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Almost every person has some type of trauma in their past, something that dwells with them and affects who they are on the daily. For Holden Caulfield, his traumatic experience was his little brother’s death by cancer. Due to the trauma taking place when Holden was young, it led him to be dishonest, to distance himself from others, and to feel alone. Throughout the novel The Catcher in the Rye, J.D. Salinger incorporates the theme of alienation to further construe that subsequent to the trauma…

his life, stinging people one at a time. Holden seems to do the impossible, ruining relationships left and right. He destructs in different ways, such as, physically and verbally. Holden struggles to see or think anything good about anyone. Anyone who has a different view, or thinks differently from Holden, becomes a victim of his destruct. This can be seen throughout the entire book,…

“A classic is a book that has never finished saying what it has to say.” Italo Calvino. This quote describes how a classic book will always be relatable and relevant. In the coming-of-age fiction novel, The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger, a mentally unstable young man, named Holden Caulfield, goes on a journey in New York whilst trying to find himself as well as trying to become an adult. The quote by Italo Calvino relates to the novel as conveyed through the themes because they are…

In a world so big, it is a given that there are people who live phony lives. The novel, “Catcher in the Rye”, by J.D Salinger emphasizes the idea of what phony is. It is the word used to describe someone or something that is not genuine. Through the novel’s main character, Holden Caulfield, it is brought to light what living a phony life means to an individual. Catcher in the Rye is told from the perspective of Holden who thought of almost everything and everyone as phonies. Through his…

J. D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye follows Holden Caulfield as he wanders 1950s New York City battling his need to connect to the adult world while wanting to disregard adults as “phony”. The story begins after Holden is expelled from his school, Pencey Academy. That night Holden decides to leave Pencey after he becomes infuriated by his roommate Stradlater’s date with Holden’s former sweetheart, Jane. Holden chooses to remain in Manhattan until his parents receive the news of his expulsion…

Holden Caulfield faces various forms of victimization throughout the novel, but his isolation from the world plays a vast role against him. The victimization forms him to protect the innocence of all children around the world. Throughout this novel there are many versatile examples of victimization towards Holden and how he turns it around to help protect the innocence of children. For example, when he tells Phoebe he is a catcher in the rye, when he sees the swearing words on the walls of the…

Author J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye features Holden Caulfield, a young man who struggles through getting kicked out of multiple private boys schools, society’s expectations, and depression. The lense this book is being analyzed under is psychoanalytic theory. Psychoanalytic theory is the concept of the unconscious part of the human brain contains biological motivators and conditioning from past experiences. The specific part of psychoanalytic theory that is being used is the idea of…

isolate themselves which makes them even more mentally unstable. Hamlet isolates himself, which causes him to be much more lonely than before. Hamlet's best friends, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern has just arrived, but Hamlet discovers that they are only here to spy on him which makes him very upset: … I have of late, but wherefore I know not, lost all my mirth, forgone all custom of exercises, and indeed it goes so heavily with my disposition that this goodly frame. (2.2…

In Catcher in the Rye, written by J. D. Salinger, Holden, the main character, wants to save children’s innocence. In the book, there are two motifs, the mummies and Holden’s inability to call Jane, which both reveals Holden’s thoughts about retaining innocence. As Holden arrives in New York, Holden attempts to call Jane Gallagher trying to: “take her dancing. I never danced … the whole time I knew her” (175). Holden has no one to spend time with and decides to use his time with Jane Gallagher,…

Shannon Noll is a singer/song-writer from Australia. He was born in a rural NSW town called Orange on 16th September 1975, however he spent most of his early life growing up in two towns called Condobolin and Tullibigeal. Shannon Noll or “Nollsy” was the youngest of three boys; Adam, Damian and of course himself. His parents were Neil and Sharron Noll who owned the Noll family farm which was a 4,500-acre lot in Tullibigeal. This farm had a large impact on Nollsy’s life and the outback lifestyle…