One Last Breath

At one point near the beginning of the novel, he states, “ When you’re pretty close to doing it with a girl… she keeps telling you to stop. The problem with me is, I stop,” (92, Salinger) which indicates his wish to have sex, but his inability to do so because…

“He was on the way to his room late one night when he saw what he supposed was a pile of soiled laundry lying in front of the door across the hall from his own. He struck a match, thinking it might be a dog wrapped in a blanket. When the light flared up, he saw it was a tiny man… It was a…

Then, another school removed the book from the libraries. And other ones simply just banned the book. All schools for the same reason, for its obscenity, inappropriate activities, violence, etc. What they certainly didn’t think about was that the book describes an actual teenager’s life and experiences, and there is nothing…

As humans we all share a certain experience during life. This experience might not be enjoyable, but it is inevitable for everyone. We refer to this experience as the transition from innocent childhood and adolescence to adulthood. The Catcher in the Rye outlines a troubled adolescent named Holden Caulfield as he makes this painful transition. The Catcher in the Rye is considered J. D. Salinger’s most successful novel. In the novel, the main character Holden Caulfield takes a two and a half day…

Veblen thinks system is actually people’s mind, when the surrounding environment changes, the system would change, too. One of Veblen’s student has said that Veblen brought this world some very confusing changes. He like a visitor from another world, and he sees our world differently. After reading the book and all the research I did, I think Veblen is a very mysterious man, no one knows what his real thoughts are. He sees this world like he is a…

connecting with others except for Phobe his small sister, Allie his brother who die from cancer, and lastly Jane who he has a crush on. Throughout the whole novel, we see two very imported symbols.The first symbols is the ducks and the lake, and the second one is the natural history museum. The major symbols in the novel are the lake and the ducks. In chapter nine…

through the cynical and contemptuous voice of the narrator Holden Caulfield. Perhaps the biggest theme of all happen to be one that all humans eventually face: the painfulness of growing up. The multitude of iconic symbols in this novel all come together to paint a different picture of what it means to grow up and offers a look at the pain involved with such a transition. One of the…

The Montrose Precipice I It all went back to the summer of 1932 when tragedy struck; its affect was wide-spread in the community, most of it at least. Little occurred in Montrose, Colorado, but what it lacked excitement, it made up for in character. Stories arose, those about the precipice, the ancient precipice, home to a demon, or so they say. Often pondering what stood at the base of the precipice. My imagination ravenously consumed the mystery that shrouded the region. Venturing close,…

This, made his days full of bars, drinks and loneliness. Like is have already said, the book deals with grownth, and how Holden see the adults and teenagers. It is possible to notice that he calls everyone one "phony". Less some people, which includes his little sister, Phoebe. Phoebe is one of the only person, Holden say good things and show to us, the readers, to like her. And his other brother, Allie, who have died. In the end of the book, Holden talks to a professor who gave him new…

he says it “made [him] feel not so depressed anymore” (62). Just seeing this happy boy walking down the street makes holden feel better. Holden had made himself so detached that he is able to feel connection just by watching other people be happy. One reason that holden is afraid of connection is because he is “confused and frightened and even sickened by human behavior” (102). Holden finds…