Crazy

Have you ever wondered what this crazy Baby Food Diet is? You may have heard it on the television or through the pages of glossy magazines. It is the latest diet regime initiated by Hollywood celebrities that is becoming popular even to the average Joe. Why is this? Well it's the principle behind it; eating smaller healthier portion throughout the day. Spot on! You have heard it before so why should it make any difference. Many of us live busy lifestyles and cooking meals is look upon as too…

Lost Innocence in the Catcher in the Rye Innocence is something that is seen as a trait in children, and can even be associated with being naive. The book ‘The Catcher in the Rye’ however, shows a different side to this. It shows how a young boy named Holden Caulfield travels around New York for 48 hours, and how he sees innocence as a godsend. The book ‘The Catcher in the Rye’ uses symbols such as the idea of being a ‘catcher in the rye’, the ducks in central park, and the Museum of Natural…

judgemental he is of everybody and everything . Holden criticizes people who are boring and people who are insecure but above all the people who Holden describes to be phony he carries a liking for passing the judgement to such a high level that it makes is crazy funny . Holden speculates that people hate him and are so stupid…

Throughout the song “Help!” by the Beatles, the singer is directly calling for assistance to get back up for the hardships in life that have brought him down. Related to the protagonist from Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye, Holden is also in need of help. The lyrics: “Help me get my feet back on the ground Won't you please, please help me”, demonstrates the singers signal for assistance, since he is pleading for guidance. Holden’s main hardships throughout the course of the book were fearing…

Too Crazy to not be Random Chance I have always tried to be accepting of other people’s ideas and habits, but one issue I have always struggled with is those of drugs and underage drinking. When I was a child had had the best—worst example as to why I should avoid these substances. My father was a very heavy smoker and drinker, and these habits of his has given him three heart attacks and a divorce by hitting my mother while intoxicated. My mother always preached to us to not fall victim to our…

Holden hates the phony adult world, so he wants to save every child from stepping into it. Therefore, Holden expresses his feelings to Phoebe that he wants to be the Catcher in the Rye. Holden says, “I keep picturing all these little kids…. I know its crazy” (Pg. 173). Holden proclaims that the only job he wants to do is to save children from adulthood. He imagines himself standing on the edge of the cliff and catching children when they fall in the rye. He says it ironically since the rye means…

He tells Phoebe, “I keep picturing all these little kids playing some game in this big field of rye and all…What I have to do, I have to catch everybody if they start to go over the cliff… I 'd just be the catcher in the rye and all. I know it 's crazy, but that 's the only thing I 'd really like to be” (Salinger 173). Holden realizes what his goal in life is, and he explains to his little sister that he wants to be the person to look out for all the kids who are too naïve to look out for…

the same place you were earlier. Constantly going in circles. This is the life of the average victim of mental illness who has committed a crime due to a manic episode where they were not in control of their actions. In this passage from his book, Crazy, Pete Earley highlights the flaws of the mental health system which cause these people to be stuck in an endless cycle. Through the juxtaposition of the cause and effect of an inneffective mental health system, Earley reveals that without change…

looking at this weeks topic that it was going to dense and dry and not grab my attention like some of the other weeks have done. That story I had created in my head was broken apart when I started reading Hornstein- Mavericks in the Maastricht & Who’s Crazy Now? I found this article to be really interesting because it is a topic that I spend much of my time thinking about. Western society has conditioned us to think that when someone hears voices that they have to be suffering from a mental…

Protection Through Depression “No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear” (C.S Lewis). In the novel Catcher in the Rye by J.D Salinger, the protagonist, Holden Caulfield, faces severe emotional struggles that are reflected through his actions after his younger brother’s death. An important symbol in the novel is Allie’s baseball glove, and it symbolizes Holden’s deep grief and love for his brother, Allie. Though grief is significantly represented throughout the novel, Holden’s…