Last Day of the Last Furlough

through many changes as far as his ideas on innocence and the preservation of it. He begins his stay in New York as a confused, cynical teenager and transforms himself into a young adult that is prepared for the world ahead of him. Holden's first day, or rather night, in New York City was one of confusion and sadness. He begins his eventful night by checking into a hotel, where he then sees a drag queen, dressing into women's clothing. He then peers into another room and sees two people…

addition, he also thought Stradlater took advantage of Jane, a woman Holden used to go out with, in the back of car (Salinger 46-49). Another time, wanted to kill someone when he saw an inappropriate word written on the school wall (Salinger 221). These last two…

very cynical and judgmental and always finds the negativity in the world around him. This causes many problems for him. He gets kicked out of his fourth school because of academic failure since he simply does not care. He then goes to New York for a last adventure on his own trying to connect himself to the past before ending up in a mental hospital. Throughout…

him to just grow up. Holden desires acceptance and understanding but is rejected by Mr. Spencer and Ackley, but later receives approval from his little sister Phoebe. The novel opens with Holden returning from New York with the fencing team a few days before Christmas break. He had been kicked out due to failing all but one of his classes and goes with the only teacher he likes, Mr. Spencer. He hopes to have someone…

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…

Henry becomes much more spontaneous by going on shopping sprees and even showing affection to his wife in public (which he never used to do). Although a better part of his “Id” was displayed, Henry’s “Superego” prevailed in many scenes through this last half of the film. He’s much more aware of other people's feelings rather than his own, and he even tries to make up for the things he's done wrong in the past. In one particular scene, Henry visits the wife of the man who died in the case he…

announced as a runner and has gained respect from some of his peers. Thomas and the runners find clues retracing their movements to the dead griever. They discover a door and a key in the dead griever that opens the door to an unknown area. One unusual day they were shipped a girl, and the girl only knows the name Thomas. She talks to Thomas and Thomas explains her situation and she becomes comfortable with him and his friends. Later on they are attacked by multiple grievers killing almost all…

Holden makes his intention clear in his exchange with Phoebe where he says: “I have to catch everybody if they start to go over the cliff … That's all I'd do all day. I'd just be the catcher in the rye and all.” (Salinger 173) Holden wants to hold all children back from growing up and falling over the figurative cliff and losing their innocence so much that he considers it to be his job. However, this “job” is…

Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye continues to engage audiences through it relatable narrative treatment of alienation. Through his narrative treatment Salinger portrays the then first look of the teenage years and what it is like transitioning into adulthood. Holden continues to resonate with modern audiences due to his feelings of alienation towards his culture and the everyday life in which Holden struggles to relate too. Holden’s disillusionment to adulthood and growing up is what feeds his…

Many people do not struggle with going into adulthood. People are wanting to be able to be an adult and do what they want. They do not want to follow other adults rules or their parent's rules. But in J.D. Salinger's novel The Catcher in the Rye, Holden Caulfield does not want to go into adulthood. He does not want to deal with all the adult responsibilities. Holden from The Catcher in the Rye struggles a lot with staying a child and becoming an adult, Holden is always connecting his thoughts…