Set, Hike the play began and Will went out for the pass did an eight yard hitch, WOOF the ball left the QB’s hand and landed right in the hands of Will in the end zone. SCORE the touchdown is good. After the play and being congratulated he felt something vibrating in his pocket. Will is nice rebellious but yet respectful man he is tan and well built and loves to work out with his friends. So acting normal and all he grabbed his phone and realized it was his dad who rarely calls him the only reason would be if something went wrong and someone died or he just wanted to talk to him. When he answered the phone he said “Hey Dad...” When he didn’t hear an answer he almost hung up but all of a sudden heard the voice of his grandpa Steve talking …show more content…
Bill (the dad) was the first one to get the fish in and his was a thirty seven point six pound and is about eighteen point eight pounds which is a big fish for a Pike. His grandpa got it in a few minutes later and was mad because it was a small but extremely powerful baby Musky. After a while they went in for lunch from the boredom of not catching much. When they got in the place was almost to deserted but that was no surprise. They went back out after lunch and there spot was still empty good thing for that. They were in there spot and fishing and all of a sudden Will had a huge strike and he jerked and the fish ran like he never felt before. He was reeling but more line seemed to be going out than in it was like a leaking water bottle that just kept going. Finally the fish lost some energy and Will was able to reel in but right at the boat the thing took off again. It took him seven minutes to get the fish in and that was when they found a forty one pound beast at the end of the line. After they got that fish in they moved spots and all of a sudden Brandon got a big strike. When they got that fish in it was another beast a thirty three pound monster. His dad got one not to long after a musky that weighed thirty seven pounds. His grandpa had the biggest catch though even though it didn’t weigh the most it was the most beautiful fish caught. It was a freshwater angelfish. It was a cool fish that is extremely rare to catch and it was one that they could show and immediately win. After all those fish nobody in their boat got another one. That night though they were gonna have a wonderful time winning a boat. When they had weighed in all there fish they had the most weight and the rarest fish and they were almost ahead by fifty
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.
Holden Caufield emphasizes on the loss of innocence in children. He feels that once they lose their innocence, they will soon turn into phonies like everyone else. The loss of innocence is very common in the development in human existence. It is caused by many factors. Past a certain age, children are either forced or led unintentionally into a pathway of corruption. A child is also known to lose their innocence by desires, fantasies, and attention. But once they lose their innocence, they tend to desire to go back and pretend to be young again. In the Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger, Holden discusses the importance of innocence in children's lives. He feels that once a child loses his/her innocence, he/she will soon be leaded to a
Everyone has to grow up at some point in life, but one must face different challenges and obstacles to get there, Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger shows this idea. The novel takes place around the 1950s and is written in the perspective of Holden Caulfield, a 16-year-old boy who struggles with moving into the adult world after the death of his younger brother Allie. He faces difficulties trying get there when he is kicked out of his fourth boarding school after failing four out of five classes, but he is not scheduled to come home to Manhattan until 3 days later. Holden soon decides that he has had enough of Pencey Prep and will go to Manhattan early, without the knowledge of his parents, leaving him to face New York on his own. The Curious
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
“I swear to God I’m a madman” (149) Holden Caulfield says, revealing the wicked nature of J.D Salinger’s 1951 novel The Catcher in the Rye. The book follows 16 year old Holden Caulfield in his days spent alone on the streets of New York City after getting kicked out of prep school. During this time Holden goes on an alcoholic rampage, fueled by hate and filled with anger towards anything he sees as phony. The book has been the cause of major controversy since its release, with schools across the country banning it from the realms of teaching for decades. Now, it is read in many high school literature classes because of its alleged similarity to the way teenagers think. The Catcher in the Rye should not be taught to young, impressionable teenagers in public schools because of its rampant profanity, glorification of alcohol and tobacco use, and narration by a mentally ill, generally horrible person.
It is known that humans require interaction between each other. As a result we tend to get attached and depend on them. We tend to advocate others from groups and keep to the same people. J. D. Salinger explores this in his book in 1951, The Catcher in the Rye. This book is beloved by many because it is so easy to connect to, even our generation now can connect to Holden and some of the things he goes through. The story is about a boy named Holden, he gets kicked out of school multiple times, and instead of telling his parents he wanders around New York in search of someone that cares and that he can make a connection with. Growing up is hard, and we need human connection to make through the hard times.
In The Catcher in the Rye, J.D. Salinger uses literary elements such as tone, figurative language, and theme to create the overall effect of a teenager’s cynical and conflicted approach to dealing with the concept of adulthood. Salinger writes about Holden Caulfield, a sixteen year old boy, and his venture through New York City after he is expelled from his preparatory school due to academic failure. During his time in the city, emotional and mental problems surface, and his desperate want for companionship exposes his inability to connect with others.
Holden’s story takes place in the 1950s. Because of this, it is necessary that the reader reads the story from multiple points of views. As Foster puts it, “don’t read with your eyes” (Foster 228) meaning that it is sometimes necessary to read from a perspective that will let you relate to and sympathize with the characters. The time period is shown many times such as when Holden goes dancing and asks a girl if she feels like “jitterbugging a little bit” (Salinger 72) referencing an iconic dance from that era. What people said and how they said it were very different in the past, and it is important to keep that in mind while reading.
“The limits of my language means the limits of my world.”- Ludwig Wittgenstein. The narrator, Holden, tells the story in the vernacular language of a teen in the 50s: slangy and colloquial. J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye is about a teenager's major struggle against death and growing up in the 1950s. The book takes place in Agerstown, Pennsylvania. Holden Caulfield, Phoebe, Allie, D.B., and Mr. Antolini are the main characters. There are plenty of symbolic things in The Catcher in the Rye. A major one is ‘the catcher in the rye’; Holden wants to save himself and other children from having to grow up into an adult world he thinks is bogus. Another is Holden's red hunting hat. It is a symbol of his alienation and attachment to childhood.
Marshall Gillette Mr. Pelster English 2 9 December 2016 The Inevitable Every person, at some point in their life, has to grow up. Eventually everybody learns to deal with the fact that they have to grow up. In The Catcher in the Rye , J.D. Salinger creates multiple images of how Holden, the main character, can’t deal with the reality of growing up, which ends up spiraling his life out of control. Life is all about learning to deal with changes, a skill that Holden has yet to learn.
“I swear to God I’m crazy. I admit it.” It is very easy to automatically assume that Holden Caulfield is crazy. It’s even a logical assumption since Caulfield himself admits to being crazy twice throughout the course of the book. However, calling Holden Caulfield crazy is almost the same as calling the majority of the human race crazy also. Holden Caulfield is just an adolescent trying to prevent himself from turning into what he despises the most, a phony. Most of Caulfield’s actions and thoughts are the same as of many people, the difference being that Holden acts upon those thoughts and has them down in writing.
In the controversial novel, The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger expresses his opinion on social problems. The protagonist, Holden Caulfield, is a troubled teen; he seeks help throughout the novel. Holden has been in and out of schools and can not seem to fit in. Holden has depression and turns to alcohol for all his problems due to the lack of love in his life. No one understood what he was going through which caused him to almost kill himself. J.D. Salinger uses Holden to protest society’s problems.
It didn’t happen all at once it was a long process. But that doesn’t matter too much, because now I’m here and I’m working on recovery when you tell people you’re in a mental hospital or even scarier is a sanitarium, they freak out and expect you to be some psycho maniac killer. But that’s really not the case there are lots of very normal people here, I like to think I’m on of them. There really is no definition of normal because one person’s normal is another person’ crazy. It’s all in perspective really. My parents didn’t really think this was normal that’s for sure. I was pretty sure they were coming to visit, but you never know with them, but as long as old Phoebe was with them they’d sure as hell be here. Good ‘ol Phoebe she missed me
Catcher In The Rye: Analysis Was The Catcher In The Rye racially offensive and lewd, or radically ahead of its time? Holden Caulfield, the protagonist from The Catcher In The Rye, is the embodiment of teenage rebellion, kicked out of several prep-schools. Throughout the novel, he ponders his life through awkward encounters, depression, self-identity, and all through a filter of sarcasm. This book, written by J.D Salinger, is a adult novel that became popular with the youth, published first in 1951. In this, the author gives someone the ability to relate and sympathize with a very complex character and watch his journey.
For the novel “The Catcher in the Rye”, I decided to write about Robert Ackley and Ward Stradlater. I decided to write about them because they seem to have plenty of character in the novel and they also were very well-spoken of. Ackley had some anger towards Ward Stradlater due to his superior attitude. I personally believe it was just because Stradlater was popular and self-centered while Ackley was someone who had too much negativity holding inside within himself. Every time Ackley would barge into Holden and Stradlater’s dorm, he’d double check to see if Stradlater was around. If he wasn’t, he’d walk in, but if he was, he wouldn’t attempt to do so.