Last Day of the Last Furlough

thing Holden appreciates the most is that even though Allie was young, he was very intelligent and sensitive to the world around him. Because of this he used to write his favorite poems along the fingers of his glove. This action is a very pure and innocent one. Allie would write these poems in green ink. The second time the color is used is with Sunny the prostitute’s dress. On Holden’s first night in New York he ordered a prostitute. But when she arrived, he noticed how young she seemed, “It was a very funny thing to say, it sounded like a real kid” (Salinger 94). As she sheds her green dress (a form of shedding her innocence) it deeply depresses Holden, knowing he was part of the whole ordeal, and results in him kicking her out. The last time the color green is used for innocence is with the graffiti in the schoolhouse and museum. Both of these places were important because they were part of Holden’s childhood, a time period where he was innocent. But both were tarnished, someone had written “Fuck You” on the walls. These events angered Holden because he feared about how it would affect the children. “It drove me damn near crazy. I thought how Phoebe and all the other little kids would see it, and how they would wonder what the hell it meant, and then finally some dirty little kid would tell them - all cockeyed” (Salinger 201). The writing was written in red ink, the opposite to green. The second symbol Salinger uses to unveil Holden’s emotions is rain. Holden is…

"Anyway, I keep picturing all these little kids playing some game in this big field of rye and all. Thousands of little kids, and nobody 's around--nobody big, I mean except me. And I 'm standing on the edge of some crazy cliff. What I have to do, I have to catch everybody if they start to go over the cliff--I mean if they 're running and they don 't look where they 're going I have to come out from somewhere and catch them. That 's all I 'd do all day. I 'd just be the catcher in the rye and…

task, and reality snatches him, delivering him to his final realization. On the remarkable mission Holden pursues, he makes many mistakes filling him with hero flaws, and eventually hits an impenetrable brick wall, and realizes the mission that he has gone on has been all for nothing. Salinger chooses to include these features into the text to paint the picture for the reader that with every goal come the downfalls, and with dreams that are too far out of reach, he teaches the reader to not…

Holden hired, also reveals Holden’s views on women. Holden was getting himself all ready to end his virginity when Sunny came, but when she arrived he could not see her as a prostitute, just a young girl with a terrible upbringing. Holden gets so nervous and does not want to take advantage of her that he just pays her to go away, “She was very nervous, for a prostitute. She really was. I think it was because she was young as hell. She was around my age…She had a tiny little wheeny-whiny voice.…

There has never been a day in this world where individuality and identity came from the acceptance of belonging. Society deems the idea that it is wellfully astonishing for someone to uphold a different “character” than everyone else. However, society does not guarantee that that “someone” would be accepted considering their difference. One specific fictional society backs up these beliefs. This fictional society is the community that takes place in The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger. J.D.…

Many people have fears regarding the act of growing up. For a small group of people, during their teenage years, these fears of innocence lost can be crippling, constantly affecting actions and moods (Participial phrase). They are reluctant to give up the innocence of the past and accept the cold, hard reality of the adult world. Holden Caulfield is one of these people. J.D. Salinger’s novel, The Catcher in the Rye, follows Holden’s actions over three days throughout New York City as he attempts…

Three Days in New York Holden Caulfield is a seventeen year old very depressed man. He is grieving over the death of his younger brother. Holden goes to Pencey Prep, a private school. After receiving the notice that he is getting kicked out for failing four out of his five classes, he goes to New York for three days. While there, he sneaks into his parents apartment, and enjoys seeing his little sister, Phoebe. She 's the only person in the book, The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger, that…

incoachable. When all of this happened, Drew reached out to William Coleman. The former state record setter (Coleman), helped Drew train for the mile. The 400-meter dash is what Drew Jacobs thought he should have ran, but Coach William Coleman knew what he was doing to Drew when he trained him for the mile. It was obvious to Drew what he wanted, but he also knew that he had to overcome his issues outside of the sport. Wes was Drews older brother who was addicted to drugs. Drew had the…

¨Catcher in the Rye¨ by J.D. Salinger is a beloved American novel, it gives an inside look into the mind of an American teen who is dealing with struggles that lead into his quest to be recognized as an adult or a valuable member of society. In “Catcher In The Rye”, Holden faces the pain of dejection, grief over his beloved brother, unwelcome pressure into adulthood, and battles his own demons all while traveling the streets of New York on a quest of self-healing and exploration. “When a…

Finding the Right Path Students do not understand what a major impact teachers can have on their lives as a whole. The novel Siddhartha was written by Herman Hesse in 1951. Siddhartha is a novel about a young man, who, through much trial and error, faces troubles in finding his way down the path to enlightenment, or Nirvana. Nirvana is a term that is most commonly tied to the religion, Buddhism. It is best defined as a state of total self contentment and an emptiness in feelings. Throughout the…