Crazy Eddie

Often times humans will follow what their hearts want rather than thinking the situation through. In the novel “The Catcher in the Rye,” Holden Caulfield, a 16 year old boy, who failed out of Pencey Prep, tries to follow his heart to make everything perfect. Holden assumes that all children are innocent and perfect without noticing the truth. He tries to protect their innocence by following his heart to do good for all children, but always thinking about this shortly made him depressed and it…

During the play we see how Birling has no respect for people of a lower social standing and he does not feel that he is responsible for anyone but himself. “I can’t except any responsibility. If we were all responsible for everything that happened to everybody we’d had anything to do with, it would be very awkward” .The attitude Birling has which is shown here is very poor and shows how selfish he is towards anyone but himself. He seems not care what his actions do to other people’s lives and…

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…

In this novella, John Steinbeck used four short stories to portray how a naïve young boy transformed into a man through his encounters with different unfortunate events. These harsh truths brought young Jody out of his fantasy perfect world and showed him the tough reality of life. Through these various events, he has learnt what disappointment is, what death and life is and how life does not always go his way. He also learnt that despite all these negative aspects of life, these were exactly…

Literary critic James Lundquist refers to Holden from The Catcher in the Rye, written by J.D. Salinger, as “the lunatic in the tombs” (J.D. Salinger, 42). This assessment implies that Holden is similar to the man from the Bible who was afflicted with demons, and correctly identifies Holden as a man who has to face his own inner demons. However, these demons manifest themselves to Holden as a part of his personality. Throughout the novel, his persistent attachment to his dead brother Allie and…

Many books are similar because of the characters qualities and situations that occur throughout the story. In the novel Catcher in the Rye, written by J.D. Salinger, follows 48 hours of Holden Caulfield, a young troubled child. He goes through many mental and emotional changes throughout the novel, much like Jim Stark, in the movie, Rebel without a Cause. This movie, directed by Nicholas Ray, examines the life of a constant moving teen, and the conflict he occurs while trying to fit in. Although…

=In the novel, The Catcher in the Rye written by J.D. Salinger’s, the protagonist Holden Caulfield emerges from tiring and emotional series of events that has accrued during the past couple of days since he had gotten kicked out of Pency. These events are rough and challenging for Holden to overcome, this is especially because Holden does not want to grow up emotionally but remain as an immature young man. Throughout the novel, Holden tends to have difficulties growing up and accepting to move…

In John Updike’s short story “A & P”, Sammy is having a tough time deciding what he wants out of life. He’s just a teenage boy with a rebellious mind. He finds out the hard way that life can be pretty tough. This story demonstrates his adolescent behavior, his disobedience towards his town’s beliefs, and the consequences he faces from actions. Sammy is a nineteen year old boy; giving at his age it’s not unordinary that he fantasizes about girls. However, he does seemingly come off as a sexist…

J.D. Salinger’s novel, The Catcher in the Rye, is about a teenage boy’s journey through New York in attempt to find his identity. Lost in his own little world the protagonist, Holden Caulfield, refuses to face reality in an effort to escape his numerous problems. J.D. Salinger uses several examples of symbolism throughout the novel to represent the thoughts and true personality that Holden attains. Two main examples of Salinger’s symbolism include the ducks in Central Park and the red hunting…

The Catcher In The Rye by J.D Salinger utilizes symbolism to show how the main character Holden transforms into the character he is by the end of the book. The symbols in the book show Holden's fears, and how he grows into the person he is by the end of the book. The Catcher In The Rye book uses symbols to show Holden's greatest fear which is becoming an average person and live life like everybody in this society he hates so much. The symbolism shows how Holden grows a little bit by the end of…