Crazy Sexy Cancer

The innocence of childhood is eventually lost and cannot be protected forever. In life, everyone has a fall from innocence, after which no one remains the same. In J.D Salinger's Catcher in the Rye, Holden Caulfield, the protagonist of the novel wants to desperately hold on to the innocence in children. Because Holden is often faced with the harsh realities of adulthood and the world, he is compelled to preserve innocence. These feelings come from the loss of his younger brother Allie who died…

when he is in a mental institute. During the time of Holden’s deep ponderings he was talking to Phoebe about his desires later in life. Holden described how he wanted to be the “Catcher in the Rye”, telling Phoebe, “I’m standing on the edge of some crazy cliff. What I have to do, I have to catch everybody if they start…

As a young male growing up, there are often mixed emotions about sex and love. In the novel, Catcher in the Rye, written by J.D Salinger, a young boy displays his uncertainty and constant thoughts about sex and love. In the film Ordinary People, another young boy is caught in a similar situation and shares his opinions about sex and love as well. Holden Caulfield and Conrad Jarrett both go through troubling experiences, but Conrad approaches them in a healthier manner compared to Holden.…

The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger is centered around a young boy who thinks he fully understands the world around him. He begins his journey of finding himself and reaching a point of real maturity throughout the novel. It is clear throughout the novel that Holden’s character is dynamic and shifts from an immature teenager to one who is more accepting of himself and his true limit of his knowledge of the world. Although it is evident that Holden tries to grow up extremely quickly, the…

inevitable because it shows that even in one of the most innocent places there is still corruption. Holden realizes this when he is walking up the stairs of Phoebe’s school and says: Somebody’d written “Fuck you” on the wall. It drove me damn near crazy. I thought…

Almost every person has some type of trauma in their past, something that dwells with them and affects who they are on the daily. For Holden Caulfield, his traumatic experience was his little brother’s death by cancer. Due to the trauma taking place when Holden was young, it led him to be dishonest, to distance himself from others, and to feel alone. Throughout the novel The Catcher in the Rye, J.D. Salinger incorporates the theme of alienation to further construe that subsequent to the trauma…

Right away, All Holden has to say is how Stradlater is a “secret slob” (Salinger 31). Holden quickly learns that Stradlater ha a date with, the Jane Gallagher; who Holden is crazy about, yet he is incapable of talking to her. When Stradlater returns, it is clear Holden is upset. Holden demands over and over again, for Stradlater to tell him the details about his date. “If you didn’t go to New York, where’d ya go with her…‘Cut…

“A classic is a book that has never finished saying what it has to say.” Italo Calvino. This quote describes how a classic book will always be relatable and relevant. In the coming-of-age fiction novel, The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger, a mentally unstable young man, named Holden Caulfield, goes on a journey in New York whilst trying to find himself as well as trying to become an adult. The quote by Italo Calvino relates to the novel as conveyed through the themes because they are…

In a world so big, it is a given that there are people who live phony lives. The novel, “Catcher in the Rye”, by J.D Salinger emphasizes the idea of what phony is. It is the word used to describe someone or something that is not genuine. Through the novel’s main character, Holden Caulfield, it is brought to light what living a phony life means to an individual. Catcher in the Rye is told from the perspective of Holden who thought of almost everything and everyone as phonies. Through his…

J. D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye follows Holden Caulfield as he wanders 1950s New York City battling his need to connect to the adult world while wanting to disregard adults as “phony”. The story begins after Holden is expelled from his school, Pencey Academy. That night Holden decides to leave Pencey after he becomes infuriated by his roommate Stradlater’s date with Holden’s former sweetheart, Jane. Holden chooses to remain in Manhattan until his parents receive the news of his expulsion…