Similarities Between Catcher In The Rye And Into The Wild

Both The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger and “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman have very subjective first person point of views. However, this point of view allows us to be closer to the narrator/main character. Both narrators in each story use their perspective to allow us to see a more sentimental side to the story, even though it may not be the most credible point of view.

From the very start of this essay, it is quite clear that the narrative perspective in Jack London’s “In a Far Country” is very different than the one in J.D.Salinger’s “The Catcher in the Rye”. Both authors have managed to catch the reader’s hearts, but each of them through their specific, unique way of storytelling. Jack London has shown us the beauty and the cruelty of nature through his mesmerizing descriptions of the Great Wild, while Salinger had his own way of showing us that adulthood shouldn’t stop us from being the children we’ve hidden because of the responsibilities and problems life has brought unto us.

In the article “The Five levels of Maslow 's hierarchy of needs” by Abraham Maslow explains the basic needs that a person wants to achieve during his or her lifetime. Cherry states that there are 5 basic needs a person wants to achieve, which are physiological, security, social, esteem, and self actualization being the highest of these needs. The needs go up as a pyramid and the higher you go the longer and harder the needs are to full fill. Then higher needs become more important than the needs below it. Maslow also explains in the article how the needs will not necessarily appear in the same order depending on the type of person. In the book “Catcher in

Books that are unique to their time period are memorable and often kept throughout the ages. A typical “coming of age” novel, which is a story that shows the development of a character throughout the novel, can carry characteristics that make it still stand the test of time today. Like the novel Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë, The Catcher in the Rye by J.D Salinger uses distinctive characterization techniques that include specific symbols making the novel stand the test of time from its publishing date, to present day, and more years to come.

After reading the book “The Catcher in the Rye” and watching the movie “Ordinary People,” I think Holden and Conrad have a lot in common. They both lost their brothers. Holden’s brother, Allie, died of leukemia. Conrad’s brother, Buck, died in a boating accident. They both blame themselves for their brother’s deaths and they are both suffering.

Holden Caulfield and Phoebe Caulfield are siblings in the novel The Catcher in the Rye. Being siblings, they have many similarities as well as differences. Holden is the main character in the novel, and the narrator of the story. Holden is writing from a mental hospital about his experience, “around last Christmas just before I got run down.” (Salinger, 1) He writes about his journey from Pencey Prep School, in Agerstown, Pennsylvania, to his home in New York City. Along the way he encounters many different important people to the story, one of the most important characters he encounters along the way is his sister Phoebe who teaches Holden what it means to be mature.

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.

Throughout life, there are always obstacles that everyone has to overcome in one way or another. This can range from doing poor in school or encountering a death in the family. Holden Caulfield from The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger and Calvin Jarret from Ordinary People by Judith Guest have both overcame obstacles in their life. However, it has shaped them into the people they are now. Both Holden and Calvin share the similarity of isolating themselves from expressing their feelings to others, but their effort for love and desire for a different lifestyle differentiates them as well.

The achievement of happiness is a topic that is often thought about. Catcher in the Rye, by J. D. Salinger, and Pleasantville, written and directed by Gary Ross, discuss this topic by depicting characters that struggle with accepting themselves. These texts argue that happiness is only achieved through acceptance of oneself. In Catcher in the Rye, Holden Caulfield, the main character, spends a large part of the novel being critical of the people he meets.

I think Holden represent the voice of real people because he shows adolescence years for teenagers which everybody has gone through while some people have gone through rough times in the past which can affect them later in life while growing up to be young adults.People sometimes lose love ones which can make a great impact on your life like for Holden his older brother died that he loved a lot.

We all have to make choices in life, and sometimes those choices aren’t the best choices to make. Holden’s journey of life is full of sadness and depression and Chris who is searching for true happiness and meaning to his life. Chis from Into the Wild and Holden from The Catcher in the Rye are similar because they both seem to be struggling with themselves and society but they are different because their decisions caused their lives to have different outcomes.

Life in general is not what you expect. Life is not cash, candy, and comfort, but life is painful, unfair, and vindictive. Life makes you go crazy, but this crazy can be good or can be bad, but equally makes you distant from yourself. Sometime you may need to take a pause in life to figure out where you stand. Much like this, both Captain Ahab in the novel Moby Dick by Herman Melville and Holden Caulfield from J.D Salinger's, The Catcher In The Rye show how each character exemplifies love and pride through vast amount of symbol and their actions to people or themselves.

In J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye and Yann Martel's Life of Pi both main characters Pi and Holden have an equal amount of grief and pain, so they can relate to each other. Pi is more mature than Holden Caulfield, but they both have not found that fulfilment that makes them feel whole. They search for two different things to find satisfaction and coping methods with their problems in life. Pi seeks the spiritual world through God and religion for help with his struggles. Holden takes the logical approach through materialistic things such as money to cope with his own set of troubles. Both characters seek happiness, they come from two different backgrounds and have two different ways of approaching adversity to try to achieve the same goal.

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger and The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini are both significant literary merits narrated by characters, Amir and Holden, who are both longing for the acquisition of innocence. Both of these characters journeys are portrayed through foreshadowing, irony, and the characters inability to face reality. However, The Catcher in the Rye is cynical and bitter while The Kite Runner is full of sorrow and remorse.

In today’s society, many teenagers struggle in their everyday lives due to the fact that they have different qualities than others. The novel, Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger, is about a young man named Holden Caulfield, who suffers from multiple mental illnesses, causing him to be treated different by others. Due to tragedies he has suffered from in the past, and all that is going on in is present life, Holden can no longer cope and runs away to New York. Christopher Boone, from the novel, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, by Mark Haddon, also suffers from multiple mental illnesses and has experienced life changing tragedies over the years. For many years Christopher’s father has been