J D Salinger Essay

Bryan Alvizures March 6,2018 Mr. Amoroso. Period 9 Concept questions 3 In the play “Fences” by August Wilson, Troy(the main character) has a a type of dualistic nature within him. Sometimes he teaches lessons while sometimes he shows complete anger and no control. On page 66 he states “ I’m trying to find a way to tell you ...I’m gonna be a daddy. I’m gonna be somebody’s daddy.” Troy is showing himself as a person who doesn’t respect his wife and went out to have a baby with…

At the start of Great Expectations Pip Pirrip is an inexperienced child, who is unaware of what is around him. He views the world as a safe place and underestimates the capabilities of the people around him. His curiosity and naivety have prevented him from not yet realizing the different types of people and the dangerous actions the human race is capable of. After being threatened by one of the men who escaped a prison ship, he is still curious as to what prison ships are, as well as the kinds…

Catcher in the Rye written by J.D. Salinger, who tells a story of a teenage boy undergoing a period of confusion, just like every teenager. Trying to handle the aspect of growing up and gaining the feeling of comfort and confidence with who he is and his personality. In The Catcher in the Rye, Salinger implies symbols to express Holden’s struggles with immaturity throughout his whole life. In his opinion everyone is phony and fake. Holden acquires symbols that help him with confidence, comfort…

The Catcher in the Rye is a story about a boy who is named Holden who struggles in life and making his own decisions but, he finally gets his life straightened out after he’s in a mental hospital. The Catcher In the Rye By: J.D. Salinger is a story about a teenager who is explaining his life story while he is in an Asylum. He has three things besides Phoebe that helps him get through his struggles including, The red hunting Cap, Allie’s Baseball Mitt and the Carousel these all represent…

Can you imagine one single decision you make in your teens, influencing your life and leaving a lasting impact on who you are as a person? This happened in the memoir Hole in my Life by Jack Gantos. This story talks about his time that he spent in his late teens, about how he ended up in jail and even how he then ended up in college. However, the thing that made all these things possible was the choice he glossed over in the beginning, which was to move and live on his own. A choice while not…

Holden begins his story at Pencey Preparatory, an exclusive private school (fictional, though based on Salinger's own experience at Valley Forge Military Academy) in Agerstown, Pennsylvania, on the Saturday afternoon of the traditional football game with rival school Saxon Hall. Holden ends up missing the game. As manager of the fencing team, he loses their equipment on a New York City subway train that morning, resulting in the cancellation of a match. He goes to the home of his history teacher…

Do you remember the first time in your life that you experienced the “real world”? In The Catcher in the Rye the author, J.D. Salinger, portrays the fact that childhood is important but you can’t be innocent forever, he does this through the character Holden. He shows Holden’s views in the beginning through the people that he admires, and his thoughts. Certain events make Holdaen realize that he cannot make everything in the world perfect, and becomes content with what he can do. In The Catcher…

In The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger, the main character Holden often has difficulty connecting and being secure enough to pursue deep relationships with others. His lack of confidence and usage of excuses to avoid communicating with the people in his life make him very insecure. However, he often shows what he wishes he could do in the way he treats objects, particularly a “Little Shirley Beans” record he uses as a representation of his relationship with Phoebe. Although the record is…

13 it is reveled after Holden had hired a prostitute that he is a virgin, saying “If you want to know the truth, I’m a virgin. I really I’m. I’ve had quite a few opportunities to lose my virginity and all, but I’ve never gotten around to it yet. (Salinger Pg…

The definition of phony is not genuine or fraudulent, which can describe many people. Including Holden Caulfield the protagonist, he is a 17 year old boy who has was expelled from his school Pencey. After a fight with his roommate Stradlater he decides to leave school early and go to manhattan to avoid telling his parents. In the book The Catcher in the Rye, Holden is struggling with being surrounded by phonies and being a phony himself. Holden talk about many people being phony but there were…