Summary Of ' The Catcher Of The Rye '

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.

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

“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.

3. Who is the first person Holden calls? Why do you suppose he doesn’t arrange to meet her the next day as she suggests? A prostitute and not to sure doesn’t want to wait that long perhaps

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.

J.D. Salinger, in his novel The Catcher in the Rye, centers around the life of Holden Caulfield past experiences that contributes to his personality; these obstacles makes him afraid to grow up and become an adult. Salinger details major events such as facing exile in his school because of failing classes, coping with death and trust, and being able to connect with people. These events that occur in his life, illuminates a the meaning of the book as a whole--young character’s growth into maturity and dealing with alienation. In the beginning of the book we introduced with Holden “standing way the hell up on top of Thomsen Hill,” watching a game between Saxon Hill and his school, Pencey Prep.

“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.

“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.

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.

Maria Chamberlain Ms. Wecht Gifted 1/1 6 November 2014 CITR Essay Everyone was innocent at some point in their life, but then they grew up and things changed. No one can help it, it just happens, which takes Holden Caulfield a long time to figure out. The Catcher in the Rye is about a boy named Holden, who hates the idea of corruption and wants everyone to remain pure.

After I came back from the game I saw Holden in our room lying down in his bed. I looked around the room to see if he had actually written my composition. I saw a few papers scattered across my bed that was pushed against the wall. I hope that those papers are for my composition. I know that if I didn’t have a guy like Holden around, I would flunk out with him.

After the fight, Holden goes into Ackley’s room and asks him if he can spend the night there. Holden ended up laying in Ely’s bed, Ackley's roommate, thinking about Jane and Stradlater’s date. The thoughts swirled his mind for a while. Eventually, he woke up Ackley and asked him about joining a monastery. Ackley becomes annoyed and Holden decides to leave. While walking down the hallway, still thinking about Stradlater and Jane, Holden decides to leave Pencey before his parents find out he’d been expelled. As he left Holden yelled "Sleep tight, ya morons!" and proceeded out the

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