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Since Jerome David Salinger had troubles growing up, he uses his personal experiences from boarding school to write about a pessimistic teenager who has academic struggles as well as mental struggles. Salinger grew up going to many different prep schools as well as his character Holden Caulfield in the Catcher in the Rye. Holden deals with depression in this book as Salinger himself has dealt with depression induced by the stress from the war. Salinger uses his personal experiences to form his…

In “The Freshest Boy” by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Basil Lee’s significant feeling of being ostracized causes him to ameliorate his demeanor with the boys of St. Regis. From the beginning of the story, Basil’s experience at boarding school is dreadful. Basil is “fresh” with his classmates once again, separating himself from the educational community. The realization of this shocks him. After one particular day that he is savagely abashed in, “[Basil] [goes] up to his room and [cries]”; being shunned…

Stradlater is described as handsome with a fit body and broad shoulders. Holden said, “He was pretty handsome, too-I’ll admit it” (Salinger 27). Holden describes himself as tall and skinny with greyish hair. At the start of the novel, he stated “...I’m six foot two and a half and I have grey hair” (9). Holden refers to his own looks in a negative way, but he describes Stradlater’s more positively. Stradlater’s physical aspects match the average teenager, while Holden’s are…

The Catcher in the Rye is a novel by J. D. Salinger that is a 21st-century literary classic but is incredibly overrated. It is one of those books almost every high schooler must-read during English class, and most wonder why the book is so popular in the first place. The story itself is not bad, and its multiple symbols and themes that are closely analyzed are probably reasons why this book is forced-fed to teenagers. However, it seems like the true reason this book is such a classic is that it…

At this point in the novel “Catcher in the Rye” by J.D. Salinger, Holden finds his way back home, sneaking in passed the dense night elevator boy by using his favorite technique-lying. Walking in, Holden realizes his sister has been sleeping in his brother D.B.’s room. The two begin to talk, and end get into an argument after Phoebe insists their father will kill Holden and that Holden doesn’t love anything. Feeling upset, Holden calls his favorite English teacher from Elkton Hills, Mr. Antolini…

The print medium I have chosen for comparison is J.D. Salinger’s novel, The Catcher in the Rye; a work that speaks to youth having trouble finding their place and means of survival in the hostile world of adulthood via the psychotherapy (talk therapy between therapist and patient) session of a struggling adolescent named Holden Caulfield. Although, it is almost 67 years old, its import has no generational limitation. Holden’s perspective and outlook on life appears cynical and bitter on the…

Holden Caulfield, in The Catcher in the Rye by J.D Salinger, values consistent people in his life. This is because once he forms a special connection with someone he does not want it to change and risk losing it. Especially because he does not have many connections. Another reason is because Holden has previously had horrible experiences that causes him to fear change. Throughout the novel Holden expresses the relationship he shares with Jane. She is someone that he trusts and feels comfortable…

dealing with the real world and his obligations. He does not want to become a lawyer and make money, but instead wants to protect children and preserve their innocence. 7. "The best thing, though, in that museum was that everything always stayed right where it was. Nobody's move. You could go there a hundred thousand times, and that Eskimo would still be just finished catching those two fish, the birds would still be on their way south, the dears would still be drinking out of that water…

Many people were significant during the life of Holden Caulfield. The three main people I feel were important were his younger brother Allie, his younger sister Phoebe, and his old English teacher from Elkton Hills, Mr. Antolini. Allie his younger brother ended up passing away from leukemia. When Allie passed away, he left Holden his baseball mitt with many different poems on it written in green ink. Allie was very intelligent and sweet boy. Holden loved his brother but when Allie past away he…

Holden Caulfield, protagonist of the novel The Catcher in the Rye, has the disease Post Dramatic Stress Disorder, commonly shortened to PTSD. Holden has constantly showed indisputable evidence to show that he has this disease. These include anxiety, flashbacks of traumatic events,hostility and agitation,substance abuse, feelings of mistrusts, depression, and suicidal thoughts. According to reliable sources such as Mayo Clinic, Anxiety and Depression Associates of America, and The National…