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Symbolism in The Catcher in the Rye Symbolism is a figure of speech that is often used when an author wants to create a certain mood or emotion in a work of literature. It could be the use of an object, person, situation or word to represent something else, like an idea. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye utilizes symbolism to show the development of a struggling teenage boy named Holden. Over the course of the novel, symbolism appears during significant events and thoughts of individuals.…

He finds himself feeling the need to “buzz” a certain someone or the want to just talk to people and tell them about his crazy ideas but this doesn’t last long until Holden feels in solitary. “I felt so lonesome, all of a sudden. I almost wished I was dead,” (Salinger, 48). Holden is so lonely that most times he feels as though he’s better off dead. His loneliness is apparent through the lack of friends…

is at the moment and no one seems to feel similar to him. This causes Holden to feel detached from society. Holden also interacts with Old Luce, an acquaintance of his, to make Holden question what he really needs: “ ‘For God's sake. I told you the last time I saw you what you need.’ Old Luce says. ‘You mean to go to a psychoanalyst and all?’ I said [...] ‘It's up to you, for God's sake. It's none of my goddamn business what you do with your life.’ I didn't say anything for…

When writing, authors often make reference to objects, people, and even conversational or grammatical errors in attempt to draw the reader’s mind to a deeper, more analogical train of thought. In the novel Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger, Holden Caulfield is a teenage boy living the life of a stressed out, depressed, and even suicidal student in the late 1940s. He claims to always see himself as different, even alienating himself from society. During the beginning of his story, he buys a…

In the book Catcher in the rye written by J.D. Starlinger the protagonist Holden experiences the tragic loss of his brother Allie, Catcher in the rye teaches the readers not to look what is on the surface but to look what's underneath it. Holden Caulfield suffers from Post Traumatic Disorder, he has a plethora of factors which have caused this disorder. The most important factor is his younger brother, Allie's death Due to leukemia. Holden is like any teenage boy who acts out because he doesn't…

The novel The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger is about a young boy named Holden Caulfield. Holden is struggling with coping with his brothers death and also is very angry at the world which gets him into multiple conflicts. Salinger shows throughout the book that dreams can be good and bad and that Holden appears to be morally superior to other he has been acquainted to in his life. When Holden runs away from his fourth school he encounters many people that try to take advantage of him. Some…

Phoniness People put on all sorts of facades when interacting with others, seldom showing people exactly what they are like. For Holden Caulfield in The Catcher in the Rye, he is not able to see beyond people’s phoniness and uses it as an excuse to pull away from society. Even though Catcher in the Rye was written in 1951 there is certain themes that still have a big part in the world, Phoniness is an example. Int the Catcher in the Rye Holden gets fed up with everyone and their phoniness,…

Holden’s parents impact his behaviour the greatest, as their neglect towards Holden is seen to greatly impact him throughout the novel. His parents are portrayed by Salinger as very dismissive of Holden and his well-being, which intern significantly affects Holden's behaviour. This dismissive nature is clearly depicted when Holden's parents are both unaware that Holden is expelled from boarding school. Furthermore, it also illustrates that Holden didn't feel safe and secure to disclose such…

Innocence doesn't last How old can kids be and still be considered innocent? In the novel, The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger, which is narrated by Holden, takes the reader through his life as a junior as he gets kicked out of his private school Pencey. Holden decides that he no longer needs school. Holden wants to move far away from the city where no one knows him. Before holden leaves he stays in the city for four days. During these four days he learns something important about what he…

In, both J.D. Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye and Dead Poets Society, the theme of conformity is present in the main character’s journeys in very similar ways. In Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye, the main character Holden Caulfield struggles with conformity throughout the novel as he is often pressured to do things he is opposed to but society deems acceptable and expected of someone his age, many of which he conforms to. Throughout the novel, Holden is characterized as a very hypocritical character…