His Last Walk

Holden Caulfield who has a difficult time expressing his emotions to other people. Salinger also had a hard time with his social life, so he composed this novel to express his own difficulties through Holden Caulfield. When analyzing this novel, it is clear to see the similarities between Salinger’s own personal life and the life he creates for Holden. J.D. Salinger uses the character Holden Caulfield in The Catcher in the Rye to reflect his own social problems: interacting with other people,…

Salinger decides to use a sense of dark and informal terminology to show that societal acceptance is inevitable and that Holden Caulfield rejects his environment. Holden begins to talk about his being kicked out of Pencey Prep because he made different decisions that the school did not want him to make. “... They kicked me out… I was flunking four subjects and not applying myself… They gave me frequent warning to start…

cold, hard reality of the adult world. Holden Caulfield is one of these people. J.D. Salinger’s novel, The Catcher in the Rye, follows Holden’s actions over three days throughout New York City as he attempts to protect innocence everywhere, especially his own. One example of an innocent figure whom Holden strives to protect is Jane Gallagher. Holden became acquainted with Jane two summers before the novel begins and is someone with whom Holden almost had…

Days in New York Holden Caulfield is a seventeen year old very depressed man. He is grieving over the death of his younger brother. Holden goes to Pencey Prep, a private school. After receiving the notice that he is getting kicked out for failing four out of his five classes, he goes to New York for three days. While there, he sneaks into his parents apartment, and enjoys seeing his little sister, Phoebe. She 's the only person in the book, The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger, that…

movie that goes through the life of a troubled teen who uses track to escape his social status. Throughout the movie, the boy overcame struggles and experienced failure, but with the support of one individual he overcame those hard-ships. Drew needed guidance, and he needed a strive for something. At the beginning of the movie, Drew’s dad overdosed on drugs, leaving his older brother to be the “man” of the house, and his mom was never really seen. Drew was growing up in an inner-city High School…

Salinger is a beloved American novel, it gives an inside look into the mind of an American teen who is dealing with struggles that lead into his quest to be recognized as an adult or a valuable member of society. In “Catcher In The Rye”, Holden faces the pain of dejection, grief over his beloved brother, unwelcome pressure into adulthood, and battles his own demons all while traveling the streets of New York on a quest of self-healing and exploration. “When a character hits the road, we…

trial and error, faces troubles in finding his way down the path to enlightenment, or Nirvana. Nirvana is a term that is most commonly tied to the religion, Buddhism. It is best defined as a state of total self contentment and an emptiness in feelings. Throughout the novel, Siddhartha finds his way down the path to Nirvana through the following of many very influential teachers. Along the way-keep?? He is taught by the Samana people, or the monks, his teacher and lover, Kamala, and also…

innocence while avoiding the responsibility of the harsh reality of adulthood, which is exemplified in J.D. Salinger’s novel The Catcher in the Rye, in which the main character, Holden – disillusioned by the cruelty of the world – attempts to protect both his own and others’ innocence. While some may support Camus’ claim through the reasoning that children do not want to bear the burdens of living life as an adult, many often neglect the reality that this defense mechanism will frequently…

Holden’s alienation is a result of his need for some type of reassurance regarding his authenticity.Throughout the chapters he subtly mentions the hardships he had faced in his 16 years of life.Between his brother’s death at a young age, he alludes to being a victim of assault after Mr.Antolini's strange behavior and his strained relationships regarding his parents and romantic interests.According to Freud A. Strachey in his introductory lectures on psychoanalysis states that regression is an…

Innocence (Formalist Approach) Through his emotional roller coaster across Manhattan, Holden Caulfield insists on obtaining something that is impossible: the ability to preserve innocence. From the start of the novel, J.D. Salinger straps us in and keeps us gripping on to the bars by revealing detail after detail of Holden’s life, allowing us to better understand his unwillingness to desert the comfort of innocence and conform to adulthood. For example, while speaking to his younger sister,…