidents all contributed to Holden’s emotionally unstable state of mind in "The Catcher in the Rye"�. Allie’s death‚ I feel‚ is the root of all of Holden’s emotional problems. Holden
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am checking out a customer I hear a child scream. I turn around and see a teenage girl with blonde curly hair with one child on her hip and another one holding her hand demanding a donut. She crouches down and quickly talks him down‚ promising that each boy could get a piece of candy for after their nap. I watch her as she walks to the ordering screen‚ the older child instantly starts touching all the buttons‚ she does not get angry as I would have expected from someone her age. Instead she explains
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In the book The Catcher In The Rye‚ Holden Caulfield‚ a teenage boy that gets kicked out of Pencey High School‚ is introduced to us. After he gets kicked out of the high school‚ Holden makes a journey back to return to his family‚ who lives in New York. From the last day in his dorm‚ to the day that he gets home‚ he exhibits characteristics that prove to us that he is indeed a real teen character. These characteristics don’t have to be from a modern
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