The Last Lecture

“If a body catch a body comin’ thro the rye”. This quote is relevant because it is the song that holden said he wanted to be when grew up. In J. D. Salinger novel Catcher In The Rye is about a kid named Holden Caulfield is about a sixteen year old boy that has trouble with his sex life and also struggle with his life because he had a tragic accident when he was young. This accident was when his brother Allie past away, he had a huge impact in Holden's life because Allies Death mentioned many…

“Little Shirley Beans” In The Catcher in the Rye, there are many symbols to represent something with a much greater meaning. “Little Shirley Beans” could be an example of a symbol in this novel by J.D Salinger. “Little Shirley Beans” is a record Holden wanted to buy for his younger sister Phoebe. Holden heard this album while he was at Pencey and he just knew Phoebe would ‘get a kick out of it’. The record was hard to get, but he just had to get it for Phoebe. The record costed him five…

The great American novel The Catcher in the Rye, by JD Salinger, accurately portrays American society through the eyes of its protagonist, Holden Caulfield. Upon being published, this novel was one of the most controversial of the time, causing adults to rise up in outrage over the ideas the novel represents. What these people were not willing to accept was that this novel in fact represented American society and its ideas. Some may say that the view of America that Holden gives in the novel is…

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D Salinger centers around a boy named Holden. Throughout the book Holden is depressed and is having a hard time fitting in. He lost his brother at a young age. He has been expelled kicked out of four schools and is scared to face his parents. He then goes to New York to try to escape the loneliness. In Holden’s case, all of these events bring him down and lead him to self harm and depression, but as J.D Salinger shows us this can all be overcome by letting someone…

The Catcher in the Rye is a book that has been famous for years, for its main character Holden Caulfield. The book is about a series of events that took place in his life told by himself in the past tense. By writing this book through Holden’s point of view, the reader gets a much deeper sense of who Holden Caulfield is as a person. Right from the start, it is made obvious that Holden is struggling in his school life, his social life, his romantic life, and with his family. Holden resents…

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D Salinger features a boy named Holden who gets kicked out a school. In the Catcher in the Rye Salinger uses many different objects to symbolize Holdens anguish and happiness. Most of the objects being symbolized, have a deep meaning to Holden. A meaning that goes back to his childhood. One of the things that Salinger uses as a symbol in this book is a red hunting hat that Holden carries around with him all the time. Holden has had this hat since his childhood, and…

The world hasn’t changed or gotten worse you just finally took the time to realize what the world has to offer but is it worth knowing the evils and truths or can you stay blinded by child like innocence? If it is worth being blind than who will take the burden of blinding you? In Catcher In the Rye written by J.D Salinger we get to see Holden a depressed teen struggle to identify himself in the world that he hates but still wants to help by protecting the innocent ones. Through the course of…

J.D Salinger’s classic novel, Catcher in the Rye, tells the tale of narrator Holden Caulfield (PBS, 2011). It is clear throughout the novel that Holden’s life parallels much of Salinger’s background, leaving readers to consider the likely possibility that Salinger based his main character in the novel off of himself. For example, both Salinger and Caulfield were sent away to private boarding schools at a young age by their wealthy parents from New York (PBS, 2011). Throughout the novel,…

The Catcher in the Rye contains underage smoking, drinking, sexual references, and a negative perception of people and their actions, but it should stay in high school curriculum in order for students to analyze the deeper meanings behind his thought and behaviors, to analyze the author’s unique writing style, and to be exposed to the realities of depression. One may perceive Holden; the protagonist, constant smoking, drinking, and sexual tendencies as a suggestion of approval towards underage…

The viewpoint of this class changing its title from "Interdisciplinary Humanities" to "American Identities and Experience" is better and it fits the course syllabus. The reading that I suggest to continue being part of the course is Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger. This reading would be a great fit for the Fall 2019 semester. The book Catcher in the Rye explains the new course title, an American going through identity issues and its experiences. The main character from the book Holden, is an…