Fermat's Last Theorem

Since the beginning of the book you could tell that Holden was an overall sad person. He always separated himself. “I was standing way up on Thomsen Hill, instead of down at the game” (Salinger 3) while everyone else is in the game he's isolated, and watching people instead of connecting with them. It wasn't only Holden, who furthered himself from everyone. “The whole team ostracized me the whole way back. It was pretty funny, in a way.” (Salinger 3) It seems odd to me that someone would find…

his journey in the book. There are many symbols that the author uses to try to make the readers look through Holden eyes. For example, The Red Haunting Hat he buys in New York. Another symbol in this novel are The Ducks In The Central Park Lagoon. Last but not least The Museum Of Natural History. The first symbol Salinger uses to catch the reader's attention about Holden’s life Is the red hunting hat that symbolizes his individualism in his world. Holden buys the red hunting hat after he loses…

In The Catcher in the Rye Holden has a dismal outlook on the future, hating how adulthood is fake and pretend. Holden Constantly reiterates how much he despises the adult world, and how anyone who is part of that world is despicable. Holden shuns anyone that fits outside his ideal of innocence and childhood, even if these people such as Mr. Antolini, really care about Holden and want him to thrive and grow. Instead in The Catcher in the Rye, Holden’s view of maturity and adulthood as phony…

” The Catcher in the Rye” by J.D Salinger is a notable classic among english literature. This tale of a mentally unstable young man by the name of Holden Caulfield going through a journey to find his purpose. Something that many people with his condition tend to search for. We are told this tale though his own eyes, his side of the story and only his side only, it is a year later in what we can assume to be a psychiatric hospital. With all of this in mind, it can be questionable whether or not…

Undergoing emotional turmoil, Holden Caulfield a 16 year old ex student at Pencey Prep talks about the “madman” events around Christmas, that has brought him to receive help at a mental hospital. Holden is having a tremendous difficulty trying to surpass his emotional turmoil, and struggles dealing with the phoniness of the world. With the fact that someday he will have to grow up leaving his innocent young life, to become some phony adult wearing a suit, carrying a briefcase, riding to work in…

Psychological Case Study Case #44 PATIENT NAME: HOLDEN CAULFIELD BACKGROUND INFORMATION Holden Caulfield is a 17-year-old boy living in California who is currently admitted to this psychiatric ward. He is originally from New York and attended Pencey Prep in Pennsylvania, until his recent expulsion. Holden is a very skinny teen who, claims he doesn’t like to talk much, yet he does. EDUCATION Holden has attended many schools, from which he has failed out of. He…

Life Gone Downhill For Holden J.D. Salinger is an American who was born in Manhattan, New York. When he was younger he wrote short stories in secondary school, then he started writing for a magazine. His final original was in 1965 and it appeared on the, ‘The New Yorker’. In 1951, his novel, The Catcher In The Rye portrayed many different symbols representing isolation, depression, and comfort. Statistics show that combination of Depression and Isolation can negatively affect a person 's mental…

Dharani Nachiappan Ms. Catenacci ENG 4U1 08 April 2015 Salinger’s Fascination of Forlornness in The Catcher in the Rye The Catcher in the Rye is known internationally as an influential and analytical narrative. It follows the story of Holden Caulfield who goes through a series of events that make him feel alone and neglected in the world that he is living in. Many themes are present throughout the novel but the most recurring and dominant theme is forlornness. This is the feeling of…

Notably, Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson was a banned book, just as The Cather in the Rye by J.D. Salinger was. One man, named Richard Swier , even deemed Speak to be “child pornography. ” Although it contains one scene where Melinda is raped, it is not graphic or cause gratification in reading. Speak is a cautionary tale about the emotional aftermath of rape. It tackles bullying, depression, sexual harassment, and family dysfunction. It teaches children, teenagers, and people of all ages to…

his rabbit farm, and they live happily on their own ranch or farm. In hopes that Lennie is in a better place and doesn’t have to be afraid of his rabbit farm being taken away from him. “Let’s do it now. Let’s get that place now” (pg. 106). Lennie’s last words before George sent him to his farm. Lennie’s rabbit farm. George had to protect Lennie from the truth that is the world. This is the only way for Lennie to be alive without actually being alive. If Curley had killed him, George knew that he…