His Last Walk

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…

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 times in the novel. Holden doesn’t have a very good sex life, in fact heś still a…

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 dollars because it was so hard…

say that the view of America that Holden gives in the novel is inaccurate and over dramatized because of his pessimistic attitude and tendencies to lie, making him a faulty narrator. However, Holden’s narration is close enough to my understanding of the world that saying he is an unreliable narrator is a bad argument. In the novel Holden gives an accurate view of American society through his portrayal of inauthenticity, realistic characters, and the idea of the American dream -- running away…

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 you love in. Holden’s sadness makes him irrational and unaware of his actions. Holden had a strong relationship with his brother, Allie.…

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 phonies. He hates the phony prep schools his parents make him attend, filled with phony people.…

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 when he offers to give it to Phoebe it`s a big deal. “ Then I took my hunting hat out of my pocket and gave it to her” (Salinger 180) “ This…

book we get to see his identity change as he encounters those who a seem to not have lost their innocence or those who understand the meaning of losing their innocence. Holden identity is constantly being formed by his want to save those who haven’t experienced or seen the evils that lurk in the “real world”. It all started with the lost of his brother that leaves him with this never ending depression. Holden constantly feels that he should have died instead of Allie because of his age, Holden…

Holden’s life parallels much of Salinger’s background, leaving readers to consider the likely possibility that Salinger based his main character in the novel off of himself. For example, both Salinger and Caulfield were sent away to private boarding schools at a young age by their wealthy parents from New York (PBS, 2011). Throughout the novel, Caulfield allows readers into his head to deal with many issues he faces as he is in a mental hospital—likely based on the true events of Salinger’s…

order for students to analyze the deeper meanings behind his thought and behaviors, to analyze the author’s unique writing style, and to be exposed to the realities of depression. One may perceive Holden; the protagonist, constant smoking, drinking, and sexual tendencies as a suggestion of approval towards underage inappropriate behavior. He is smoking packs of cigarettes a day, lying about his age for alcohol, and calling prostitutes to his room. However, these actions are merely a call for…