Catcher

Throughout The Catcher in the Rye, written by J.D. Salinger, holden's fear of change is that change is not only everywhere, but can not be stopped . No matter how hard holden tries he will have to change his ways and become an adult. Little do we know it's already happening. Holden doesn't like change. He likes everything around him to stay the same for as long as it can. Holden often say in the novel there are many times his life changes around him. Change happens in everyone's life no…

"Life is a game, boy. Life is a game that one plays according to the rules." The quote comes from the novel "Catcher in the Rye" by J.D. Salinger and takes place in Mr. Spencer's house. Holden is leaving Pencey, but before he does he visits his history teacher Mr. Spencer to say good bye. The meeting lasts longer than expected and Holden finds himself stuck listening to Mr. Spencer lecture him after going over his essay. Mr. Spencer describes to Holden that "life is a game" and is made up of…

older they start to lose their innocence and try hard to fit in with their peers. The Catcher In The Rye reveals many aspects of the time period of which it was written. One of the biggest coherent aspect is the idealistic nature of everything in the novel. Holden is guided through the events in his life based on ideals. He doesn't really think about what he does, but chooses based on his beliefs. The Catcher In The Rye shows several distinct beliefs about society. Salinger uses many of…

in Vietnamese. In my view, language and writing style is very important to make a good book or paper. That is the reason why every have to be censored before publish. Have you ever read a book which is banned? Me? Yes, I have. That book is: “ The catcher in rye”. Why did people ban it? They must have some reasons. It’s because of it language. I cannot believed it used to be banned, and how it affects to the literature theme and even people daily life in 1950’s until 1980’s. You maybe wonder how…

The Catcher in the Rye is a classic novel because of its complexity and characters that reveal certain facets of the antagonist Holden Caulfield’s character. Students should read this novel for an example of a seemingly simple book with many examples of symbolism throughout the novel. Also, The Catcher in the Rye is set in post-WW II America, a very important time in America’s history because of its vast economic growth and advances. This book should be read by high school students, as it does…

The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger, a troubled teen, Holden Caulfield, sets a voice for younger generations as he struggles through the curved pathway to adulthood. Holden gets kicked out of Pencey Prep, ventures through the streets of New York, and confronts the issues of conformity in society. Author Jerome David Salinger is similar to Holden 's unconscious struggles and his literately works can be scrutinized to figure out Salinger and Holden’s similarities. In the story The Catcher…

(B) Catcher and the Rye – J.D. Salinger The purpose of this essay is to show Holden’s Progression from a state of innocence to one of experience. The study guide defines a bildungsroman as “…a novel which is an account of the youthful development of a hero. It describes the processes by which maturity is achieved through various ups and downs of life. ” (Byrne et.al, 2012: 55). However Holden is an unusual protagonist because his central goal is to resist the process of maturity through many…

The plot of The Catcher in the Rye concerns the three-day odyssey of Holden Caulfield after he has been expelled from Pencey Prep for bad grades and general irresponsibility. At the beginning of the story, Holden is in a sanitarium in California, recovering from a mental breakdown. He says that he is not going to tell his life-story but just the story of “this madman stuff that happened to me around last Christmas just before I got pretty run-down and had to come out here and take it easy”(p.5)…

“Certain things, they should stay the way they are. You ought to be able to stick them in one of those big glass cases and just leave them alone.” - J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye. The Catcher in The Rye is a novel about a 17 year old boy living in a “phony” world who ventures throughout the streets of New York to possibly find purity. J.D. Salinger’s reason for writing such a controversial novel was to appeal to the teenage mind. Holden is sexually confused and struggles expressing his…

because, they were trying to keep people from seeing one word or multiple sections that suggested offensive manner. Many people believe that the novel the Catcher in the Rye written in 1951 by J.D Salinger deserves to be banned from the public eye because of the intensity and impureness of the situations the characters of this book go through. The Catcher in the Rye is about a 16 year old named Holden Caulfield, who tells a story to the readers while held within a psychiatric institution. He…