Catcher In The Rye Chapter 11 Summary

The next morning Jones wakes up with a hangover combined with terrible images from his dream of a white and black boy fighting with knives and the black boy slowly losing with each additional stab wound. Looking back Jones thinks of his place in America where he is a black man but all he wants is to be seen as just a man. When arriving to work Jones has decided to quit only to find the manager talking to every white boy that enters, rather than him. While on break he tries to get ahold of alice to discuss things only to find that she is out. Then he decides to go looking for Madge who is complaining to Don about bad gear from a black guy. Don brings up her date from the previous night prompting her to storm off. Jones again tries to find Alice

The coming of age phase in a young person’s life is a transitional phase which prompts the idea of individualism, decision making, acceptance, moral challenges, disappointment, and individual needs. These years are essential for the overall learning and growing-up part of someone’s life. Coming of age characteristics transpired in the novel The Catcher in the Rye and The Absolutely True Diary of a part-time Indian pertain to, but do not exclude, the acceptance of the complexities and “grayness” of the world, confrontation with the adult world, and the individual needs and desires vs. external pressures/expectations/norms. In both novels, young boys are faced with tough choices that will later help them in the overall transition from

The lost of innocence can totally change the way people view the world. A person who illustrates this can be found in J.D. Salinger’s novel, the Catcher in the Rye. The story happened during the 1950s, in a small town in Pennsylvania called Agerstown. A teenage boy named Holden, who witnesses the death of his older brother Allie when he was only 13 years old. Then consequently, he blames himself all his life for the death of Allie. As time went by he starts to search for a sense of innocence that was lost in the beginning of the novel. Throughout the course of the novel, the author conveys that Holden is continually stuck in between childhood and adulthood. The author uses Holden’s struggle to convey that in reality often times people who

And lastly, the change from a smaller concern for just the family to moving into a larger world-view and concern for all of humanity is illustrated in the character of Ma Joad. Ma comes to realize as she feels at first she is losing family members through the

During the novel “Purple Hibiscus”, we witness the transformation of Kambili Achike from a silenced, repressed and wary girl into a more confident, mature and happy young woman. This change is brought upon by significant characters in the story, who help show Kambili how joyous the world can be and how she also has a place within this joyous world. And through this Kambili finds a way to slowly crack through her father’s hold over her and come into her own.

In “The Catcher in the Rye” by J.D Salinger, Holden Caulfield, a 16-year-old boy who has recently expelled from school, had lost his younger brother to Leukemia and witnessed the suicide of one of his peers, struggles in his journey of coming of age. He isn’t fond of the idea of having to mature and be exposed to responsibilities and problems of the real world. As a result, he tries to preserve the innocence of his younger sister, Phoebe. One way in which he aims to accomplish this goal is through a Little Shirley Beans record which he buys in hopes of giving it to Phoebe. Salinger utilizes the symbol of the broken record to develop Holden’s loss of innocence and deteriorating character.

The Catcher in the Rye is a novel written by J.D. Salinger that occurs around the 1950s. The story’s protagonist and narrator is Holden Caulfield, a seventeen year old white male, who journeys to various places as he mourns over the death of his little brother, Allie. As a white male in a capitalist society, he has tremendous amounts of privileges that allow him to get. However, as the novel progresses, Holden describes his society as a place where honored human qualities are suppressed and capitalist ideals are embraced. Throughout the novel, we see that capitalism, “the social system based on the recognition of individual rights, including property rights, in which all property is privately owned”, destroys the overall society for Holden and his generation (Rand).

American literature is full of classic novels containing heroic protagonists; Holden Caulfield of The Catcher in the Rye is not one of these classic heroes. The article Some Crazy Cliff by Arthur Heiserman and James E. Miller Jr. provides one interpretation of the novel suggesting that the protagonist is unique compared to others commonly found in American literature; most heroes are seeking acceptance while Holden is seeking something within the society he is trying to leave. The novel follows Holden Caulfield, a young boy who recently flunked out of high school, over the course of three days. During this time, the protagonist returns to New York via train, but does not want to be with his parents until they have already learned of his

She learns from watching Papa Nnukwu doing his morning prayer (p. 167 – 169) that his traditionalism is a very spiritual thing for him and something that made him happy; happiness her family doesn’t feel after saying their prayers. This is a breakthrough for her as she makes the conclusion for herself and understands herself that there is an important something in Papa Nnukwu regarding his beliefs that is missing in their own lives which revolves around their religion. She also understands her grandfather better and sees and experiences that her father is wrong. This matures Kambili greatly and contributes to her independence of her father.

Her brother's death, together with her own ingenuity and hard work, soon allowed her to take Nhamo's place at the mission as the family scholar and benefactor. In the end, it is her coming into her own feelings, feelings about the way she herself deals with the new world that had been opened up to her, both its rewards and costs, that does as much to shape her life as any of the education she receives at school.

"Anyway, I keep picturing all these little kids playing some game in this big field of

Nyasha’s identity is not something that is innate; it is something that was developed through her experiences. In particular, Nyasha’s exposure to England at a young age led her to develop a different perspective of the world around her. The native, Shona culture that she had known and shared with Tambu was challenged and replaced by Western values. She was led to believe that she was inferior and should aspire to live by Christian values. Ergo, Nyasha became crippled when trying to fuse the two cultures together, and her colonial education created a degree of cultural alienation that drove an undeniable wedge between her and her father’s relationship.

Karen Clarke is a straight A kind of student whose intelligence is at war with her feelings of social inadequacy. Her life was very boring, she was only able to go out of her comfort zone when she entered college. As the story goes on Karen showed that she’s a kind of woman who has everything to lose and how far a woman will go for what she loves most. Biba Capel is very opposite to Karen, Biba is a “go with the flow” kind of girl. She is addicted to cigarettes, drugs and liquor. Unlike Karen, Biba is a stone hearted woman to the point that she lets his brother go to jail for the crime that she committed, she’s a kind of girl that is physically happy, enjoying and cool but deep inside she is emotionally and mentally drained, suffering and drowning. Rex Capel is the brother of Biba and boyfriend of Karen. Just like Biba, Rex is also addicted to vices who depends on her sister. He’s the kind of brother who is always there for her sister, a brother who is ready to sacrifice everything even owning a crime that he didn’t commit. He’s a kind of lover who makes Karen feel very special in his own special ways. He loves Karen very much, I can see Rex as a bad guy with a good and martyr heart. And lastly, Alice. She is the daughter of Biba. She didn’t know about her real mother because Karen was the one who raised her and supported her not just financially but also emotionally,

While visiting Nsukka for the first time, her cousin and aunts outspokenness cause her to be aware of her insecurity. Kambili's cousin, Amaka, is very outgoing and open, she “asked many questions and did not accept many answers” (71), her ideas are always spoken out and she made sure her opinions were known. While speaking her mother, Amaka describes Kambili's behavior as,”funny...strange” (142), when Kambili overhears, she becomes overwhelmed and stressed due to her

It is embalmed in communal actions of some major characters. The novel is replete with the emblem of communal sentiments. This is illuminated in the actions of Mugo, towards an old woman who has lost her deaf and dumb son who looks after her. “He bought some sugar, maize-flouranda bundle of fire-wood at one of the Kabui shops”( A Grain of Wheat