Joan Crawford

The book tells of a down trotted rebellious boy who’s obvious social short comings have often times been the cause of most of his problems. These short comings act as fuel for many of his mental ramblings, and social interactions. Obsessed with finding “phonies” the main character Holden Caulfield often times causes himself mental anguish with this obsession. Constantly angering himself over the actions of others, actions that may not even affect him in the slightest. One could denote that…

Growing up can be a scary, confusing journey for most children, whom may not have people to encourage and provide a sense of security for them. J.D Salinger has greatly expressed the struggles of growing up “alone”, in his astonishing coming of age novel “The Catcher and the Rye”. Salinger utilizes the red hunting hat, the duck in the lagoon and The Museum of Natural History as symbols throughout the novel to show the worries of growing up with the story of Holden Caulfield. Holden, when he is…

The definition of phony is not genuine or fraudulent, which can describe 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…

J.D Salinger, author of “Catcher in the rye,” gives an impression of alienation, the state of being isolated about society, to a younger audience such as myself because the lack of knowledge in the “adult world.” “Catcher in the Rye” has a cultural impact on the world such as many quotes in several books, movies, tv shows, and music. The Book, “Catcher in the Rye,” should be deemed as a good book because it captures the alienation of adolescents when questioning the world magnificently as if the…

“Little kids are just dumb, the smart ones and the slow ones. They do dumb things. They say what they think. They haven’t learned enough yet to say what they don’t really think. That comes later, when kids begin to turn into people and find out that they are alone” (LeGuin 3). As children, people lack the knowledge of what to say and what to hide. When they grow older and face reality, they become more guarded and, sometimes, bitter. In Sherman Alexie’s short story “Indian Education,” 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…

Holden Caulfield: Phony or Real? Holden Caulfield embodies many of the ideas from The Most Human Art. Caulfield and The Catcher and The Rye have connected many people from different backgrounds due to Caulfield ideas resonating. Caulfield embodies many ideas from The Most Human Art, but he especially allows people to see stories through his eyes, realizing the consequences of our actions and teaching us how to be human. Caulfield throughout the book allows us to experience how it is to be a…

In the novel The Catcher In the Rye by J.D. 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…

Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger is a somewhat controversial 1950’s novel about the main character, Holden Caulfield, recounting his days of adventure in New York City following his recent expulsion from Pencey Prep, a private all boys’ school. Throughout the interactive oral, it was discussed how Holden’s journey through New York was similar to the odyssey and what the writer achieved by his use of language style, among other questions like what the audience, purpose and context of the novel…

The production, Rent, is a rock musical that is based on a group of distressed artists having a hard time striving in the days of Alphabet City with HIV/AIDS constraining their lives. The original playwright, Billy Aronson, came up with the musical as a renewal of the opera La Bohemia of 1988. Aronson collaborated with Jonathan Larson, a playwright and composer, and created one of the most popular Broadway musicals to date. I watched and experienced a production of this musical at California…