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“Grow up” We’ve all heard it before. Maybe it was your parents or siblings who muttered it under their breath with dissatisfaction. You hated hearing it, but deep down you knew they were right. Holden, the main character, in J.D Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye fortifies the idea of preserving innocence throughout the novel. In an age where kids are trying their hardest to grow up as fast as they can, I agree with Holden. I think it is important to always have that childlike side to you, no…

According to the reference dictionary, the definition of a dynamic character is, “Dynamic Character- noun: a literary or dramatic character who undergoes an important innerchange, as a change in personality or attitude.” In the book The Catcher in the Rye, J.D. Salinger portrays a story about a kid named Holden Caulfield and shows the struggles that he goes through at Pency and in New York. Because of many affect that went through throughout his entire life, he goes into many internal and…

Throughout The Catcher in the Rye, written by J.D. Salinger, we see the narrator, Holden Caulfield, sink deeper and deeper into his mental instability. This began when Holden lost his brother, and went on as he started his adventure, fearing he would lose the rest of his family as well. Though this causes him not to be a very reliable source, it does make him more relatable to the book’s teenage audience. In your teenage years, you begin to question not only yourself, but the world around you,…

private schools and was described as his school officials as intelligent but lacking in motivation. These qualities and schools Salinger attended parallel the experiences and characteristics of Holden Caulfield from the novel. He dropped out of the famous McBurney School and was then sent to Valley Forge Military Academy. Then, Salinger became a soldier in the army in 1942 but…

“If a body catch a body comin’ thro the rye”. This quote is relevant because it is the song that holden said he wanted to be when grew up. In J. D. Salinger novel Catcher In The Rye is about a kid named Holden Caulfield is about a sixteen year old boy that has trouble with his sex life and also struggle with his life because he had a tragic accident when he was young. This accident was when his brother Allie past away, he had a huge impact in Holden's life because Allies Death mentioned many…

“Little Shirley Beans” In The Catcher in the Rye, there are many symbols to represent something with a much greater meaning. “Little Shirley Beans” could be an example of a symbol in this novel by J.D Salinger. “Little Shirley Beans” is a record Holden wanted to buy for his younger sister Phoebe. Holden heard this album while he was at Pencey and he just knew Phoebe would ‘get a kick out of it’. The record was hard to get, but he just had to get it for Phoebe. The record costed him five…

Holden brings up the topic of authenticity many times in the novel regarding character and even words. For instance when he says “Grand. There's a word I really hate. It's a phony. I could puke every time I hear it” (9). He despises anything or anyone who is phony and fake. Even though Holden lies and deceives other characters and the reader throughout the book, he is still…

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D Salinger centers around a boy named Holden. Throughout the book Holden is depressed and is having a hard time fitting in. He lost his brother at a young age. He has been expelled kicked out of four schools and is scared to face his parents. He then goes to New York to try to escape the loneliness. In Holden’s case, all of these events bring him down and lead him to self harm and depression, but as J.D Salinger shows us this can all be overcome by letting someone…

The Catcher in the Rye is a book that has been famous for years, for its main character Holden Caulfield. The book is about a series of events that took place in his life told by himself in the past tense. By writing this book through Holden’s point of view, the reader gets a much deeper sense of who Holden Caulfield is as a person. Right from the start, it is made obvious that Holden is struggling in his school life, his social life, his romantic life, and with his family. Holden resents…

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D Salinger features a boy named Holden who gets kicked out a school. In the Catcher in the Rye Salinger uses many different objects to symbolize Holdens anguish and happiness. Most of the objects being symbolized, have a deep meaning to Holden. A meaning that goes back to his childhood. One of the things that Salinger uses as a symbol in this book is a red hunting hat that Holden carries around with him all the time. Holden has had this hat since his childhood, and…