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The Hiccup King and The Catcher in the Rye have a lot of similarities and differences. Both characters are bothered by their conditions. Owen is trying to find a way to get rid of his hiccups and holden is trying to find his identity but he feels isolated from the world. Holden is a lonely, introverted individual. Even Holden wants to talk to people but he doesn't know how to start a proper way to talk to people or respect them. To others, his actions come through as annoying which he finds…

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D Salinger is about a young boy named Holden whose struggling through a traumatic experience from his younger brothers death, Allie, to his parents sending him to boarding school because of expressing his feelings. You will see the symbols Holden leaves and the signs of depression, focusing on his overall progression and development throughout the book. With the three most important symbols that he shows of his sadness and depression from the red hunting hat, the…

Throughout the novel, Salinger outlines the process of maturing from adolescence. Aside from the main character, Holden, who exhibits an aversion to change and development, the majority of children in this novel display a healthy maturing process. “Catcher in the Rye,” the title of the novel, holds a great amount of significance as to what Salinger believes the process of growing up entails. The poem from which the novel receives its name, “Comin thro’ the rye,” features a girl laboriously…

In the 1950s through 1960s, about twenty books were banned. One of these books included the now award-winning novel The Catcher in the Rye. This is a story about a 16-year-old boy named Holden Caulfield as he is in New york alone after being kicked out of his Prep School. In this novel, J.D. Salinger addresses the topic of human sexuality and offensive language from the perspective of Holden Caulfield. In the 1950s and 1960s, books that spoke about sexual topics and had very explicit language…

The inability to value consequences is expressed by J.D. Salinger in many of his writings, and is especially relevant in his award winning novel, The Catcher in the Rye. The central message in a majority of Salinger’s writings is that you cannot run away from your problems, for the consequences always catch up to you in the end. Balancing on the line of adolescence and adulthood, J.D. Salinger provides the reader with a first-hand psychological analysis on the struggles of a teenager entering…

As human beings we are subjected to what our society calls “perfection” and what the world calls “normal”. Adults and children alike are constantly bombarded with what we should look like, wear, act, who we should hang out with and etc. For Holden Caulfield, from Catcher in the Rye by J.D Salinger, his idea of what should be sought after is to be submerged in innocence. At times he struggles with this idea and may act out in anger or may act upon adult ideas but all in all. Although Holden…

Life is one big story of irony, it is ironic because life never guarantees anything but death. The irony in Holden Caulfield’s life is that although he believes strongly that ‘phonies’ are what is wrong with the world, he is the biggest one. Nobody in his life knows who the real him is, and it seems that nobody ever will. Holden does not want anybody to know who he truly is inside, and on the outside, he is a pessimistic, sarcastic, and a type A wannabe. There are two pieces of irony in Holden…

I’ve read the novel Catcher in the rye by J. D. Salinger. The novel tells us about a week of the life of Holden Caulfield. He is seventeen year old boy, who seems to be very depressed and lonely. Due to his mental state he failed his exams, again got knocked from another school, and had quarrelled with some mates. Through the pages of the novel we can see that Holden is trying to make good relationships with family members and some acquaintances, but at the same time he pushes them away due to…

Since the publication of The Catcher in the Rye and A Perfect Day for Bananafish, a lot of readers have suspected that renowned author J.D. Salinger used his own feelings and personal experiences to create main characters, Holden Caulfield and Seymour Glass. Holden Caulfield, the main character of The Catcher in the Rye, deals with a troubling past and has many internal problems and emotions that he keeps hidden from the few friends he has. These feelings stay bottled up in Holden throughout…

While Holden Caulfield from the novel The Catcher in the Rye is relatable to modern day teenagers in some aspects, he cannot relate to them on many things. The most notable difference between modern teenagers and Holden is the importance of academics. For most teens school takes priority over everything else including sports and work. Another significant difference between Holden and present day teenagers is the extreme advancements and devolpments of technology. On the contrary, some will argue…