This Crazy Life

Phoebe is Holden’s ten year old sister, who is very mature for her age. Her purpose in the novel is to symbolize Holden’s unyielding grasp on his childhood in a time in his life in which he needs to learn to let go and become a man. As Holden watches Phoebe on the merry go round, he says, “I felt so damn happy all of a sudden, the way old Phoebe kept going around and around. It was just that she looked so damn nice, the way…

well as that of others, he wishes to be "the catcher in the rye" to protect the children from falling off the cliff. The field symbolizes the childhood world, whereas the cliff symbolizes adulthood. Holden doesn 't want the children to struggle in life just as he is. He wanted children to stay children and preserve their pure nature due to the fact that he doesn 't want them to fall in the corrupted and complicated world of adulthood. Though he can’t legitimately catch all of the children, he…

being presented with one piece of evidence, there is often something that will immediately contradict this point. Often, this was due to the fact that Holden Caulfield, the main character, was questionable in his thoughts and actions. For example, throughout the book, the audience can find that he calls many people “phonies” but falls into some of the behaviour that he identifies as phony himself. This leads to the question, , is Holden a phony, or everybody else? A phony is someone who isn’t…

in many ways; I have accepted that I will undeniably sprout gray hair, age, and inevitably die. Many people think that Holden Caulfield is a two-dimensional character, but I disagree. I see a teenager, or any person, who is trying to hold on to life any way they can, the same way Holden does with his red hunting…

and the story ends with him explain to the reader that he didn’t want to tell the rest of the story about how he got sick and whatever for the sake of not boring the reader. Point-of-view is the narrator’s position in the story. The point-of-view in this story is first person. Throughout the story Holden…

Many people fear change because they cannot predict the future. In the novel, The Catcher in The Rye by J.D. Salinger, Holden Caulfield hates when people become phony as they age. He also fears moving on from people. As a result, he hates change because of his brother’s death. Also, he has a tough time because he wonders if his good friend Jane Gallaher lost her innocence. Lastly, his sister Phoebe is still young but has time to lose purity. Holden likes everything pure and perfect and nothing…

Lost Innocence in the Catcher in the Rye Innocence is something that is seen as a trait in children, and can even be associated with being naive. The book ‘The Catcher in the Rye’ however, shows a different side to this. It shows how a young boy named Holden Caulfield travels around New York for 48 hours, and how he sees innocence as a godsend. The book ‘The Catcher in the Rye’ uses symbols such as the idea of being a ‘catcher in the rye’, the ducks in central park, and the Museum of Natural…

The play, “Summer of the Seventeenth Doll” by Ray Lawler is mainly a story about life of Australia in the 1950s. In the play, one sees that, Lawler gives audiences rich insights into various aspects of gender issues and cultural identity issues typical of Australian life set in that period of time. The play talks about a group of ordinary people who are struggling to stay young as do not acknowledge the reality that they are aging. In their desperate bid to escape the inevitability of the…

advice, “life is a game, boy. Life is a game that one plays according to the rules,” thinking to himself, “Game, my ass” (8). Holden does not agree with…

The novel written by J.D Salinger and set in the 1950’s tells the story of 16 year old Holden Caulfield's bizarre life. Holden has experienced the death of his younger brother and failed out of multiple boarding schools already but hasn’t seeked any help to cope with what he’s been through leading to further disorders. Holden is to blame for his problems because he appears to suffer from arrested development disorder and attachment disorder due to traumatic events that he has endured and not…