The Catcher in the Rye
The Catcher In The Rye is an outstanding novel written by Salinger about a teenage boy, Holden Caulfield who faces the challenge of altering to the adult world . Throughout the novel Salinger communicates to his readers many import points that should be taken into account. The three important points Salinger touches on through the novel is being a productive citizen by involvement in community, respect for elders, and self respect.
Salinger employs the character of Holden to promote the importance of becoming involved in a community. Community involvement allows a person to feel connected to others and provides a sense of identity. In the novel, Holden reveals he is unable to establish any community connections. …show more content…
Of course he'll have the wrong impression of adults causing him to dislike them and disrespect them because he sees them as a bunch of “phonies,”who have to constantly fake their emotion to achieve their goals. Holden if he allowed himself to take a chance and observe adults the way he does with kids he would have had the opportunity to see that they are not as bad as he perceives them out to be. And he might have even appreciated them more because of their higher level of thinking. More importantly than anything else mentioned the main as well as most important point Holden is missing is self respect for himself. Since Holden was unable to have respect for himself than he couldn't respect anyone around him begins he needs to begin with himself first. Holden demonstrates this many times through the novel………… To conclude this novel is very well written and a powerful novel by Salinger. Salinger did a beautiful job of sending out important points to his readers. Some of the many were involvement in community, respect for elders, and self respect. And he really was able to depict these points as well as many more through his novel. This was a great story that was able to show the teenage mind and the emotional struggles of
The Catcher In The Rye is an outstanding novel written by Salinger about a teenage boy, Holden Caulfield who faces the challenge of altering to the adult world . Throughout the novel Salinger communicates to his readers many import points that should be taken into account. The three important points Salinger touches on through the novel is being a productive citizen by involvement in community, respect for elders, and self respect.
Salinger employs the character of Holden to promote the importance of becoming involved in a community. Community involvement allows a person to feel connected to others and provides a sense of identity. In the novel, Holden reveals he is unable to establish any community connections. …show more content…
Of course he'll have the wrong impression of adults causing him to dislike them and disrespect them because he sees them as a bunch of “phonies,”who have to constantly fake their emotion to achieve their goals. Holden if he allowed himself to take a chance and observe adults the way he does with kids he would have had the opportunity to see that they are not as bad as he perceives them out to be. And he might have even appreciated them more because of their higher level of thinking. More importantly than anything else mentioned the main as well as most important point Holden is missing is self respect for himself. Since Holden was unable to have respect for himself than he couldn't respect anyone around him begins he needs to begin with himself first. Holden demonstrates this many times through the novel………… To conclude this novel is very well written and a powerful novel by Salinger. Salinger did a beautiful job of sending out important points to his readers. Some of the many were involvement in community, respect for elders, and self respect. And he really was able to depict these points as well as many more through his novel. This was a great story that was able to show the teenage mind and the emotional struggles of