J D Salinger Essay

In The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger, Holden Caulfield strikes up a conversation with two New York cab drivers about the ducks in Central Park. He asks his first cab driver if he “happen to know where they go, the ducks, when it gets all frozen over? Do you happen to know, by any chance" and throws the same question at a second cab drive a few chapters later. In his breakdown moment, he stumbles drunkenly around the park looking to see “what the hell the ducks were doing, see if they were…

Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger believe that Holden Caulfield does not need to lie to get through life they think he can just tell the truth.They argue that Holden lies out of pleasure, and uses it as a game. They believe that evidence of this can be seen when Holden is on the train to New York and is talking to a mother of one of the boys at his school, when he lies about his name, “‘Rudolf Schmidt,’ I told her. I didn’t feel like giving her my whole life story” (Salinger 54). Readers who…

Responsible parents do their best to make sure their children avoid harmful influences to their young, moldable minds. When some parents at Boron High School in California began complaining about their children reading The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger, other people began to question whether it was appropriate for school. Parents argued that the main character, Holden Caulfield, who struggles with depression and other psychological disorders, is too rebellious and promotes immoral…

a struggling teenage boy named Holden. Over the course of the novel, symbolism appears during significant events and thoughts of individuals. The red hunting hat, curiosity about ducks, and visit to the museum are all symbolic. Using symbolism, Salinger creates a deeper understanding of Holden’s life, personality and his feelings of loneliness and fear. One object that has symbolic meaning…

Imagine that there’s two of you. One being the outcast and the other watching yourself be an outcast. In ‘The Catcher in the Rye,’ J.D Salinger shows Holden as an outcast. He’s consistently isolating himself yet tries to find ways to communicate with people; stranger or not. Holden sees that everyone is a phony and fake as an excuse to why he can’t seem to fit in with them. He thinks as if he’s found his place in the world by being in a mental hospital telling his story to a psychoanalyst but in…

thought. In the novel Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger, Holden Caulfield is a teenage boy living the life of a stressed out, depressed, and even suicidal student in the late 1940s. He claims to always see himself as different, even alienating himself from society. During the beginning of his story, he buys a hunting hat on a trip to New York and puts it on at various times in the novel. This red hunting hat is often used as a symbol by Salinger as a way to express Holden’s development as an…

In the book Catcher in the rye written by J.D. Starlinger the protagonist Holden experiences the tragic loss of his brother Allie, Catcher in the rye teaches the readers not to look what is on the surface but to look what's underneath it. Holden Caulfield suffers from Post Traumatic Disorder, he has a plethora of factors which have caused this disorder. The most important factor is his younger brother, Allie's death Due to leukemia. Holden is like any teenage boy who acts out because he doesn't…

The novel The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger is about a young boy named Holden Caulfield. Holden is struggling with coping with his brothers death and also is very angry at the world which gets him into multiple conflicts. Salinger shows throughout the book that dreams can be good and bad and that Holden appears to be morally superior to other he has been acquainted to in his life. When Holden runs away from his fourth school he encounters many people that try to take advantage of him. Some…

Innocence doesn't last How old can kids be and still be considered innocent? In the novel, The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger, which is narrated by Holden, takes the reader through his life as a junior as he gets kicked out of his private school Pencey. Holden decides that he no longer needs school. Holden wants to move far away from the city where no one knows him. Before holden leaves he stays in the city for four days. During these four days he learns something important about what he…

into adult life can be difficult. Not only is it hard to lose your innocent nature but it’s also difficult to push yourself into adult experiences. In many ways, however, teens are forced to do so. In the famous novel, The Catcher In The Rye by J.D. Salinger, Holden experiences many of these problems. This book reveals that, while in many ways an average teen, Holden is literally stuck in between a man and a child’s mindset. Although generally mature, Holden often has very childish thoughts or…