Let's Go Crazy

The first thing that I did for this artwork was to look for pictures by him which were difficult because the pictures that he takes all look so beautiful and has such contrast that it was hard just to pick one. My artwork is a lake somewhere in Turkey, the picture that I picked shows the lake looking gloomy while giving a calm sort of vibe. In the drawing there is a lake with some trees it looks like it may be autumn or the end or beginning of winter as the trees have no leaves by the trees…

depression is unreasonable and can triggered by trivial events and situations. This often happens to Holden in the novel, for instance when he describes the headmaster of his old school and how “phony” he was he says, “It makes me so depressed I go crazy” (Salinger 19). His feelings towards the headmaster help show that he is prone to emotional overreaction and depressive thoughts which aren’t present in the average teen displaying a mental issue within Holden. Additionally, Holden’s constant…

J.D. Salinger’s, The Catcher in the Rye, is generally discerned as the story of a sixteen year old boy, known as Holden Caulfield, who struggles to find peace after his brother’s death. Holden wanders aimlessly around New York in the winter for two days and attempts to save children from falling into adulthood and becoming what he calls, phonies. He, generally, will settle until genuine feelings are shown, which leads to his running away. Salinger captures the significance of Holden’s late…

of the book, Holden vocalizes that his dream job involves saving children from falling off of a cliff. He states “Thousands of little kids, and nobody's around...except me. And I'm standing on… (a) cliff...I have to catch everybody if they start to go over the cliff ...That's all I'd do all day.” (Salinger 173). Even though this specific situation is completely unrealistic, there are many different jobs Holden could do involving helping people, or more specifically, caring for children.…

The novel is a humorous fantasy, written in the tradition of a boy’s adventure story. In this novel, there are two major characters, Tom sawyer and huckleberry Finn. The novel remaining his childhood, from this childish viewpoint, the pupil world appears rather foolish. For examples social institutions, education opposed their behavior, because the people want to live like them. Tom’s fortunes swing between the two and his sprit follows suit. There are two distinct types of language, the…

Within Catcher in the Rye, without a doubt the theme of alienation is prominent throughout. The Webster dictionary defines alienation as “a withdrawing and separation of a person or persons affection from an object or position of former attachment”. This explanation helps the reader to set the scene for the novel and the isolated presence the main character Holden withholds throughout the course of the story. The negative energy Holden Caufield displays automatically at the beginning of the…

The Upward Appeal of Love: Sexuality in Will Eisner's A Contract with God Many genres of literature utilize the coming-of-age narrative when exploring growth of an individual, a community, or, even, humanity as a whole. In reminiscing upon the tenements of the Bronx in his childhood, Will Eisner presents his audience with a captivating glimpse into the lives of the downtrodden of 55 Dropsie Street. Discussing his childhood home, Eisner evokes the inevitable loss of innocence brought forth by…

Towards the end of the novel, Holden calls himself a ‘catcher in the rye’ and explains, “I keep picturing all these little kids playing some game in this big field of rye … what I have to do, I have to catch everybody if they start to go over the cliff”(173). Holden uses the little children falling off the cliff as a symbol for growing up and entering adulthood. The children that are playing in a big field of rye aren’t paying attention to their surroundings, hence them falling off…

“A smart Indian is a dangerous person, widely feared and ridiculed by Indians and non-Indians alike” (17). In the essay, The Joy of Reading and Writing: Superman and Me, Sherman Alexie is shunned by both Indians and non-Indians because he is intelligent and embraces reading, writing, and learning. As a child living on an Indian reservation, his love of learning did not make his life easy. The obstacle Sherman Alexie encounters is being rejected by Indians and non-Indians due to his intelligence,…

Holden’s Dearest People and Things The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger is a novel about Holden Caulfield a young man coming of age in the 1950’s. Holden feels trapped between childhood and adulthood and has been kicked out of yet another boarding school because of his dismal attitude towards life and growing into an adult. He feels most adults are phonies and he is reluctant to become one himself. Holden has a great mistrust of adults and he is constantly at odds with them. The only time he…