Joan Didion

In the novel, A Catcher in the Rye, Holden Caulfield feels unhappy due to the phonies which create his own misery. Wherever Holden goes, he is surrounded by people who he has trouble coping with and relating to. The ones he encounters that do not act genuine or sincere send him spiralling into an abyss of isolation and hatred towards the world. Holden has left many schools such as Whooton school and Elkton Hills because of his views on the people there being phony. He cannot prosper in an…

Holden Caulfield and Jim Stark Holden is a depressed teen with a negative attitude towards life and people, he wants to protect kids from reality and want to protect their innocence. Jim is a good person who makes good connections with people around him, he has a complicated relationship with his family especially his father who he thinks is a coward. These two characters have important similarities and differences. Similarities include romantic relationships and family.…

Change is the act of becoming different and it is something that is inevitable which one goes through as time passes. However, deliberately trying to protect others from approaching the adult world can implicate harm to themselves and others around them. In the novel, The Catcher In The Rye written by JD Salinger, Holden Caulfield narrates his own story and how he struggles with accepting the fact that change everyone must go through is imminent. On the second day he ran away, he decides to…

The desire to be accepted by others is what most people strive for in society. At various points in life, young people understand that they had to leave their childhood behind, to fully mature and feel accepted into society. However, for Holden Caulfield, he saw adults as “phonies” and “fake,” which showed him being judgmental and snobbish, to the people around him. Yet, he has a desire to be accepted by others, which is shown in his interactions with Ackley and the three girls he met at the…

Imagine feeling constantly ostracized and paranoid about being belittled during typical everyday encounters. In the case of teenager Holden Caulfield, this phobia of exclusion is the norm. Holden’s suspicions often end up disconnecting him further from the support of others. The Catcher in the Rye by: J.D. Salinger is about the social and internal struggles faced by Holden Caulfield. It all begins shortly after Holden is kicked out of Pencey Prep, a school in which he feels lonesome and…

Joan of Arc: Deconstruction Essay In George Bernard Shaw’s play, Saint Joan, the Inquisitor explicitly propels a powerful speech, revealing only one side of the story, and aspires to persuade the church court to condemn Joan of Arc for heresy. The Inquisitor makes his point using rhetorical appeals such as paradox and persuasion, while appealing to his audience through anaphora, polysyndeton, climax, and antithesis. In a rather solemn tone, the Inquisitor begins his speech with ethos. In line…

Rocks in my Head review Rocks in my Head is a play performed by three grade nine students and two adults. The Director of the play is Sue Lawson, a highly ranked Writer and Director who has received plenty of awards for Writing for young adults. The company Markwell Presents created the play. Markwell Presents is based in Bulimba Brisbane. Rocks in my head tackles important issues faced by teenagers teaching how to deal with death and relationships. The play was directed to inflict emotion on…

Every adult has experienced maturation that ended their childhood; for some people it’s early on, while for others it’s later in their life. For Holden Caulfield, maturation and coming of age occurs when he is 16 and he flunks out of his school. Holden Caulfield, protagonist of the story, “The Catcher In The Rye”, written by JD Salinger, experiences maturation and a transition from youth to adolescence. “The Catcher In The Rye” is a story centred around a teenage boy’s perception of the world…

Regardless of how impeccable they might think they are, most adolescents are not finished with the process of developing good character. Trapped between a carefree world lacking in rules and the slightly more stringent adult world, young men and women often struggle with acting in a way that shows their personality but at the same time doesn’t make adults see them as immature. Like many adolescents, Holden Caulfield from The Catcher in the Rye hasn’t yet become an adult due to the…

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…