Catcher

Catcher in the Rye is a classic book published in 1951.The author is J. D. Salinger who is a wonderful writer who had died back in 2010 at the ripe age of 91 years old. The book got mixed reviews mostly because of its “vulgar language” because it dared to drop the “F bomb”. It ventures into the mind of Holden Caulfield who had recently gone through a death in the family. This book hits all the major points that some of the other books were afraid to dwell on. Some of these points are depression,…

facades when interacting with others, seldom showing people exactly what they are like. For Holden Caulfield in The Catcher in the Rye, he is not able to see beyond people’s phoniness and uses it as an excuse to pull away from society. Even though Catcher in the Rye was written in 1951 there is certain themes that still have a big part in the world, Phoniness is an example. Int the Catcher in the Rye Holden gets fed up with everyone and their phoniness, Holden doesn't realize that if phoniness…

hand in shaping a person. Nowhere else is this more evident than in, J.D. Salinger’s novel, the Catcher in the Rye. In his novel, the main character Holden Caulfield experiences painful loss during a pivotal time in his life, which shapes his personality and his outlook on the world. Holden’s loss turns him into a bitter, sarcastic teen, with a penchant for protecting the innocent. J.D. Salinger’s the Catcher in the Rye utilizes casual diction, pessimistic tone and symbols of innocence to…

blindness. In the Catcher in the Rye, J. D. Salinger explores the idea that the permanent, sometimes painful loss of innocence is an inevitable passage to maturity. Holden Caulfield, the protagonist in the Catcher in the Rye, fails to accept the loss of his innocence, putting him at a crossroads in his life. At the beginning of the novel, it is evident that Holden’s loss of innocence…

Catcher in the Rye: Loneliness “It is in the more muddled moments of my life, that I become painfully aware of my issues. When nothing is going right, when life gets away from me. When I feel like life is living me, instead of me, living life. It’s a difficult place to be…” ~Jaeda Dewalt Holden has had a troubled life based on the fact that his little brother died, everyone around him is living a double life, and he struggled to find his life purpose. In the novel Catcher in the Rye Holden…

Preservation of Innocence "People never notice anything." This quote is the epitome of Holden Caulfield, the fictional teenage protagonist and narrator of author J. D. Salinger's 1951 novel, The Catcher in the Rye. Holden ¨gets the ax” as he puts it, for getting kicked out of Pencey Prep. Holden roams around the streets of New York City, and try’s to take care of himself and hoping his parents get the letter, stating that he got kicked out, before he comes home for the holidays. Holden’s…

Adolescence comes from the Latin world, adolescere, and is defined as “the transitional stage of physical and psychological human development that occurs during the period of puberty to legal adulthood”(Wikipedia.com). In J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye, Holden Caulfield, the protagonist, is a symbolic character that represents adolescence. In the novel, Holden’s true issues are not related to the “phonies”. As a matter of fact, his true issue is his inability to accept reality because…

The Catcher in the Rye The Catcher in the Rye is a coming of age story (Bildungsroman). Discuss Holden’s journey to maturity. By the end of the novel does Holden finally accept that growing up is part of life and give in to the process of maturity or does he continue to resist it? “The Catcher in the rye” is a bildungsroman novel written by author J.D Salinger in 1951. The book depicts the life of a character named Holden Caulfield and depressed journey through maturity. The majority of people…

Catcher In The Rye is a darker book, but I’m sure many people can relate to the main character Holden. Not long after you start reading the book you can tell how unstable his life and emotions are. Nearly every aspect of his life has something going wrong. But, that is something we all go through from time to time and can relate to. We might even deal with it in the same manner that he does even though we know it is unhealthy. I feel that the book explores instability in people’s lives, but…

The Theme of Teen Depression in The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger This book study will explore the theme of teen depression in The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger. In Salinger’s novel, the main character, Holden Caulfield, is a teenager that experiences problems with depression. Holden is unable to concentrate and has vey little interest in talking with other people. These behaviors define the some of the psychological traits of depression, which prevent Holden from getting close to…