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Holden values children’s innocence. When phoebe asks Holden what he would like to be when he grows up, Holden says: “Thousands of little kids, and nobody’s around–nobody big, [he means]–except [him]. And [he’s] standing on the edge of some crazy cliff. What [he has] to do, [he] has to catch everybody if they start to go over the cliff… [He’d] just be the catcher in the rye” (191). Holden pictures himself as a “big” figure catching thousands of children before they fall off a cliff. Falling off…

Schaeffer. He went to her door with a gun and a copy of Catcher and as soon as she opened it he shot and killed her. When the detectives asked why he killed her the only thing he said was to read the book. The last person who used The Catcher in the Rye as an excuse to kill was John Hinckley Jr. This last man attempted to assassinate president Ronald Reagan but failed to do so. Unlike the other two, he did not have a copy of the book on him at the time but Catcher was one of his favorite…

all of the so called phonies that he despises, so he "holds" back to avoid becoming a part of the ugliness that surrounds him. Thus his name "Holden" accurately portrays his inability to integrate himself within society due to high ideals for it. His last name, Caulfield, relates to the significant theme of childhood innocence. The first half of his name, “caul”, refers to the amniotic membrane that protects the fetus’s head. But, it only protects the child prior to its birth, then it’s taken…

Many people have difficulties transitioning from childhood to adulthood. In J.D.Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye, Holden is a perfect example of these people who have a hard time transitioning to adulthood. While he fears change, and disdains adults, he is also too physically and mentally grown up to stay in childhood. Thus Holden is trapped and lingers between childhood and adulthood. Holden fears change both in him and around him that is associated with growing up. To start, Holden is afraid…

Jay Gatsby is a rich man of the early twenties and Holden Caulfield is a young man whose brother, Allie had died of leukemia. The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. In my opinion, Holden Caulfield is phonier than Jay Gatsby because Holden isn’t living a lie that he told himself and to other people, he also lies more often than Gatsby and, he has also lied about his age for many reason The fact that Gatsby lies about his life as a rich man from…

Holden Caulfield is a troubled and unreliable narrator manifold Holden had failed out of 4 schools. During the story he was hospitalized and which where he was visited psychoanalyst for an unspecified complaint and it made him unable to connect with other people . The 2 traumas that fueled his dismal emotional state the traumas were the death of his brother Allie and the suicide of 1 of his classmates. Holden is extremely judgemental he is of everybody and everything . Holden criticizes people…

Have you ever been scared to go into adulthood ? In “the catcher in the Rye” Holden caulfield is a teenager who is scared to grow up out off his innocence to adulthood. He seems to run away from many of his problems. He wants to be heard, however he doesn't want to listen to what others have to say. He wants to save kids from growing up and going into adulthood as he thinks the adulthood is cruel. I believe “The Catcher in the Rye” is still relevant to today's teens as the actions taken by…

After the expulsion from his fourth prep school for lack of academic success, the cynical adolescent, Holden Caulfield, returns to his hometown, New York City. There, Holden roams meaninglessly, trying to postpone his arrival and news to his family that he has once again failed to succeed in his schooling. Silently suffering over the death of his beloved brother, Allie, Holden builds up his inner turmoil toward adults and the phoniness they have created as they entered adulthood. Although Holden…

control, and arranging" (Joshi 1). His behavior has displayed obsessive impulses. "Sex is something I really don't understand too hot. You never know where the hell you are. I keep making up these sex rules for myself, and then I break them right away. Last year I made a rule that I was going to quit horsing around with girls that, deep down, gave me a pain in the ***. I broke it, though, the same week I made it - the same night, as a matter of fact" (Salinger 54-58). "Girls with their legs…

Throughout the novel, “Catcher in the Rye”, J.D. Salinger takes the reader through the labyrinth of the protagonist and narrator Holden Caulfield’s mind. The novel parallels easily to many of the battles teenagers still face today, such as, the upheaval from childhood to adulthood and the feelings of uncertainty when faced with making choices that shape their future. As Salinger highlights Holden’s struggles to find his own identity in a world of “phoniness”, he also emphasizes Holden’s struggle…