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How much of yourself are you willing to lose to protect the innocence of a child? To change the child’s life? In the novel the Catcher in The Rye by J.D. Salinger, the protagonist Holden Caulifield is willing to completely strand himself to protect the innocence of children. His fierce desire to keep children’s innocence leads Holden to forget about himself and let himself fall into the abyss. Along the journey of his life he struggles with his desire to preserve the innocence of children, even…

Right after calling up Mr. Antolini to meet up again, Holden describes his previous experiences with him. Holden says, He was a pretty young guy, not much older than my brother D.B., and you could kid around with him without losing your respect for him…

being negative towards ackley and lies to benefit him, correspondingly, “the reason [he’s] sore at [him] is because he said that stuff about brushing [his] teeth once in awhile. He didn’t mean to insult [him], for cryin’ out loud. He didn’t say it right or anything, but he didn’t mean anything insulting. All he meant was [he’d] look better and feel better if [he] sort of brushed [his] teeth once in awhile” (Salinger 28). As holden explains to Ackley how he would be a whole lot better of a…

New York City, Holden finally goes to see his younger sister, Phoebe. When speaking with Phoebe after sneaking back into his family’s apartment, he whispers to her, “Thousands of little kids and nobody’s around - nobody big I mean - except me. And I’m standing on the edge of some crazy cliff . What I have to do, I have to catch everybody if they start to to go over the cliff” (Salinger 191). This reveals Holden’s desire to be the protector of childhood innocence. Holden’s view of childhood…

I have to catch everybody if they start to go over the cliff. I'd just be the catcher in the rye and all. I know it's crazy, but that's the only thing I'd really like to be.” Through the use of figurative language, Salinger highlights Caulfield seeing himself as protector of the children which is a metaphor of him protecting the children from losing their innocence, this metaphor emphasises Caulfield’s obsession of keeping the younger children ‘pure’ and positions the reader to feel positive of…

The Catcher in the Rye illustrates within its masterful pages the gradual maturation of an immature boy into a self-reliant young man. It is the unorthodox story of seventeen year-old Holden Caulfield, who is growing up in the decadent world of New York. He has thus far been unable to come terms with the fact that eventually, he must grow up, and that the world will never be pure. Holden has profound difficulty in accepting the inevitable, which in turn delays any form of progression towards…

An effective composer will use their texts as a medium to explore significant concepts that impart compelling ideas. One such composer is J.D Salinger, who uses his novel The Catcher in the Rye to follow the experiences of troubled teenager Holden Caulfield as he recounts various incidents in his rebellious life. Through the narration of this journey the composer delves into the noxious impacts of grief on mental health and the fear of ageing due to the inevitable loss of innocence. Salinger…

In the Catcher in the Rye, the author J.D. Salinger uses a variety of symbols to represent the struggles and challenges the main characters and narrator Holden Caulfield faces throughout the novel. Through the use of symbolism, Salinger is able to give additional meaning to the plot beyond what is being described by Holden. Through Holden 's desire to be a catcher in the rye, his goal of protecting the innocence of children is conveyed, but the golden rings on the carousel represents his…

Does an author’s experience, life lessons, mistakes, theories, or morals give a controversial book value? In the story The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger, a troubled teen, Holden Caulfield, sets a voice for younger generations as he struggles through the curved pathway to adulthood. Holden gets kicked out of Pencey Prep, ventures through the streets of New York, and confronts the issues of conformity in society. Author Jerome David Salinger is similar to Holden 's unconscious struggles…

Alienation is the state or the experience of being isolated from their environment or a group of people. It is a common state certain teenagers which can have many causes. It can be a side effect of big changes in their comfort zones, bullying or growing up. Not every adolescents go through it, but it is a part of the transition to adulthood. In the fiction novel The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger, Holden Caulfield, a sixteen years old teenager alienates himself from everyone and the world.…