Catcher in the Rye Essay

2. In J.D. Salinger's Catcher in the Rye, Holden is in a bar after wandering around in the city for a while. He glimpses three women and attempts to give them a seductive and "cool glance," though it only makes them "giggl[e] like morons." By using Holden's typical colloquial and vulgar way of speaking and making the women giggle at his underwhelming attempt at being sexy, Salinger highlights Holden's youth and inexperience. Instead of speaking eloquently and politely, Holden simply says what is…

The Catcher in the Rye is a novel by J. D. Salinger that is a 21st-century literary classic but is incredibly overrated. It is one of those books almost every high schooler must-read during English class, and most wonder why the book is so popular in the first place. The story itself is not bad, and its multiple symbols and themes that are closely analyzed are probably reasons why this book is forced-fed to teenagers. However, it seems like the true reason this book is such a classic is that it…

pathological liar to tell the truth. That is why Holden sometimes tells the truth. He tells the truth because he has to show his true emotions about his late brother. “The Catcher in the Rye” is a 1951 novel written by J.D. Salenger, about a teenager (Holden Caulfield) who describes the events of his life in 1949. The events in “Catcher in the Rye” describes most of the problems that developing teenagers go through. A recurring theme throughout the book is Holden grieving his younger brother…

While they are going through the shift into adulthood, some of them try to run away from it until time slowly catches up to them. Along with a dramatic childhood, it can affect your future and how you choose to grow up or not. In the novel, The Catcher in the Rye, JD Salinger explorers the topic of childhood and growing up. He claims throughout the novel, that some people oppose the view of growing up. Reading from the main character, Holden Caulfield’s story, he tells us about the trauma he…

In both novels, The Catcher In The Rye and We Need Names the three themes isolation, identity, and disorientation are very prominent. In J.D. Salinger's novel “The Catcher in the Rye” the main character Holden Caulfield he experiences all three of those themes. The main character in NoViolet Bulawayo’s novel “We Need New Names” Darling also experiences these three themes as well. The theme of isolation occurred quite a bit in both novels. In “We Need New Names” Darling experience with this is…

The Catcher in the Rye Essay In the novel “The Catcher in the Rye” by J.D Salinger is about a young boy name Holden Caulfield who is struggling to let go of his childhood and refusing to enter the adulthood. Throughout the novel he struggles about not fitting in with the people in school because he was not privileged or felt “too rich” and getting kicked out, growing up to be the person he is, and seeing death from his brother, Allie. Holden faces adulthood and wants to protect the kids from…

J.D. Salinger The Catcher in the Rye This book can teach you many life lessons. The book is about Holden Caulfield, a young man who has been through a lot. He is writing this story from a mental hospital, recalling the events that brought him to the mental hospital. The author is trying to prove that everyone wants to be the catcher in the rye, including Holden Caulfield, who is the main character. Holden loses his brother at a very young age. We will all lose our siblings or die before them,…

Drew Kreisler 9/30/16 Mrs. Smythe English 9/10 The Catcher in the Rye Essay In the world there are many people, who at a young age, start themselves on a road that doesn’t lead them to a very good place. In the novel, The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger, the narrator and main character, Holden Caulfield, tells a story looking back while he is currently in California, at a rehabilitation center. Holden talks about the traumatic experiences he had…

In J.D Salinger’s novel, The Catcher in the Rye, the main character, Holden Caulfield, provides his own definite opinions of society throughout the story. Holden is written to be critical of each person’s appearance and careers and the lives they live. In a specific passage in The Catcher in the Rye, Holden makes internal comments on the suitcases that nuns carry. He describes them as “very inexpensive-looking suitcases” and not made of “genuine leather”. Although Holden states “it isn't…

In The Catcher in the Rye Holden has a dismal outlook on the future, hating how adulthood is fake and pretend. Holden Constantly reiterates how much he despises the adult world, and how anyone who is part of that world is despicable. Holden shuns anyone that fits outside his ideal of innocence and childhood, even if these people such as Mr. Antolini, really care about Holden and want him to thrive and grow. Instead in The Catcher in the Rye, Holden’s view of maturity and adulthood as phony…