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had psychological issues. I think that Holden was a character based on the feelings of the war. He had lots of angst and anger towards societal pressures. The significance of this text is to serve as a lesson. Holden was very much in his own world. He didn’t want to grow up. He wanted to keep acting like a child. This book…

The Catcher in the Rye written by J.D. Salinger, the book describes a young man,; Holden Caulfield.; After getting kicked out of pencey Holden has a fight with his roommate in which he is influenced into leaving the school two days early, he decides to spend those two days in New York before going back home meeting up with teachers, prostitutes, and his sister too. The book shows how a teen faces challenges of life. The author of the book, J.D Salinger, uses symbols such as, the F-uck you…

teenager named, Holden Caulfield, who struggles with the fact that everyone has to change and grow up. Holden Caulfield has changed his perspectives in a few areas throughout the novel. He struggles with change, growing up, and expressing his feelings to other people. From the beginning of the novel, Holden isolates himself from society by ignoring helpful advice and holding on to his desire that everything in the world must remain unchanged. In the second chapter of the novel, Holden…

Rye” by J.D Salinger is about a young boy name Holden Caulfield who is struggling to let go of his childhood and refusing to enter the adulthood. Throughout the novel he struggles about not fitting in with the people in school because he was not privileged or felt “too rich” and getting kicked out, growing up to be the person he is, and seeing death from his brother, Allie. Holden faces adulthood and wants to protect the kids from the real world. Holden starts to admire the little things in life…

irony and symbolism to hint at the true meaning of his work. First, the book begins with Holden Caulfield, a delusional seventeen-year-old, recalling his thoughts on what happens to him after he is expelled from school. After failing most of his classes, Holden decides to leave his school early before winter break starts; however, he did not tell his parents about his expulsion. Taking a train to Manhattan, Holden makes his way to a hotel where he will be staying until winter break begins. In…

Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock by Matthew Quick is about how the main character, Leonard Peacock, struggles with bullying. This book covers an eighteen years old boy’s struggle with bullying, morals, sexual abuse, and revenge. Leonard is conflicted between what he wants and what is right. All the while he is riddled with suicidal thoughts. In the book it covers the span of two days. All revolving around Leonard’s eighteenth birthday, on this day he plans to shoot and kill his former best friend…

makes Holden Caulfield this obnoxious, bad mouthing, cynic teenager. “...I left Elkton Hills was because I was surrounded by phonies.” (Salinger p 13). In the novel Catcher in the Rye, Holden goes through many obstacles and is trying to find himself. But during his exploration,we realize that Holden is growing up and is becoming a man. He shows this by making his own choices, by seeking advice and by the relationships he has made. First, by making his choices, Holden is growing up. Holden was…

Eric L. Tribunella’s 2011 essay, “Boyhood” traces the development of children’s, in particular boy literature, from the inception of the word “boy” to the boy-books of the 2000s. Tribunella calls attention to the word “boy” as being originally a derogatory term for males of a lower social status (22), and how the concept of boy as subordinate to man has maintained in some capacity even as the term has shifted to describe a male child (22). He writes “to be a boy means to be a flawed, inchoate,…

which changes how he perceives its meaning. With his improper understanding of the poem, Holden believes it is about trying to stop children from growing older, which is quite different from its actual theme. His interpretation of the poem becomes clear when he states, “Thousand of little kids, and nobody’s around… I have to catch everybody if they start to go over the cliff-” (173, Salinger). The cliff that Holden is trying to stop the children from falling…

The Catcher in the Rye banned for “good”: Reasons why it was banned, but still is an excellent book The book The Catcher in the Rye was written by J.D. Salinger and published in 1951. This book contains several themes that include the use of profanity and the use of examples that are not that appropriate for teenagers, even though it is a teenager narrating the story. This suggests that it is a real teenager’s life with similar thoughts, and experiences, which makes it a good book to read for…