The Catcher in the Rye is a story about a boy, which takes place over the course of three long days. Throughout these three long days we examine the ups and downs of a student, named Holden who attends a boarding school. He is currently failing all of his classes except english. Holden breaks the rules in his dorm by doing things such as smoking cigarettes, staying up past the curfew, overall Holden seems like a misguided kid. Holden is a character who is confused and depressed, he does not understand…
difficult and contemporary issues such as racism, genocide, classism, and difference – makes Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone uniquely valuable. While both books can be regarded as controversial due to the moral fibre of them, Catcher in the Rye, captures an adolescent protagonist wavering between childhood and adulthood. Holden Caulfield, a confused teenager, explores how adult life appears complex and incomprehensible to teenagers on the brink of entering it. Likewise, Harry Potter focuses…
student at Pencey. At times Holden also rejects himself as well as society because he fails to fit in with everyone around him. Text H also incorporates rejection into the extract, as Protagonist Huck Finn rejects religion, society and conformity. Both novels are bildungsroman’s, the two protagonists both go on a journey of self-discovery, facing many challenges along the way, helping them to mature and gain an understanding of the adult world. In text C the audience is given a glimpse of how Holden…
The Catcher in the Rye is a social commentary that criticizes the superficialness of adulthood, through the eyes of the rebellious protagonist: Holden Caulfield. Holden is an academic failure who carelessly flunked out of his preparatory school, Pencey Prep, due to intolerable grades in each of his courses except English. Holden, following his academic liberation, continues his life, traveling around, criticizing the world around him in a cynical tone, attacking the phoniness and unbearable corruption…
Independent Novel Study In today’s world, innocence cannot be preserved forever. As humans age, they lose their innocence due to the corruption that exists in society. This is demonstrated in the two novels, Catcher in the Rye and Frankenstein. The two authors, J.D. Salinger and Mary Shelley prove this statement through their use of various literary devices. Key characters in both novels- Holden and the creature- learn through personal experiences that innocence cannot, in fact, be preserved forever…
Book Analysis: The Catcher in the Rye The novel The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger is a tale told by the protagonist, Holden Caulfield. The story is set in the 1950s and adolescent Holden reflects on the events that lead him to end up in a mental hospital. Holden begins the story with how he failed out of his fourth school, Pencey Prep. He recalls some of the experiences at the school and shares about his brother dying of leukemia and how he was an innocent child. Holden then travels to New…
The Catcher in the Rye Essay #1: Literary Analysis Pain and suffering are definitely a main idea in both The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger and “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Both stories’ main characters/narrators express pain and suffering throughout the stories, thus giving the reader a gloomy, negative feeling whilst connecting with the story. The Catcher in the Rye is very discreet in showing Holden’s pain. Holden Caulfield has lived a very tragic and sad life. The…
The lack of significant friendships in both books gives a second example of how relationships become diluted in the aftermath of death. Repeatedly throughout “Catcher in the Rye”, Holden claims to want a separation from other people and to spend time by himself, yet he constantly seeks out companionship. Though the reader only gets to know Holden over a few day span, he spends a large majority of the time pursuing any and all forms of camaraderie, despite his saying otherwise. He seeks out Ackley…
the novel published date in 1951, The Catcher in the Rye has received positive and negative reviews. Despite the harsh criticism due to the “promotion of immoral views,” the novel became the most taught book in the 20th century with its addition in high school literature (“J.D. Salinger”). Salinger’s autobiographical nature and tone of the novel became the voice of a whole generation of young adults wedged in the frustration over the conventions of society. The symbol of the Catcher in the Rye is…
entire length of The Catcher in the Rye, Holden Caulfield has struggled with an obvious form of burden on his shoulders. He constantly wishes that he were dead, and often feels “crumby”. These pains, all of which he feels on his way home from escaping Pency, his “phony” prep school, guide him through New York city and although he experiences quite the most adventurous of endeavors, his pain holds him back from doing all he could. Multiple times throughout the novel, he attempts fruitlessly to call…