J D Salinger Essay

The Ocean at The End of the Lane is a novel which was written by Neil Gaiman, and it was originally published by William Morrow and Company in 2013. It is a novel of fantasy, in that a seven-year-old boy experienced something horrifying and peculiar. The theme of this novel is the childhood memory which has been lost when you get older. Although it was a fantasy story, this is the book more for adults than children. This book starts with a scene of a middle-aged man returning to his hometown…

It’s impossible” (Salinger 222). Holden “tried to rub” off the “‘Fuck you’” signs, but he couldn’t because it was written “with a knife or something”. Holden is trying to save little kids’ innocence by getting rid of the graffiti, though it won’t come off. Even if one could…

The most prominent theme in the Catcher in the Rye from the very beginning is the idea of alienation and Holden’s use of humor to mask it. Right from the first page the reader is introduced to Holden with little prelude. This lack of introduction of who Holden is a person and the way that he uses humor and avoidance as a mask. The ironic thing is that his alienation is the thing that is causing his pain because of the way he ignores his own issues. Some of the things that Holden uses avoidance…

In the book The Brief Life of Oscar Wao, the author focuses on a character named Oscar. Oscar has to struggle through many events of his life to figure out where he belongs and to figure out his identity. He always feels left out. In his home, New Jersey, he is the nerdy kid who likes comic books and fiction movies. He has all the posters from movie covers and characters hanging in his room. So, it is very difficult for him to fit in with the cool kids. His appearance doesn't help him either. He…

In Chapter 4 of Outlier’s "The Trouble with Geniuses, Part 2," starts out about the story of growth in Chris Langan. It about Chris Langan and how came up from poverty and a troubled childhood: with his biological father disappearing at a young age and how he took his last name from his biological mother's abusive and thoughtless fourth husband. After how Langan grew up during hard times, Langan eventually attended Reed College on a full scholarship. However, in which he lost the…

Eric L. Tribunella’s 2011 essay, “Boyhood” traces the development of children’s, in particular boy literature, from the inception of the word “boy” to the boy-books of the 2000s. Tribunella calls attention to the word “boy” as being originally a derogatory term for males of a lower social status (22), and how the concept of boy as subordinate to man has maintained in some capacity even as the term has shifted to describe a male child (22). He writes “to be a boy means to be a flawed, inchoate,…

states, “Thousand of little kids, and nobody’s around… I have to catch everybody if they start to go over the cliff-” (173, Salinger). The cliff that Holden is trying to stop the children from falling…

The Catcher in the Rye banned for “good”: Reasons why it was banned, but still is an excellent book The book The Catcher in the Rye was written by J.D. Salinger and published in 1951. This book contains several themes that include the use of profanity and the use of examples that are not that appropriate for teenagers, even though it is a teenager narrating the story. This suggests that it is a real teenager’s life with similar thoughts, and experiences, which makes it a good book to read for…

The author J.D Salinger published his book “Catcher in the Rye” in 1951. The story mostly takes place in New York city over a short period of time. The main character of the novel is Holden. At the beginning of the book, we see Holden get emotionally unstable that he gets kick out from prep school.From that moment on he decided to go on an adventure to clear his head and find out what he's going to do with his life.Most of the time he’s depressed and has a hard time connecting with others except…

The Montrose Precipice I It all went back to the summer of 1932 when tragedy struck; its affect was wide-spread in the community, most of it at least. Little occurred in Montrose, Colorado, but what it lacked excitement, it made up for in character. Stories arose, those about the precipice, the ancient precipice, home to a demon, or so they say. Often pondering what stood at the base of the precipice. My imagination ravenously consumed the mystery that shrouded the region. Venturing close,…