Catcher In The Rye Rhetorical Analysis

Nathaniel Hawthorne, in his bold novel, The Scarlet Letter tackles a variety of themes that include: sin, guilt, redemption, postfeminism, and organized religion's abuse of power. Hawthorne spoke in a somber and grim tone, designed to arouse a sense of suspense for his readers. The audience in which he was addressing would have been conservative Christians and women suffragettes, all of whom reflected the ideologies during this time period. By instilling clever diction, Hawthorne exposes hypocrisy in Puritanism and objects against the religion's superfluous punishments; which force individuals to endure unnecessary and extreme suffering.

Teenage years are difficult. Time tells this story of struggle again and again. The Catcher in the Rye is a classic novel showing the struggles a teenager goes through while transitioning into adulthood. The main character, Holden Caulfield, is a judgmental and temperamental boy who struggles to see the positivity in life. Throughout the story, Holden searches to find himself, as he feels forced to grow up. He holds onto aspects of his childhood and isolates himself so much that it is even harder for him to transition. J.D. Salinger uses the red hunting hat, the museum and cigarettes as important symbols in the story to convey the themes of transitioning from childhood to adulthood, loneliness, and isolation.

In this nostalgic and cynical novel we read about the painful transformation from youth to adulthood in a young boy called Holden. This troubled state of mind young boy, in his adolescent years, gives us an in-depth insight into the climax moment of his life which stretches over a period of three days. A very troubled and confused, depressed and insecure young man shows us that he is desperate for acceptance, regardless from where. He is constantly looking for some form of connection and for someone to acknowledge him. The approaching adulthood seems so phoney to him and he displays the mourning loss of the nurturing feeling of childhood, which seems light years away. Sadly his status of being of an affluent and wealthy teenager from a good

In the story The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, I find that Hosseini uses an abundance of symbolism to get his point across to the readers. The collection of quotes Hosseini writes had me stop to think about what the meaning behind his words was. It really made me think deeply about the meaning of each quote. He states the quote, and leaves it for the reader to decide his or her own musings to it. His words truly caught my attention. “With me as the glaring exception, my father molded the world around him to his liking. The problem, of course, was that Baba saw the world in black and white. And he got to decide what was black and what was white. You can’t love a person who lives that way without fearing him too. Maybe even hating him a little”

“He was the embodiment of every parent’s dream, a strong, tall, well-dressed and well mannered boy with talent and striking looks”- Hosseini 96

A symbol from The Catcher in the Rye is the red hunting hat. I chose the hat as symbol because it shows that Holden can be himself whenever he wants. When I say this, I am talking about when he lies to Mrs. Morrow about how he got hit with a snowball in chapter 8. The red hunting hat is important to the story because in chapter 13, Holden says that he doesn't care about how he looks. Whenever Holden goes somewhere, he does not change his clothes unless he is going somewhere really important or special. In chapter 10, Holden says, ” C’mon, I’ll dance with you one at a time. All right? How ’bout it ? C’mon!” I really felt like dancing. This shows that he does not care about what the other people think of him dancing with one of the older ladies.

Zeke and I were walking to Ignacio’s on the last day of school with a group of people

He was ...how y'all call it....antisocial. He just didn't do anything with people. He was crazy....violent...he

“I’ll just tell you about this madman stuff that We’re not quite sure what incident

After the betrayal of Hassan, Amir feels ashamed of himself. He feels all of the guilt and does not know how to become good again. He feels this guilt for the majority of his life, even in America. Subsequently Amir and Baba moved to America, Amir meets a girl. He always finds excuses to go see her and finally decides that he wants to marry her. So Baba went to go ask her father for permission and he said yes. Shortly after receiving this news, Amir talks with Soraya, his wife, and she does something that Amir has wanted to do for quite a while, she tells him her secret. Amir “envied her. Her secret was out, spoken, dealt with. [he] opened [his] mouth and almost told her how [he’d] betrayed Hassan, lied, driven him out, and destroyed a 40 year

J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye presents a look into the mind of Holden Caulfield, a popular literary icon numerous teenagers have rightfully found themselves relating to at some point. While the familiar emotions of Holden were welcoming for me, his anecdotes and witty remarks proved entertaining as well. The story chronicles Holden’s exploration through New York post-expulsion, with his point of view influenced by his growing alienation with the world. He represents that growing sense of unease at growing up and facing a reality that is not always pretty, and, in his case, a need to save children from having to face that reality. I personally admired the fact that he was not just an angry teenager in the world as stereotypes suggest.

In “The Catcher In The Rye” by J.D Salinger why would i think it’s still relevant to teenager today? By the meaning of this quote “Who wants flowers when you're dead? Nobody.” i would think it relevant to today i cause most teens would think people wants flower on their grave but it just out of respect . Some reason why i think it's relevant to teen today cause teens lack of communication skills, poor grades in school, and from being a kid to an adult.

Anyway, it was the Saturday of the football game. […] I remember around three o'clock that afternoon I was standing way the hell up on top of Thomsen Hill. […] You could see the whole field from there, and you could see the two teams bashing each other all over the place. […] You could hear them all yelling. (Chapter 1 Page 2)

In the excerpt from, A Tale of Two Cities, the author Charles Dickens uses symbolism and alliterations to foreshadow the upcoming revolution and how much blood will be spilled because of

The entry into adulthood is something that millions of teenagers struggle with. They are forced to go through both physical and psychological changes during this time, and many resent it, and start to defy adults themselves. In The Catcher in the Rye, J.D. Salinger shows the protagonist, Holden Caulfield’s, resentment of adulthood. In the novel Prep, Curtis Sittenfeld directly approaches the topic of adulthood through Lee Fiora, the protagonist. Lee is telling the story as an adult, and the way she matured into adulthood is shown throughout the story. If Holden were to be acquainted with Lee, he would not enjoy the way that she looks at adulthood.