The Last Battle

Holden Caulfield: Phony or Real? Holden Caulfield embodies many of the ideas from The Most Human Art. Caulfield and The Catcher and The Rye have connected many people from different backgrounds due to Caulfield ideas resonating. Caulfield embodies many ideas from The Most Human Art, but he especially allows people to see stories through his eyes, realizing the consequences of our actions and teaching us how to be human. Caulfield throughout the book allows us to experience how it is to be a…

Holden’s pessimistic outlook on life causes him to categorize others as phonies because he is jealous of others. Firstly, Holden classifies his roommate Stradlater as a phony. Being roommates with Stradlater causes Holden to get to know the real Stradlater, not his phony alter ego he displays to others. For example, “He was at least a pretty friendly guy, Stradlater. It was partly a phony kind of friendly guy, Stradlater” (26). This reveals how Stradlater pretends to be friendly and charming to…

Now who plays basebal that Holden knows and admires and loves so much? Thats right, Allie. The same person that Holden has a glove of. Holden wishes to be like Allie every step of the way, and he also wishes Allie was there with him. Finally, one last question about the cap that was not answered in the book, but is part of a really big theme in the book. If the cap is a hunting cap, what is Holden hunting…

Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger is a somewhat controversial 1950’s novel about the main character, Holden Caulfield, recounting his days of adventure in New York City following his recent expulsion from Pencey Prep, a private all boys’ school. Throughout the interactive oral, it was discussed how Holden’s journey through New York was similar to the odyssey and what the writer achieved by his use of language style, among other questions like what the audience, purpose and context of the novel…

The Catcher In The Rye: Why Ban Such A Great Book? Bad words, explicit content, a kid who is being viewed as a bad influence. These things all correlate to the concern surrounding the book The Catcher In The Rye. According to the About Banned and Challenged Books Article, “A challenge is an attempt to remove or restrict materials, based upon the objections of a person or group. A banning is the removal of those materials.” The article also tells us, “Books are usually challenged with the…

history of defeats in brawls, Holden should have known to not partake in this activity, however, all he wants is to be is something that he is not, and he achieves this by lying. He said, “I almost was once in a movie short, but I changed my mind at the last minute. I figured that anybody that hates the movies as much as I do, I'd be a phony if I let them stick me in a movie short” (ch 11 pg 77). Holden is trying to show off and convince the reader that he was once asked to be in a movie. Most…

“ I kept picturing myself catching him In the act, and how I’d smash his head on the stone steps till he was good and goddam bloody” (Salinger). One one would assume this came from a violent person, a person with problems controlling their anger but no, it comes from 17 year old Holden Caulfield who just wants to be loved for once in his life. When we first meet Holden we see the dilemma that he goes through throughout the entire book. He goes on this journey, both mentally and physically, and…

In J.D. Salinger’s novel, The Catcher in the Rye, almost everything Holden encounters he refers to as phony. He does not like anything fake, especially when people act like something they are really not. Holden is so confused about the phoniness that he fails to realize that he himself is just as guilty of being phony as everyone else around him. Holden desires someone to care about, but his constant lookout for phoniness in people makes it hard for him to make any sort of connection. In a world…

My book is called Bystander. It follows the life of a young boy named Eric who is new to Bellport, Long Island. As a seventh grader it is scary to move to a new school, especially if you do not know anybody going into it. Early in the book, he becomes “friends” with the school bully and his followers. This however was a big mistake. He gets himself into uncomfortable positions where he has to decide to stand up to Griffin (the bully) or stand behind him. My presentation took place on October…

Out of This Place by Emma Cameron lets the reader see the inside story of three teenagers, all whom deal with many different hardships, and how they find themselves and try to reach their dreams. Luke spends his days outside of school at the beach and working, wondering what else in life there is to do and live for. Casey longs to get away from home under the grasp of her overprotective father who will not let Casey experience life. The teens are ready to find a new life and find new a place…