Catcher in the Rye Essay

The discrete stylistic themes and archetypes within The Catcher in the Rye and The Fosters gives the two works a solid thematic connection. The Catcher in the Rye is a novel that details the odyssey of a perturbed 16-year-old boy by the name of Holden Caulfield and the 3-4 days he spends unaccompanied in New York as he struggles with his entry into adulthood. Comparatively, The Fosters tells the tale of orphan Callie Foster and her adjusting to life with her new family, while she also deals with…

dangerous theme[s] such as pedophilia or political rebellion, or that it presents an affront to the sociopolitical status quo” (Literature Resource Center). Censorship is more about maintaining the status quo than challenging it. Specifically The Catcher in the Rye “continues to generate debate about its suitability for inclusion in school curricula, and it has been banned…

Knowledge can help us grow as individuals, but it can also be a heavy burden, threatening to crush us with its weight. I acquired such burdensome knowledge in a little book by the name of The Catcher in the Rye. So when I gave Mr. Enos, my English teacher, a thank-you card as a token of appreciation just before the winter break of 2016 started, the words of Holden Caulfield, the protagonist in the book, came to mind; “’How would you know you weren't being a phony?’”. Herein was my problem. The…

mission of Holden's. It is based on an old rhyme, Comin' Thro' The Rye, in which little children are playing in a field of rye. Holden perceives this field to be on the edge of a cliff, the field representing childhood and innocence, and the abyss beyond the cliff representing adulthood and corruption of mind. He wants to protect the children playing in the rye, and catch them before they fall off the cliff, making him the Catcher in the…

The book The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger, was a very controversial book when it was first released and even after. Even to this day some schools still do not allow the book to be read in classrooms. This book is known for having profanity, vulgarity, and suggestive sexual behavior. Therefore this book raises attention, usually in a negative way. This novel was censored due to the fact that it had many inappropriate words and phrases, scenes of sexual happenings, and also moral…

The Catcher in the Rye The book I read for my book report project was The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger. In this book you take a journey through the thoughts and eyes of, the main character, Holden Caulfield. As the book starts out you slowly start to see Holden's mental instability, and as the book goes on it just get clearer and clearer he is depressed and mentally struggling. You learn Holden is incapable of thinking rationally for example when he asked Sally to runaway with him and…

sister, by being a catcher in the rye is one of the ways Salinger demonstrates the effects of trauma on a person. Furthermore, during a conversation with Phoebe, Holden came to the realization he wanted to be a catcher in the rye “I’d be the catcher in the rye and all. I know it’s crazy, but that's the only thing I’d really like to be” (173). It becomes Holden’s goal in life to be a catcher in the rye, someone who saves children from falling off a cliff while playing in a rye field. The cliff…

the world. However, in The Catcher in the Rye, Holden Caulfield, the leading character, was lost in finding his identity as…

media at home. How does one form of education stand more justified than the other? Published in 1951, J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye became the most censored book in high schools and libraries in the United States (Baldassarro). Though many believe that teenagers can handle the adult situations in the novel, schools are still attempting the ban The Catcher in the Rye from both their libraries and curricula. According to the American Library Association, it was the 13th most challenged…

Confused on how to get a girlfriend? No need to fear, Holden Caulfield is here. The Catcher in the Rye is a coming-of-age fiction novel written by J.D. Salinger. Set around the 1950s, The Catcher in the Rye is told through the perspective of the main protagonist, Holden Caulfield. As the novel progresses, Holden is immediately introduced as the confused, lonely teenager that struggles to acquire a decent education and life. Just some of Holden’s indecencies toward his female peers include his…