Joan Caulfield

Author Willa Cather in her short story, “Paul’s Case”, suggests that the main character Paul is unhappy with his lifestyle, and therefor he devotes himself towards living a life of luxury. She supports this by first showing Paul in his disciplinary meeting at school, then Paul goes to the theater, then he returns after the theater to the dullness and darkness of Cordelia Street. Cather’s purpose is to demonstrate that nothing good comes out of hoping for something that you don't have, and be…

In this novella, John Steinbeck used four short stories to portray how a naïve young boy transformed into a man through his encounters with different unfortunate events. These harsh truths brought young Jody out of his fantasy perfect world and showed him the tough reality of life. Through these various events, he has learnt what disappointment is, what death and life is and how life does not always go his way. He also learnt that despite all these negative aspects of life, these were exactly…

Literary critic James Lundquist refers to Holden from The Catcher in the Rye, written by J.D. Salinger, as “the lunatic in the tombs” (J.D. Salinger, 42). This assessment implies that Holden is similar to the man from the Bible who was afflicted with demons, and correctly identifies Holden as a man who has to face his own inner demons. However, these demons manifest themselves to Holden as a part of his personality. Throughout the novel, his persistent attachment to his dead brother Allie and…

very vague and ill-defined character that has no path in life and proceeds to be the more invisible minority. Throughout the novel The Catcher in the Rye, J.D. Salinger illustrates the struggles of mental illness through the character of Holden Caulfield, a sixteen year old boy who is suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and depression due to his many implied sexual encounters,…

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger is a novel that relates the experiences of Holden Caulfield that led up to his loss of innocence. Leo Tolstoy’s statement, “All great literature is an attempt to answer two essential questions: Who are we, and how should we live?” holds true with regards to J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye. Through the series of events in the novel, Caulfield comes to the conclusion that world is filled with inauthentic people. He also realizes that becoming an…

out with all other jerks for a cigarette. What a deal that was. You never saw so many phonies in all your life, everybody smoking their ears off and talking about the paly so that everybody could hear how sharp they were. “-J.D. Salinger (Holden Caulfield) He admits that he is liar but keeps calling other people phonies though he is the biggest phony there. Probably there are some people who will say that Holden does have integrity, but the is not point in the middle. If one lies to a person or…

Holden Caulfield, the protagonist of J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye is one of literature's most relatable characters in history. Everyone his age and older from even the most diverse backgrounds can identify with his views and attitude toward the world. He is a troubled adolescent trying to get through life. Although Holden is an extremely intelligent sensitive young individual, he is very cynical and judgmental and always finds the negativity in the world around him. This causes many…

It was (Kurapika would later think, as he hunched over his kitchen table nursing the worst hangover of his life), a true testament to how drunk he'd been that he hadn't turned around and walked right back out of that place. It wasn't just that it was a tattoo parlor -- that he could have handled, although gods know he probably he have balked at even the most vanilla of establishments; no. Pairo had gone and taken him to one of the roughest, toughest, most notorious tattoo parlors in Yorkshin,…

In most minority situations, there is unacceptance which he also had on top of all the changes he was experiencing. People use rumors, stories, and prejudice against those they do not understand; this happened in this situation. The pain that was caused to this young man because he was different; not because he was unintelligent or could not learn. When enough people assume negative characteristics about someone they usually ultimately start to believe it themselves; this was happening to him.…

Kids these days, have a lot of problems with their family, friends, school and all that good stuff. We can’t really blame them because, each of us will have to go through that phase at one point in our life. One of them happens to be Holden. There’s nothing wrong with him, the things that are causing him problem are the things surrounding him and effecting his perspective and the way he thinks. Holden is in a stage where everything in his life is hitting him at once and that’s the reason we are…