Catcher

Many people have difficulties transitioning from childhood to adulthood. In J.D.Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye, Holden is a perfect example of these people who have a hard time transitioning to adulthood. While he fears change, and disdains adults, he is also too physically and mentally grown up to stay in childhood. Thus Holden is trapped and lingers between childhood and adulthood. Holden fears change both in him and around him that is associated with growing up. To start, Holden is afraid…

The Catcher in the Rye is a novel written by J.D.Sallinger published in 1951. The story follows Holden Caulfield’s experiences in New York after leaving Pencey Prep, a boarding school he has just been expelled from. The novel explores complex issues such as isolation, alienation, innocence, loss and identity. Holden tells his story from a rest home, where he spends his days after getting tuberculosis. A psychoanalyst encourages him to write about the events which led him to getting…

even worry about it for a couple of days” (Salinger 201). This clearly shows how touchy Holden is about sheltering little children from the inappropriate subjects that are evident in teenage and adult lives. When he explains how he wants to be the catcher in the rye he is actually aiming to protect children from drugs, alcohol, swearing, sex, and all things deemed unsuitable for a child. This is represented in the cliff that children will run and fall off of. However, eventually they will…

but you can not. Instead of doing something about it, you just tell them something else and pretend your feelings do not matter. now imagine you are like this with everyone you meet. this is the life of Holden Caulfield in J.D. salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye. he is a sixteen year old New Yorker who has been to numerous boarding schools for numerous reasons, all tracing back to one. Holden avoids tough conversations and feelings by disuniting himself from people and refraining from…

Throughout the novel The Catcher in the Rye and the film Dead Poets Society, both of the main characters Holden and Neil have strained relationships with their parents. For Holden Caulfield, he struggles with the fear of telling his parents that he was expelled from boarding school due to the expectations of his parents. Then, for Neil, he struggles with finding his own path that is separate from his father’s ideas, but cannot confront the strictness of his father. Within these two sources are…

The characters in a novel play critical roles in influencing the protagonist and the accompanying themes. J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye follows Holden Caulfield, a sixteen year old boy and his realizations juxtaposing with the world around him. Holden is very nonchalant and has been kicked out numerous schools. This leads him to take a chance and transpire a voyage to New York. These events have allowed Holden to meet a variety of characters that affect his life in various ways and…

can be a scary, confusing journey for most children, whom may not have people to encourage and provide a sense of security for them. J.D Salinger has greatly expressed the struggles of growing up “alone”, in his astonishing coming of age novel “The Catcher and the Rye”. Salinger utilizes the red hunting hat, the duck in the lagoon and The Museum of Natural History as symbols throughout the novel to show the worries of growing up with the story of Holden Caulfield. Holden, when he is depressed…

In the novel The Catcher In the Rye by J.D. Salinger, the narrator, Holden Caulfield, goes on an adventurous pilgrimage from his preparatory school in Pennsylvania to New York City, explaining many of his important thoughts and emotions along the way. Throughout his misguided trek through the big city, Holden continually has something wrong with himself and his mental state continues to deteriorate. Although the traits of unhappiness and pessimism embed in him, the readers come to appreciate…

Although most children appear to want to grow up, most do not. In fact most kids are extremely afraid to grow up. This is certainly the case for 16 year old Holden Caulfield. At the beginning of the book The Catcher In The Rye by J.D. Salinger, Holden finds himself being kicked out of boarding school yet again. Instead of doing the reasonable thing, he decides to run away and roam the streets of New York City all alone. He has some wild adventures along the way. Including but not limited to;…

A few months down the road I will be achieving a milestone by graduating high school and having a taste of independence. Like Holden Caulfield, I too am close to entering adulthood, but the difference between him and I is our attitude towards change. In the novel, Holden's former teacher tells him that, 'the mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of the mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one" (page 188). Through a discussion of various…