Catcher In The Rye Persuasive Essay

From the beginning of the book the reader can interpret that Holden is a person who seemingly likes to be detached from society. He isolates himself from the football game and instead decides to stand in solitude upon a hill, looking down at all those below him. As he strives to find a goodbye to Pencey Academy, one can see that this is not a new experience for him, as he divulges the details of his mobile past, jumping from one school to the next.

    Holden is a very dramatic character. Holden took this girl Sally out on a date. They were having a very good time. He took her to an ice skating ring. After a while Holden started to complain about his life and says something disturbing. He stated, “here’s my idea. I know this guy down Greenwich Village that we can borrow his car for a couple of weeks. We could drive up to Massachusetts and Vermont, and all around there see. I have about one hundred and eighty dollars in the bank. I can take it out when the bank opens. Well stay in these cabin camps and stuff like that till the dough runs out. I could get a job or somewhere and we can live somewhere with a brook and, and later on, we can get married or something.” He is only 16 years old saying he wants to run

Even in the most violent dystopian times, there is a way for love and trust to emerge. Reading the Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, many examples of love and trust are shown during Panemś most violent entertainment games. Panem, is the futuristic United States made up of 12 districts and the Capitol. The Hunger Games are when two tributes, a male and a female between the ages of 12 and 18, are chosen from each district to ¨play¨ in a battle to the death. The last tribute that stands is crowned victor of the games. Katniss and Peeta are the tribute of District 12 since they were picked for the reaping. During the Games theyŕe referred as the ¨star-crossed lovers΅. Even during games of blood and killing you can find love within people you can

“It killed me, it really did.” Remember this phrase from somewhere? It’s the line Holden Caulfield says every time in the iconic novel; The Catcher in the Rye. Since the book was published in 1951 by J.D. Salinger, many people from all over the world have loved it. This book was even carried by the killer of John Lennon, and was banned in the past. The protagonist Holden Caulfield is a 16-year-old boy who has just gotten expelled from his Prep school. And until the end, the story is has been about Holden’s journey in New York City. He's alone. He does have a family and parents, but he hardly has any contact with them. It makes him lonelier and lonelier. What does he need? Why is it that Holden is mentally struggling so much even though he’s rich and goes to good schools? It’s because Holden isn’t getting the right help he needs. Holden has been alone ever since Allie died. He was close to his siblings, but from far away. He hardly had any close friends. The adults he seeks advice from his former teachers. They cared about Holden, but they had their own lives. Old Spencer was old and sick, and Mr. Antolini wasn’t as unconditional as he seemed to be. He needs his parents. It is a pity that his parents weren't trying to communicate with their son as much about his feelings, but Holden had every chance to approach them first. After he gets off the train when he arrives in New York, he gets a chance to call his parents. He thinks, “I couldn’t think anybody to call up. My kid

He doesn’t apply himself at school. He doesn’t want to become smarter than Allie was. He doesn’t care about his life. Holden has failed out of

Frankly, no teens today would be ecstatic to read J. D. Salinger’s, The Catcher in the Rye. In reality, books are a waste of valuable free time for teens whom would rather spend their free time over social media. Who needs books when there are snapchat stories, Instagram posts, and youtube videos to obsess over. However, depression, drugs, and alcohol are just some issues Salinger integrated into The Catcher in The Rye. Most adolescents despises the book because the issues Holden embodies too closely reflect real teen issues.

Many teenagers today struggle with being an outcast and don't know how to fit in with school or society. Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger still resonates with some teenagers who struggle with loneliness. Holden finds it difficult to find somebody with whom he can place his trust in. He often refers to others as "phony" even before he gets the chance to know them.

The death of his brother, Ally, flipped his world upside down. The author creates the image of Ally being the most intelligent person that Holden has ever met, but he “got Leukemia and died when we were up in Maine…”(Salinger 43). Although this imagery paints a picture of sorrow in his life, Holden confronts death throughout the book. Holden blames this as one of his many factors of depression. Holden becomes subject to a routine and soon events in his life appear and it wrecks his world. Instead of having strength in himself he loses all confidence because he can’t find purpose or strength anywhere in the world. If he had a relationship with his parents, he could rely on them, but sadly, he would rather venture alone in his depressing personal hell. Holden’s forgetful demeanor and mindset results in multiple careless actions. On his way home from a fencing tournament he projects, “I left all the goddam foils and stuff on the subway”(Salinger 24). Holden creates a vivid picture of his forgetful life which ultimately leads to a destructive life. He becomes responsible for having no life because he will not explore any life. This is fitting because it all ties into the main cause of his self-conflict and confidence. He projects the word “left,” implying leaving all his stuff everywhere, creating an image of disorganization. Holden has many opportunities in his life to turn his

The novel’s protagonist spends the entire novel seeking the company of others, yet he criticizes almost everyone and refers to them as phonies. “He was also sort of a nasty guy... I wasn’t too crazy about him...he was...the kind of guy that wouldn’t get out of your light when you asked him to” (19-21). Holden claims to be lonely, yet he pushes Ackley away for his poor personal hygiene and constant nuisance, which is a small sacrifice to pay for someone so desperate for companionship. Similarly, Holden criticizes Stradlater when he compares and contrasts him to Ackley. “...but he was a secret slob anyway...he was a little bit like Ackley, that way” (27-28). Holden pushes others away by pointing out the worst in them. With Stradlater, Holden dislikes him for thinking very highly of himself and considers him a phony for being a secret slob. Holden censures Stradlater for assuming people would want to do him favors, yet he wrote his composition for him because he wants to gain Stradlater’s approval. This only proves Holden just as much as a phony as everyone else. Holden expresses his isolation issues in another form when started packing his brand-new ice skates. “That depressed me. I could see my mother going in Spaulding’s and asking the salesman a million dopy questions-and here I was getting the ax again. It made me feel pretty sad...almost every time somebody gives me a present, it ends up making me sad” (52). Holden is unable to receive gifts and accept love because he believes he will end up being a disappointment. Not only does he have to distance himself physically, but also mentally in order to spare himself and others the emotional

Opposers say that this book tells kids that it is cool to do bad thing, such as run away from home, however, it actually does the opposite. In the novel, when Holden runs away, he is afraid while on the streets, and he has no family to comfort him. Readers see this is true when Holden says "I figured I'd be dead in a couple months..." (196). This shows that Holden has no hope for living on his own. This also shows that he feels small bits of regret for leaving and doubts his ability to live on his own without an adult figure. In addition, audiences also see that poor decisions are not glorified but actually looked back on as mistakes, and this can be proved when Holden appreciates when his teacher tells him that he will be "...excited and stimulated

Holden starts out as a state of falling from the beginning. For example, in the beginning of the book, Holden mentions that he has been kicked out multiple times from his prep school, his family, his friend Jane have all separated him from their lives. Holden has never had a close and strong bond with someone he loves and appreciates in his life. His troubled state of mind has never ended up making a quality relationship with anyone. Whenever he has tried to get close to someone, he gets too close, and then, therefore gets rejected.

Now that we have finished reading J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye I am sure that you have developed some opinions of Holden Caulfield. Although many of you may view Holden as a whiney, privileged jerk-bag, I am sure there are some of you who sympathize with Holden and consider him more of an anti-hero.

This novel shows the traits choice and morality, a choice seen in this book is Phoebe being angry at Holden for getting kicked out of school and for not letting her come with him to the “West” during their conversation and walk in the park, when they come across a carousel, “‘Do you want to go for a ride on it?’ I said. I knew she probably did. When she was a tiny little kid, and Allie and D.B. and I used to go to the park with her, she was mad about the carrousel. You couldn’t get her off the thing.” (Salinger 210). The choice Holden made, was to think about his decisions and how he handled things lately. All the thoughts he had, all the things he wanted to do, and all the things he did. He watches Phoebe on the carrousel, and contemplates his choices, and with that, his choice to go west slowly dissipated. He loved his family, and didn’t want to leave them. He chose to stay, maybe from fear of losing Phoebe, and he looks at himself instead of running. The choice to run away impacts holden very hard, but hurts Phoebe even worse. She doesn’t want Holden to leave, and when she couldn’t get him to stay at first, she decides she wants to go with him. He wouldn’t let her, and she trails after him for a while until they come across the carrousel. They talk, and this spurs Holden to stop thinking only for himself. It would frustrate most people with Holden saying he was going to run away west, thinking that it was juvenile or dumb, possibly they would connect to this from a personal experience of running away. Holden would not need this choice, he just wants it. He could have done many things, like talking to

“For you, a thousand times over” is probably the most famous quote in the book The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini. It is the best book I have ever read and I could not ever read it again. I don’t think this book is the best in terms of grammar, or writing style, or any other technical criteria to consider it as the “best” book. On the cover of the book given to me there was a review from The New York times where it said “Powerful… Haunting.” and it is the most accurate way to describe how I felt about it. It was the first book I read that after the last word on the book, I had to take a moment because of the overwhelming emotions I felt.

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