Holden Bowler

adolescent named Holden Caulfield as he makes this painful transition. The Catcher in the Rye is considered J. D. Salinger’s most successful novel. In the novel, the main character Holden Caulfield takes a two and a half day journey through New York City after he gets kicked out of his third private school, Pencey Prep. “He (Holden) represents as a spokesman for the alienated American youth” (Whitfield). Throughout Holden’s journey in The Catcher in the Rye he experiences…

The author J.D Salinger published his book “Catcher in the Rye” in 1951. The story mostly takes place in New York city over a short period of time. The main character of the novel is Holden. At the beginning of the book, we see Holden get emotionally unstable that he gets kick out from prep school.From that moment on he decided to go on an adventure to clear his head and find out what he's going to do with his life.Most of the time he’s depressed and has a hard time connecting with others except…

years old boy, named Holden Caufield and it is told by his perspective. The story begins telling us about his life, specifically in the school, where he is about to be expelled because of his bad performance (he is falling almost all the subjects.) Holden studied in a boarding school called Pencey Prep, in Pennsylvania. After a fight with his colleague room, he decided to leave Pencey earlier than the concerted. Then, he gots a train to New York, where he leaves, but Holden didn't want to see…

In the novel, The Catcher in the Rye, J.D. Salinger portrays the central idea through Holden Caufield’s conflicts with himself, others, and society. Caufield narrates his life from the moment he gets expelled from Pencey, a private school, to when he travels back to his hometown. Through his encounters with other students, a prostitute, his old professor, and Phoebe, his younger sister, Caufield begins to realize that his life has taken a very wrong turn. Salinger uses the internal and external…

Phoebe is able to provide Holden with emotion support, by helping Holden search for meaning in his world, even if that includes moving to the West. Holden and Phoebe Caulfield have become closer over the years, allowing them to spend more time together throughout the years. In the novel Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger, Phoebe Caulfield, a sister and mother figure towards Holden, reveals a side of him that is only shown while Phoebe is present. Phoebe and Holdens trusting, caring and…

a kid. A kid who feels alienated from his peers and society. Holden Caulfield, the narrator of the novel, talks about his surroundings and how everything is “sore”. He talks about how he doesn’t like people because of how they are all phonies, and fakes, saying things they don’t really mean. There is where some reader might get the idea that Holden is “weird,” “whiny”, and “immature”, but this attitude is justified because of how Holden is still not over a traumatic experience of the death of…

in the Rye depicts a boy named Holden Caulfield whose view of reality seems turned around. When Holden tells us what happened to him or describes someone, his description seems warped and turns out to be negative. In his mind, he never does anything wrong, and he depicts the people he likes as near perfect and everyone else like a moron. Likewise, when describing his mistakes he never does anything wrong, everyone else does. We get the unfiltered version of Holden and we need to sort through…

conciseness writing” or “interior monologue.” J.D Salinger utilized this style of writing to its fullest, thus bringing the main character's voice, Holden Caulfield, to life. Due to such vivid imagery, Salinger connects to many…

Audrey Hepburn said, “The best thing to hold onto in life is each other.” From the day she was born to the day she died, Hepburn has always been around those she loved. She craved relationships and affection. She taught others to cherish your loved ones and to not take them for granted. Hepburn was born on May 4, 1929 in Belgium and died on January 20, 1993 in Switzerland. She had two brothers, Ian Edgar Bruce Quarles van Ufford and Arnoud Robert Alexander Quarles van Ufford, but she was never…

difficult process that everyone must endure. In the novel The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger, Holden does not cope well with becoming an adult and moving on from the death of his little brother, Allie. He holds on tightly to the memories of his childhood and wishes that he could be a child forever. Holden does not want to grow up because he fears change and does not want to leave his childhood behind. Holden has a strong connection to Allie and does not want to become an adult because…