Catcher in the Rye Essay

In the novel, The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger, Holden is typical highschool boy, except for the part about how he has been kicked out of four schools. Also, that everyone in his life either does not like him very much or is dead. He doesn’t have any real friends, besides his little sister, Phoebe. He loves Phoebe, and his dead brother, Allie. His roommate, Stradlater, is a jerk. His old friend Sally, does not really want anything to do with him. Holden is a very negative person, who…

HOLDEN’S TRANSITION TO ADULTHOOD IN THE CATCHER IN THE RYE no all caps in the [ don 't use the book title for your title. be creative and original. ] Is there any reason somebody would be scared to grow up? Or a reason for a person to feel as if they were going to be somebody else when they get older? Gerontophobia, is the fear of growing up, which is the biggest fear for Holden Caulfield, one of four children, from The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger. He is somebody who lets the world get…

J.D Salinger’s novel, Catcher In The Rye is on the subject of a adolescent, Holden Caulfield, the central character of the story. Holden is piled with distinctive difficulties and for the most part absorbed in his own mind, which causes him being able to not come to realism. The psychoanalytic theory coordinates a position of definition when working with Holden Caulfield. Holden is viewed as a cut off, insubordinate teenager who failed out of an all-boys exclusive school, Pencey Prep. Flunking…

The book The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger was banned in Washington because of the use of profanity, drugs, sex, and suicide. The book is about a teen that got kick out of a school that he attended. He goes to New York and checks out a hotel room to stay in because he didn’t want his parents to know that he got kicked out of Pencey. The book includes Holden using profanity and him wanting to commit suicide because of all the things that were going around him. The Catcher in the Rye should…

adult, they want to be a child forever. Sometimes, there are the few teens that are a part of both worlds; wanting to become an adult but being fearful that they can never be a child again once they cross the line of child and adult. In The Catcher In The Rye by J.D. Salinger, Holden Caulfield is a minor who finds himself in many adult situations such as being the bearer of bad news, drinking alcohol, and interacting with others using his childish mentality to tackle these situations. Every…

3R Journal - Catcher in the Rye In Chapter 22 of “The Catcher in the Rye”, Holden Caulfield and her younger sister Phoebe’s conversation continues. Phoebe shows her concern over Holden’s future. She asks him what he would like to be, suggesting traditional careers like lawyers and scientists. Holden rejects without second thought, and reveals what he truly wants to be. In fact, it’s “the only thing [he’d] really like to be” (173). He asks if Phoebe knows a song he’s heard earlier from a little…

To start off the climax is when the main character realizes they have a problem. The climax of the catcher in the Rye would be that he always thinks about Jane because they really have a strong connection and relationship and even though it was innocent he still really enjoyed it and wanted and wants to get back with her. He thinks about her throughout the novel in many different parts of the book. So one of the major conflicts that were written in this book was that he wanted to ditch…

Some teenagers reject growing up, which can lead them to depression and failure. Occasionally teens do not want to face adulthood and have trouble going through adolescence. J.D. Salinger in The Catcher in the Rye reveals how one teenager, Holden Caulfield, avoids the adult world and have desire to disappear. Salinger often uses language of depression and name-calling to express Holden's fear of growing up and need to escape. Holden constantly feels depressed throughout the novel because he does…

Memorable Impact The Catcher in the Rye by J.D Salinger and Fallen by Lauren Kate are both justified by detail. Both literary pieces prove their impact through either lack of in-depth detail or creative detail. J.D Salinger limits The Catcher in the Rye by providing basic ideas throughout the novel; on the contrary, Lauren Kate enhances Fallen by providing a clear visual through dramatic detail to emphasize the book. The Catcher in the Rye and Fallen both show the role and impact detail plays…

Playbill Holden receives the playbill while on a date with Sally at the Lunts play. This scene is significant because it is one of the first times Holden truly interacts with someone after being kicked out of Penecy. He claims that the play “wasn’t as bad as some” shows that he is becoming slightly less negative on everything (125). Holden’s comment that he “sort of hated old Sally by the time [they] got in the cab” show one of the last friendships of Holden’s coming…