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risks it anyways. In the process he almost gets caught, too. He has to hide in the closet while his mom talks to Phoebe and she also has to lie about the smell of cigarette smoke in her room. This scene leads to Holden thinking about suicide again. The last time that suicide is mentioned is when Holden is remembering a guy that went to Elkton Hills with him. He killed himself by jumping out of his window, “He was a skinny little weak-looking guy, with wrists about as big as pencils. Finally,…

The novel The Catcher in the Rye by J.D Salinger follows the ups and downs of teenager Holden Caulfield. Salinger uses the symbol of the ducks to relate to the point where Holden is in his life. The ducks symbolize Holden navigating his way through life and adapting to new things. In his weekend in New York, he learns that he has to grow up, and accept his weaknesses. Salinger uses this particular symbol to create a deeper meaning an understanding of what Holden's life was really like. The…

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger tells the story of a lost teenage boy looking for his place in the world. Holden Caulfield sees a world full of phonies and does not understand where he fits in. During Holden’s childhood, his parents loved him, but did not support him emotionally. On the outside, the family seems like any normal family. But on the inside, Mr. Caulfield lives at work and Mrs. Caulfield only exists as a mother in the physical sense. She does not share her emotions with her…

In the novel, The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger, Holden is a potentially psychotic teenage boy who has been expelled from four schools. Holden does not care about anything except for his siblings. Holden’s sadness starts with the death of his brother, Allie, due to Leukemia. Holden feels that a part of him is missing which sparks extreme depression inside of him. Holden is even more at risk for a meltdown when he goes to boarding to school, which separates him from his sister, Phoebe–and…

Through the morals and values illustrated in texts, The Catcher in the Rye by J.D Salinger effectively demonstrates significant ideas. Using the protagonist, Holden Caulfield, notions of alienation and belonging in a conservative society, the awareness of aging and transition into adulthood and the different forms of grief and depression are expressed. Alienation through isolation is a recurring ideology in Catcher in the Rye. Within the span of four days, the sense of belonging in a…

Do you speak normally with your friends, and try extremely hard to use manners when you are talking with adults and strangers? In J.D. Salinger’s book the Catcher in the Rye, Holden, the main character, has an odyssey in New York City after getting kicked out of his school Pencey Prep. Throughout his journey Holden encounters a variety of different women, adults, and children. With these confrontations readers see a totally different side of Holden every single time he meets someone new. By the…

The Catcher In The Rye is a story centered around Holden Caulfield and his story after being kicked out of Pencey prep. Holden is in his fourth school after being expelled three previous times. On his way home, he encounters many old acquaintances and meets new people, good and bad. He ends his narrative in the mental hospital and tells the reader that he plans to enroll in school again in the fall and maybe even apply himself this time. Themes are the most important literary element to this…

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger has been assigned in schools across the world for years. It is a novel loved by many, but also banned by many. Ever since its release the book has caused controversy. If read at face value the novel may give schools and other administrations plausible reason to censor it. Sexual references, underage alcohol abuse, cigarette smoking, violence, and vulgar language, are repeated themes in the life of the main character, Holden Caulfield. These acts are simply…

Each society has inherent faults. Though some insightful individuals living in the society could occasionally interpret and distinguish the faults, the majority cannot, and the few ignorant fails to even live in it. Despite differences in the understanding, everyone who lives in the society is affected by the faults, which become embedded permanently in his/her character. In the Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger, Holden Caufield is both among the insightful and the ignorant: he sees and…

A popular concept among Bildungsroman novels is the classic story of an adolescent struggling to find themselves among an endless sea of people, but that concept can extend beyond a tale of normal development. In particular, a key example would be Holden Caulfield of The Catcher in the Rye, a seemingly confident and rebellious teenager who does what he wants and doesn’t bow to authority without a fight. However, there is much to be said about Holden beyond his supposed exterior of arrogance.…