Catcher In The Rye Book Report

At the lavender room, Marty, Laverne, and Bernice ostracize Holden when he speaks to them; they ignore him as he attempts to converse with them.

In the novel, The Catcher in the Rye, J.D. Salinger writes about Holden’s life and how he is remembering his past when he went to Pencey Prep, the last of four boarding schools that he has attended. Holden is seventeen when he tells the story but the part of the story he is telling, he is sixteen, the novel also follows Holden after he has left Pencey Prep. Throughout the novel Holden slowly reveals how he feels towards his roommates, Stradlater and Ackley, and how he feels towards his siblings, D.B., who is a writer in Hollywood and Allie, who passed away from leukemia. Holden shows his lonely, short tempered, and insecure characteristics through name calling and descriptive diction.

It is known that humans require interaction between each other. As a result we tend to get attached and depend on them. We tend to advocate others from groups and keep to the same people. J. D. Salinger explores this in his book in 1951, The Catcher in the Rye. This book is beloved by many because it is so easy to connect to, even our generation now can connect to Holden and some of the things he goes through. The story is about a boy named Holden, he gets kicked out of school multiple times, and instead of telling his parents he wanders around New York in search of someone that cares and that he can make a connection with. Growing up is hard, and we need human connection to make through the hard times.

In the book Catcher in the Rye, J. D. Salinger writes about a boy named Holden who tells a story about his life from a mental hospital. Holden's story begins after his classes at Pencey Prep school in Agerstown, Pennsylvania. Not being a very good student, Holden has failed out of three schools and Pencey Prep will be his fourth. Holden wants to find a way to say good bye to Pencey and remembers the time he was playing football with his friends late at night. Through Holden's time at Pencey, he has become acquaintances with Ackley his unhygienic dorm neighbor and Stradlater Holden's popular roommate. Throughout the book, Holden thinks about Jane, a girl he has spent a lot of time with in the past and has flashbacks about her, but never talks

Throughout history, authors have used controversial scenes and imagery to convey a deeper meaning or theme within a work. Some of the most famous one’s being Color Purple and Uncle Tom’s Cabin which both relied on vulgar scenes to portray themes of racial and societal inequality. Another popular book that contains several vulgar scenes is J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye, which deals with the themes of alienation, and the maintaining and loss of childhood innocence.

In the book The Catcher in the Rye Holden feels that no one really understands him other than his younger sister Phoebe that’s too naive to really understand what he’s saying but she still listens. I too like most teenagers at times feel like no one really understands me, it’s almost like it’s a stage that people have to go through in their lives. While like Holden I have a couple people that I feel do understand me as well, but Holden doesn’t understand why people try so hard to understand him. If Holden Caulfield was a real person he would seem unapproachable and very closed off to the world with the way that acts towards his peers. I however have rare days when I act like this but unlike Holden I’m not stuck in a deep depression that can

Children are always dreaming about that one day when they become an adult. From the eyes of a child, being and adult means freedom to do whatever they want, whenever they want. Despite their optimistic thinking, kids do not realize that being an adult actually means losing their freedom, innocence, and joy, and at the same time they must take on lots of responsibility and societal expectations. In the novel, The Catcher in the Rye, J.D Salinger tells the story of Holden Caulfield, a 16 year-old teenager who is struggling physically and mentally in his very own transition to adulthood. Several times throughout his journey, Holden is given a chance to step into the adult word, but every time he ends up literally falling on the icy road, on peanut

J.D. Salinger has a very unique style of writing his novels and short stories. Salinger was inspired by one of his old professors, who was named Whit Burnett, who is also the editor of Story magazine. Burnett influenced Salinger to become more dedicated with his works in order for them to be published in better magazines such as Collier's and The Saturday Evening Post. Salinger was also drafted into the military in 1942, and he never stopped writing while he was in the military. While he was in service he had a mental break down, and was hospitalized for he mental issues. During his time Salinger continued to write chapters for a new novel whose main character a deeply unsatisfied young man was named Holden Caulfield.

The ducks in Central Park, red hunting hat, carousel and catcher in the rye develop the theme of painfulness of becoming an adult. The ducks in Central Park help develop the theme of the painfulness of becoming an adult by showing us how difficult it is for Holden to make adult decisions. Holden is using the ducks in Central Park as a metaphor for himself. During the winter time ducks migrate to go somewhere warmer when the winter season of New York City is too harsh for them. In this transition period where Holden is alone in New York he has no direction, and no parent or adult to tell him where to go or be.

“What I really felt like, though, was committing suicide. I felt like jumping out the window. I probably would've done it, too, if I'd been sure somebody'd cover me up as soon as I landed. I didn't want a bunch of stupid rubbernecks looking at me when I was all gory.” The Catcher in The Rye by J.D. Salinger is a great novel about a teen, Holden Caulfield, who thinks about a lot of things like suicide and running away from home, but there is this one girl, Jane Gallagher, Who makes him happy and he has a crush on her. The catcher in the rye is still relevant to today's teens because most teens are just like Holden.

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For my book of choice, I decided to read the book The Catcher in the Rye, written by J. D. Salinger. This story was published on July 16, 1951, by “Little, Brown and Company”. The reason I chose this book was because of the controversy surrounding the book. Numerous shootings, assassination attempts, as well as the assassination of John Lennon have been tied to Salinger’s book. This book is intriguing but I felt that there was not much of a plot. The story focuses on Holden Caufield, an underachieving college student that has been kicked out of school for not applying himself. I found Holden to be very negative. He would often describe things with a negative attitude. He frequently uses the words “goddam” when describing something and he would often refer to the boys at his school as “phonies”. The story ends quite abruptly. Holden goes from one sequence of his life to another, then he tells the audience that everything past a certain point does not matter. He also states that he became sick, and is now in an institution.

The Catcher in the Rye is a book about a guy named Holden Caulfield. He narrates the whole story to the readers. He starts off by telling the story about being at Pencey Prep school, which is a private school located in Pennsylvania. It is the day of the game and he misses it saying everyone is a bunch of “phonies.” He ends up getting expelled because he is failing four out of five classes and goes to say goodbye to his teacher Mr. Spencer. Before he leaves he goes back to his dorm to find his roommate, Stradlater, getting ready for a date with Jane Gallagher. Holden used to date Jane and he is very angry at Stradlater. When Stradlater returns from the date with Jane, Holden questions Stradlater immensely and Holden attacks Stradlater because he is in such a rage. Holden then realizes he has had enough of the prep school and leaves a couple days earlier to go back to Manhattan.

It is interesting to think about a story such as Catcher in the Rye taking place in the world we live in today. How much of it would be the same? How much would be different? Would holden be able to get an alcoholic beverage nowadays. Some of these problems would not be able to go on in today's society.

Catcher in the Rye starts off with Holden Caufield, the main character, alone at the top of Thomsen Hill above Pencey Prep. Holden has gotten kicked out of Pencey along with numerous other schools. Laziness is the reason of Holdens lack of success in school like many teenage boys. He goes back to his dorm and starts reading the book Out of Africa when his doofus roommate Robert Ackley walks in. His description to meet is just that awkwardly tall kid, like myself but with poor hygiene. Holdens roommate, Stradlater comes in and tells them about a date he is going on with none other than Holdens old fling named Jane Gallagher. Stradlater has a carefree attitude for her calling her by the wrong name multiple times. Stradlater also asks Holden to write an English composition for him since that is the only class Holden is not failing. Holden reluctantly agrees and that is when we get our first taste of why he is such an angry kid. He writes about his little brother named Allie who died a few years before of Leukemia. He specifically wrote about his baseball glove that he wrote poems on so he