Essay Comparing The Catcher In The Rye And The Bell Jar

Alienation is common throughout society in regard to adolescent youth and young adults. Many factors cause one to become alienated by their society and peers, including one’s sexuality and often times appearance. Novels such as The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger and The Bell Jar, by Sylvia Plath, focus on the theme of alienation when considering their main characters, who readers are often able to relate to upon reading their stories. The novels, The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger and The Bell Jar, by Sylvia Plath both convey a theme of alienation through the sexuality, confinement and pressures in society encountered by the protagonists.

4. Who does Holden meet in the nightclub of the hotel? Why do these women depress him? Why does he spend time with them then? Three older women, because they are obsessed with movie stars

In the book, Catcher In The Rye by J.D. Salinger, Holden Caufield, the main character is a negatively charged person, doesn't want himself or others around him to grow up, and suffers from depression because of his brothers death. This is obviously Holden's way of alienating the entire world and delaying the consequences of facing reality. Alienation is a big theme in Catcher In The Rye, and something that Holden depends on most often.

The Catcher in the Rye and The Things They Carried compare how the two main characters are Isolated and in Exile. Each book the two charters are Isolated and Exiled in different way but in some way also similar. Two young men trying to find a way to be accepted in the adult world is still a mystery to them. The loss friends, family along the way and they can’t seem to find trust in relationships. When you’re young you do not know what is out there in the world. Who would think that growing up would be so hard. My comparisons are about the main characters Holden in “Catcher in the Rye”, and O’Brien in The Things they Carried.

Imagine that one has just been granted freedom. They now are free of responsibilities and now that person is allowed to do whatever their heart desires. What do you think that person would do with their new freedom? For Holden Caulfield and Chris McCandless, their choice was to live incognito, for a period of time. Each of them had a goal, and they both tried and did anything to try and achieve that goal. They both wanted to be free of restrictions and live their lives however they want. To try and discover who they truly were and what their purpose in life was. With their freedom, they were finally free of being someone they had been pretending to be for a majority of their lives. Throughout The Catcher in the Rye and Into the Wild, some traits were discovered among the two boys which made them comparable in many ways. One of those ways was that the plots of both pieces portrayed them as “outcasts” or “rebels” in society. Holden Caulfield and Chris McCandless can

First of all, in the book, the tone of Holden’s character showed the transaction between childhood to adulthood. Therefore, the character of Holden seems to be whiny, irresponsible, and unfavourable and it was the snapshot of teenagers: “I'm quite illiterate, but I read a lot. ” This quote conveys that Holden is growing up and he is starting to realize his personality. In contrast, it was difficult to find a line in the movie version that showed Holden’s progress. At the end of the book, Holden mentioned that he missed everyone and he felt sorry “I'm sorry I told so many people about it” and “Don't ever tell anybody anything. If you do, you start missing everybody”. This showed the progress of childhood to adulthood and Holden has grown up

In the words of Juliette Lewis, “The bravest thing [she has] ever done was [continue] to live when [she] wanted to die.” J.D. Salinger, author of The Catcher in the Rye, envelops this quote into the mind of the main character, Holden Caulfield, as he struggles to find his place in the world. Holden Caulfield, a depressed-teenage boy, does not want to grow up. Although he tries to act super mature, it is clear that he is not. Over the span of two days, he gets kicked out of school, encounters a prostitute, and consistently ponders about how he wants to stay a child forever. Many critics believe that this best-selling novel should not be taught in schools anymore. However, The Catcher in the Rye

The theme of The Catcher And The Rye by J.D Salinger is you can not stay a child forever because of experiencing new events like seeing that you have changed, experiencing the bad part of the adult world, and experiencing a tremendous loss in your life. Holden Caulfield is a sixteen year old. Holden went to a private school called Pencey, but he was kicked out of the school for failing three out of four of his classes. Holden now roams New York. First of all, people change each time they go to the museum.

“Where the hell is everybody? It’s like a goddam morgue around here.” I shouted, there was no one here except Holden who is the last person that I want to be seeing right now.

Although J.D. Salinger and Kanye West are both very different, they share one glaring commonality: poverty. To most, poverty refers to lacking adequate financial resources; however, one can be impoverished, yet have all the money in the world. Poverty is simply the deprivation of something. While J.D. Salinger and Kanye West were never financially impoverished, they were both socially as well as psychologically impoverished.

Recovering from trauma is often a difficult and painstaking journey. In the novel, The Catcher in the Rye and the movie Ordinary People, two characters named Holden Caulfield and Conrad Jarrett struggle with their lives in their own bildungsromans, stories about the coming of age. When their brothers die, both Holden and Conrad suffer emotional trauma which causes them to push people away. These episodes complicate their efforts to connect with people and further meddle with their recovery from the trauma of loss. However, while Holden’s cynicism constantly holds him back, Conrad’s desire to recover overshadows his habit of pushing people away.

I’ve known Michael since second grade that’s 11 years a pretty long time to get to know someone. I remember the first day in Ms Holden’s class when I started talking to Michael next to the bookshelf’s on our second floor classroom and since that day we slowly moved up the height of this building and have remained amazing friends ever since.

The need for social connection is wired inside the human mind. In the Catcher and the Rye, J.D. Salinger coveys the negative impacts of detaching from society. If one remains isolated for extended periods of time, the person never find meaning in his or her life. In the novel, Holden’s tendency to limit himself socially makes it difficult to appreciate his life. Specifically, Holden cannot maintain a conversation, he cannot he deal with girls and he dislikes the society.

The inherent aversion to corruption in society often inspires individuals to respond to the issue in hopes of minimizing the drastic effects it may have on people. This shared disdain for such corruption is analyzed in The Catcher in the Rye and The Grapes of Wrath. Both authors address the corruption; however they do so from different perspectives they come to differing resolutions. Both protagonists in their novels experience isolation as a result of society’s corruption; however, Salinger’s chooses to isolate himself whereas Steinbeck’s experiences isolation inadvertently. J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye and John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath share a social commentary about how corruption

The Catcher in the Rye, a world renowned novel written by J.D. Salinger was published in July of 1951. The novel tells a story of a young adult named Holden Caulfield who struggles with the transition between childhood and adulthood, and conclusively tries to understand what he is struggling with. The entire novel analyzes three nights in particular in which Holden looks for something he is unaware of, through his endeavors in New York City. Through some major symbols, specifically three, throughout the novel, the struggles that Holden face include his discomfort with wealth that is associated with his family, the search for a communal environment, and his longing for childhood. Through the three symbols of money, a broken record, and the