Holden Bowler

Bryan Alvizures March 6,2018 Mr. Amoroso. Period 9 Concept questions 3 In the play “Fences” by August Wilson, Troy(the main character) has a a type of dualistic nature within him. Sometimes he teaches lessons while sometimes he shows complete anger and no control. On page 66 he states “ I’m trying to find a way to tell you ...I’m gonna be a daddy. I’m gonna be somebody’s daddy.” Troy is showing himself as a person who doesn’t respect his wife and went out to have a baby with…

The Catcher in the Rye is a story about a boy who is named Holden who struggles in life and making his own decisions but, he finally gets his life straightened out after he’s in a mental hospital. The Catcher In the Rye By: J.D. Salinger is a story about a teenager who is explaining his life story while he is in an Asylum. He has three things besides Phoebe that helps him get through his struggles including, The red hunting Cap, Allie’s Baseball Mitt and the Carousel these all represent…

Holden begins his story at Pencey Preparatory, an exclusive private school (fictional, though based on Salinger's own experience at Valley Forge Military Academy) in Agerstown, Pennsylvania, on the Saturday afternoon of the traditional football game with rival school Saxon Hall. Holden ends up missing the game. As manager of the fencing team, he loses their equipment on a New York City subway train that morning, resulting in the cancellation of a match. He goes to the home of his history teacher…

with the story of Holden Caulfield. Holden, when he is depressed and/or feeling lost, he turns to his red hunting hat for comfort. In the novel Salinger writes about this hat Holden buys on his way back from New York, “It was this Red hunting hat, with one of those very very long peaks…” (17-18). When Holden was feeling uncomfortable while he was in the cab, he put on his hat to calm his nerves “I’d put my red hunting hat on in the cab for the hell of it but took it…

many people. Including Holden Caulfield the protagonist, he is a 17 year old boy who has was expelled from his school Pencey. After a fight with his roommate Stradlater he decides to leave school early and go to manhattan to avoid telling his parents. In the book The Catcher in the Rye, Holden is struggling with being surrounded by phonies and being a phony himself. Holden talk about many people being phony but there were many encounters that Holden himself acted phony. Holden Caulfield, the…

Introduction Holden Caulfield was a mysterious and a rather inept person. It seemed that he could not function in normal life. He had an attitude that was pessimistic and unhappy. He hated most things and referred to most people as “phonies.” There was one thing however, that was expressed in the book by J.D. Salinger, that Caulfield loved. Holden cherished innocence. Caulfield represents the core of all men and women. At the bottom of every one’s heart, there is a great void; a hunger and…

there is an protagonist named Holden Caufield. Holden Caufield was a happy but that changed after his brother Allie died. Allie died on July 18, 1946 at age 11 of leukemia. After Allie’s death Holden became depressed. After Allie died, Holden was sent to a prep school name Pencey Prep. That school has its own dorms so he doesn't see his family a lot, not that Holden minded. He got into trouble a lot. He got kicked out out for failing four of his five classes. Holden then decided to stay in New…

Salinger, the narrator, Holden Caulfield, goes on an adventurous pilgrimage from his preparatory school in Pennsylvania to New York City, explaining many of his important thoughts and emotions along the way. Throughout his misguided trek through the big city, Holden continually has something wrong with himself and his mental state continues to deteriorate. Although the traits of unhappiness and pessimism embed in him, the readers come to appreciate and care for Holden. Holden’s ideas and…

My book is called Bystander. It follows the life of a young boy named Eric who is new to Bellport, Long Island. As a seventh grader it is scary to move to a new school, especially if you do not know anybody going into it. Early in the book, he becomes “friends” with the school bully and his followers. This however was a big mistake. He gets himself into uncomfortable positions where he has to decide to stand up to Griffin (the bully) or stand behind him. My presentation took place on October…

and within each individual. It is an “coming of age” story that anyone can find a way to relate to with the character beginning in turmoil, struggling in turmoil, having a moment of epiphany, and eventually suffering physical and emotional collapse. Holden Caulfield, protagonist of the novel, experiences first hand the effects of two earth-shattering traumas and setbacks that play a role in his emotional psyche. The death of his brother, Allie, the suicide of a school friend and his constant…