Catcher In The Rye And Hamlet Comparison Essay

It is through conflict that the character finds their true self, whether it be a tragedy, obstacles or a journey. Hamlet's character became a melancholic, vengeful, violent, impulsive person because of his father's death. Piscine Patel fights for survival with a Bengal tiger becoming cunning, enduring, and brutal. Holden Caulfield struggles with his judgemental, anti-social behaviour that enables him to become more alienated during his journey in New York. His experiences in life, school and the three days alone in New York leads him into depression. Life of Pi and The Catcher in the Rye both contained first person narrative style, they were the ones who told the story. Hamlet was told differently, it was a third-person narrative style, which is told by a narrator.

Hamlet suffers from his father's murder and vows revenge for him. This tragedy that happened changed the poor Hamlet. Loving someone so much can make the affected become sad, angry, or even unemotional. For Hamlet, it made him the depressed type.
"Good Hamlet, cast thy nighted color off,
And let thine eye look like a friend on Denmark.
Do not forever with thy vailèd lids
Seek for thy noble father in the dust.
Thou know’st ’tis common. All that lives must die,
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Life of Pi and The Catcher in the Rye are told in first person and Hamlet is told in third person. In Cather in the Rye and Life of Pi, they are told by the protagonist; the person who experiences the story. In Catcher in the Rye, Holden Caulfield is the main protagonist, he is the one who tells the story. Piscine Patel is the main protagonist, but his story is told by someone else as he was Piscine himself. Hamlet is told in third person, Shakespeare is the one who tells the everything as he sees it all happening, and knows what every character is thinking.Life of Pi and Catcher in the Rye are first person narratives, and Hamlet is third person