The Catcher in the Rye Essay

who is taking a very promising path to a bright future. While Esther seems a success, both she and Holden experience traumatic events throughout their youth. Adolescence is both positive and negative experiences in life. J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye and Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar highlight how one event can lead to downhill cascade. Death, at any place or time, is a very traumatic experience for people of all ages. At a young age however, it can have drastic, life long effects…

1.The Catcher in the rye starts off with the protagonist, Holden caulfield, a 16 year old boy from a well off family, saying that he is in a place taking it easy after becoming “pretty run down” following events that occurred after the previous christmas. He begins the story around christmas time where, After failing four out of five of his classes he is expelled from Pencey Prep. His roommate stradlater goes on a date with jane gallagher, a girl who holden used to date. When he returns from his…

J.D Salinger’s novel, Catcher In The Rye is about a teen, Holden Caulfield, the protagonist of the narrative. Holden is full of unique problems and most of the time lost in his own world, that can’t face reality. The psychoanalytic theory arranges a lens of definition when working at Holden Caulfield. Holden is seen as a lonely, rebellious teen who flunked out of an all-boys private school, Pencey Prep. Failing school exemplifies how Holden controls his own decisions in the real world. As…

The author Salinger, makes Holden Caulfield this obnoxious, bad mouthing, cynic teenager. “...I left Elkton Hills was because I was surrounded by phonies.” (Salinger p 13). In the novel Catcher in the Rye, Holden goes through many obstacles and is trying to find himself. But during his exploration,we realize that Holden is growing up and is becoming a man. He shows this by making his own choices, by seeking advice and by the relationships he has made. First, by making his choices, Holden is…

Existentialism elements can be seen in the novel through the movement of the Europeans. Adding to this it also was part of the WW2 existentialism has been part of the world since time bck. In The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger, you can see existentialist elements by how he displays Holden's difficulties throughout the novel as he grew up in his transition from childhood to adolescents. Throughout the novel he portrayed himself through isolation as he always wanted to be alone.As seen in…

In the Catcher in the Rye, the author J.D. Salinger uses a variety of symbols to represent the struggles and challenges the main characters and narrator Holden Caulfield faces throughout the novel. Through the use of symbolism, Salinger is able to give additional meaning to the plot beyond what is being described by Holden. Through Holden 's desire to be a catcher in the rye, his goal of protecting the innocence of children is conveyed, but the golden rings on the carousel represents his…

Throughout the story of The Catcher in the Rye, Holden Caulfield has lost the sight of his own sovereignty. He experiences loss of sovereignty when he has to leave his school because he had failed 4 of his classes. Holden explains that he isn’t down at the football game because, “I wasn’t supposed to come back after Christmas vacation on account of I was flunking four subjects and not applying myself and all.” (2) He has lost the right and choice to participate in Pencey Prep anymore. This is…

The book The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger is about a boy named Holden Caufield who’s 16 years old (Salinger 21), getting over the fact that he’s just been expelled for his fourth school in the past couple of years. The story takes place in the late 1940’s. The plot is the events that take place in a novel/story. The story begins with Holden just getting his bad news. He doesn’t waste anytime packing his stuff and getting off the campus since he flunked out cause he hated the school and…

Holden Caulfield’s interesting view on life, himself and his past can be easily and seamlessly compared to the song Unwell by Matchbox Twenty. In The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger, the reader is introduced to Holden Caulfield, a man on the brink of adulthood, in a pattern of self-deprecation as well as struggling to transition into his future. Similarly, in Unwell by Matchbox Twenty, the narrator is recognizing many of the same traits within himself, as well as his tendencies. Specifically…

In the 1950s through 1960s, about twenty books were banned. One of these books included the now award-winning novel The Catcher in the Rye. This is a story about a 16-year-old boy named Holden Caulfield as he is in New york alone after being kicked out of his Prep School. In this novel, J.D. Salinger addresses the topic of human sexuality and offensive language from the perspective of Holden Caulfield. In the 1950s and 1960s, books that spoke about sexual topics and had very explicit language…