The Last Lecture

The Maze Runner is a novel trilogy authored by James Dashner. The genre of the movie is a young adult, post apocalyptic,science fiction. The novel was turned into a movie, which hit the theatres in 2014, directed by Wes Ball. Wes Ball is a visual effects and graphics artist, graduated from Florida State University College of Motion Picture Arts. The movie was highly anticipated at the time. The Maze Runner created a suspenseful ending that had many people wanting more as it ended in an…

The Catcher in the Rye and the Pursuit of Pipe Dreams The struggle to find and achieve a definite goal in our finite lives is at the epitome of the human experience. In J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye, sixteen year old Holden Caulfield believes that his life’s work is to take on the impossible task of holding others back from growing up and losing their innocence. Holden’s quest and subsequent struggle to fulfill this goal leads him on a journey both physically and psychologically…

Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye continues to engage audiences through it relatable narrative treatment of alienation. Through his narrative treatment Salinger portrays the then first look of the teenage years and what it is like transitioning into adulthood. Holden continues to resonate with modern audiences due to his feelings of alienation towards his culture and the everyday life in which Holden struggles to relate too. Holden’s disillusionment to adulthood and growing up is what feeds his…

Many people do not struggle with going into adulthood. People are wanting to be able to be an adult and do what they want. They do not want to follow other adults rules or their parent's rules. But in J.D. Salinger's novel The Catcher in the Rye, Holden Caulfield does not want to go into adulthood. He does not want to deal with all the adult responsibilities. Holden from The Catcher in the Rye struggles a lot with staying a child and becoming an adult, Holden is always connecting his thoughts…

Holden Needs help No one can help Holden because he is always in isolation. He is desperate for company but when he is with someone, he either calls them phony or they annoy him. Although some people do offer advice, it is never the right advice or the advice that he is looking for at the time. What causes Holden to have to as many problems as he does is the fact that he cannot overcome the death of his brother Allie, who died of leukemia. He shuts down and stops letting people ‘in’ so he can…

The Reason Behind Holden’s Behavior Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder is a disorder caused by people experiencing an unusual and frightening event that overwhelms their ability to cope with the stress. The book, Catcher in the Rye, by JD Salinger is about a seventeen-year-old boy named Holden Caulfield, who wants to preserve the innocence of children. He has seen the adult world and resents to enter it, ever since he dropped out of his high school. Holden wants to resist change because he fears…

“Grow up” We’ve all heard it before. Maybe it was your parents or siblings who muttered it under their breath with dissatisfaction. You hated hearing it, but deep down you knew they were right. Holden, the main character, in J.D Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye fortifies the idea of preserving innocence throughout the novel. In an age where kids are trying their hardest to grow up as fast as they can, I agree with Holden. I think it is important to always have that childlike side to you, no…

According to the reference dictionary, the definition of a dynamic character is, “Dynamic Character- noun: a literary or dramatic character who undergoes an important innerchange, as a change in personality or attitude.” In the book The Catcher in the Rye, J.D. Salinger portrays a story about a kid named Holden Caulfield and shows the struggles that he goes through at Pency and in New York. Because of many affect that went through throughout his entire life, he goes into many internal and…

Throughout The Catcher in the Rye, written by J.D. Salinger, we see the narrator, Holden Caulfield, sink deeper and deeper into his mental instability. This began when Holden lost his brother, and went on as he started his adventure, fearing he would lose the rest of his family as well. Though this causes him not to be a very reliable source, it does make him more relatable to the book’s teenage audience. In your teenage years, you begin to question not only yourself, but the world around you,…

Lily Zheng Mr. Bowne AP English 3 Period 6-8 19 October 2015 “J. D. Salinger.” Newsmakers. Vol 1. Detroit: Gale, 2011. Biography in Context. Web. 18 October 2015. J. D. Salinger was the author of The Catcher in the Rye, which had impressive success in the early 1950s. Born on January 1st, 1919 in New York City, Salinger attended both public and prestigious private schools and was described as his school officials as intelligent but lacking in motivation. These qualities and schools…