His Last Walk

time deciding what he wants out of life. He’s just a teenage boy with a rebellious mind. He finds out the hard way that life can be pretty tough. This story demonstrates his adolescent behavior, his disobedience towards his town’s beliefs, and the consequences he faces from actions. Sammy is a nineteen year old boy; giving at his age it’s not unordinary that he fantasizes about girls. However, he does seemingly come off as a sexist pig. He eyes each girl down inappropriately. He describes the…

J.D. Salinger’s novel, The Catcher in the Rye, is about a teenage boy’s journey through New York in attempt to find his identity. Lost in his own little world the protagonist, Holden Caulfield, refuses to face reality in an effort to escape his numerous problems. J.D. Salinger uses several examples of symbolism throughout the novel to represent the thoughts and true personality that Holden attains. Two main examples of Salinger’s symbolism include the ducks in Central Park and the red hunting…

Rye book uses symbols to show Holden's greatest fear which is becoming an average person and live life like everybody in this society he hates so much. The symbolism shows how Holden grows a little bit by the end of the book, but he still is stuck in his ways. One of the first symbols seen in the book is Holden’s red hunting cap. Holden's hunting cap shows how alienated Holden is, yet it protects him. It also it makes him feel unique and nonpareil. The hat is…

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger is a novel that relates the experiences of Holden Caulfield that led up to his loss of innocence. Leo Tolstoy’s statement, “All great literature is an attempt to answer two essential questions: Who are we, and how should we live?” holds true with regards to J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye. Through the series of events in the novel, Caulfield comes to the conclusion that world is filled with inauthentic people. He also realizes that becoming an…

where Holden showed no integrity in the book. The first and the best one would be how he does not have enough courage to tell his parent that he got kicked out of school and tries to come back home later and lie to them that everything is ok. He is ready to stay alone in the hotel with nobody who can support him drink and smoke cigarettes instead of going home and telling his parents the truth. Another good example of Holden having no integrity would be this quote from the book that shows he is…

how they feel about themselves and I find that Holden seems to have issues with his self confidence and that is why he is always being so judgemental. And he is so scared to be called out for being fake that he calls everyone else fake. Holden is a teenage boy that is just starting to get interested in girls and I think that he doesn't think very highly of himself which makes it hard to get girls and he sees all his friends and roommates getting girls that he has dreamed about getting with since…

illustrates the life of Holden Caulfield as he shares his experiences from traveling from Pencey Prep in Pennsylvania to New York City. This book analyzes the sixteen year old's life during the 1950s. Holden suffers from depression which affects his daily behaviors and thoughts and causes him to experience mood swings such as anger, impulsiveness, confusion, sensitivity, nervousness, solitariness, and sadness. Through Holden’s actions and behaviors caused by his depression, Salinger suggests how…

literature's most relatable characters in history. Everyone his age and older from even the most diverse backgrounds can identify with his views and attitude toward the world. He is a troubled adolescent trying to get through life. Although Holden is an extremely intelligent sensitive young individual, he is very cynical and judgmental and always finds the negativity in the world around him. This causes many problems for him. He gets kicked out of his fourth school because of academic failure…

Caulfield is in between childhood and adulthood. He is in denial of growing up and afraid of losing his innocence. Throughout the novel, Holden seeks out people who have made an impact on his life to accept him and his problems. Very few understand his mindset and tell him to just grow up. Holden desires acceptance and understanding but is rejected by Mr. Spencer and Ackley, but later receives approval from his little sister Phoebe. The novel opens with Holden returning from New York with…

will have to go through that phase at one point in our life. One of them happens to be Holden. There’s nothing wrong with him, the things that are causing him problem are the things surrounding him and effecting his perspective and the way he thinks. Holden is in a stage where everything in his life is hitting him at once and that’s the reason we are investigating and finding out the best solution for Holden. Holden is a very bright kid I must say, but he is also a teenager who is going through…