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How Is Holden Caulfield A Complex Character

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Holden Caulfield is the main character & narrator. He's insecure, emotionally stunted, very bitter and has a cynical view about he world around him. He is a mentally ill 16 year old who views the world around him with bitterness with a longing for the world around him to never change. He is extremely judgmental about others. He is in a psychiatric hospital months after the events of the novel take place. Throughout the novel, Holden speaks about particular places and events that only the wealthy would have access too. Such as 4 - 5 private schools, grand hotel & fancy night clubs. In Chapter 15, page 119, he talks about that he comes from a wealthy family and he is a spend thrift. He also comments that his father invests in Broadway …show more content…

His school was strengthening the students academic excellence and developing social responsibility. He already failed three others schools and this one is the fourth one he attended. When Holden was attending Pencey, he failed four out of the five classes. He got a notice stating that he was being expelled. The mission statement fits in with this statement because it's states "It is committed to strengthening religious faith, promoting academic excellence and developing social responsibility" (Pope John) Well, Holden could have achieved a lot more then getting expelled from all four schools he attended. Spencer, his history teacher tried to reprimand him by explaining to him about his poor academic performance. Holden gets aggravated about this. You can achieve more if you work hard at it. When you don't work hard at it, you won't achieve in life. You can achieve academic excellence if work your fullest …show more content…

The football field is where Holden watches Saxon Hall against Pencey Prep from Thompson hill. Here's a quote that was said in the novel. " 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. Holden hints that everyone is off watching the game while he is isolated & withdrawn. Instead of connecting with them, he is in his own little world. The ties in with our mission statement because we have extracurricular activities. Pencey prep had extracurricular activities but Holden couldn't participate in any of them because he got expelled from the school. He also was failing all four classes out of five. He needed to try and put effort in to his academic excellence performance but he didn't. He did the opposite but getting

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