The Perks Of Being A Wallflower By J. D. Salinger

People need to read Catcher in the Rye at least once before they die. Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger, is a book that takes the reader inside the head of Holden Caulfield, a depressed sixteen-year-old, who enters a strange series of adventures in New York City. Holden writes his story from a mental hospital in California, about how he was expelled from a fancy prep school, his experiences after spending a few days in NYC. The book has had critical success since its publication in 1951, selling sixty-five million total copies, after a splendid review from the New York Times. Catcher in the Rye is a great novel because of its subtle symbolism, amazing portrayal of Holden Caulfield and ends on a higher note than most people realize.

The book The Catcher in the Rye is placed around the 1950s narrated by a young man named ‘Holden Caulfield’ who himself is the protagonist. Holden is not specific about his setting, location, time and other physicality while narrating the story but he makes one thing clear: He is undergoing treatment in a mental hospital or infirmary. The events he narrates comprises of time in between the start of Christmas break and him leaving his school as he is expelled. Holden is sixteen years old. His story commences from Saturday following the end of classes at the Pencey prep school in Agerstown, Pennsylvania. Pencey is Holden’s fourth school; he has already failed out of three others. At Pencey, he has failed four out of five of his subjects and

The Catcher in the Rye is one of J. D. Salinger's world-famous books about the disgruntled youth. Holden Caulfield is the main character and he is a seventeen- year-old dropout who has just been kicked out of his fourth school. Navigating his way through the challenges of growing up, Holden separates the “phony” aspects of society, and the “phonies” themselves. Some of these “phony” people in his life are the headmaster whose friendliness depends on the wealth of the parents, and his roommate who scores with girls using sickly-sweet affection. This book deals with the complex issues of identity, belonging, connection, and alienation. Holden senses these feelings most of the time and is guilty about many things in

In the novel, The Catcher in the Rye, J.D. Salinger writes about Holden’s life and how he is remembering his past when he went to Pencey Prep, the last of four boarding schools that he has attended. Holden is seventeen when he tells the story but the part of the story he is telling, he is sixteen, the novel also follows Holden after he has left Pencey Prep. Throughout the novel Holden slowly reveals how he feels towards his roommates, Stradlater and Ackley, and how he feels towards his siblings, D.B., who is a writer in Hollywood and Allie, who passed away from leukemia. Holden shows his lonely, short tempered, and insecure characteristics through name calling and descriptive diction.

J.D Salinger’s novel The Catcher in the Rye has been a hit on the shelves since its publication in 1951. It tells the story of Holden Caulfield, a lost adolescent who journeys to find his place in the

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger is a story about growing up. It explores the obstacles we all face during our transition from child to adulthood. The tragedies and triumphs, the breakthroughs and setbacks, the happiness and heartache. As you follow the book's protagonist, Holden, through his journey into adulthood, you learn about his life, but more importantly, you learn about your own. You grow to sympathize with the young rebel, and you begin to see traces of yourself in him.

Huck Finn and Holden Caulfield may seem to be complete opposites at first glance; however, in fact they’re extremely similar. Huck Finn, the lead protagonist in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, is an adolescent boy who was abandoned by his father at a young age. When his father returned Huck ran away and went on an adventure with a runaway slave named Jim. Similarly Holden Caulfield also went on an adventure during which he made several self-discoveries. In The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger Holden is a teenager who rebels against adults. It is repeated throughout the novel that Holden hates “phonies” and he justifies all of his lies so that he can avoid being what he hates so much in his own mind.

Khatha Saha R9 English Ms. Nguyen 9/18/14 Catcher in the rye by JD Salinger ` In the book Catcher in the rye by J.D. Salinger, the protagonist Holden Caulfield has been through a miserable childhood, from which he was able to hold on to some great memories. Holdens childhood consisted of moving from one private school to another. In the book Holden has constant flashbacks of his childhood.

“The Catcher in the Rye” by J. D. Salinger is a critically acclaimed and highly spoke of book. The book “Catcher in the Rye” is narrated by a sixteen year old boy named “Holden Caulfield”. This teen adolescent is not like any other boy you will ever find, Holden is a sixteen year old teen going through the most difficult times of adolescence and is discovering that no one understands him. Holden is too complex for our understanding he speaks in his own vernacular as if not one thing or person can understand him. The story takes place mostly in New York after Holden flunks out of his prep school, “Pencey Prep”. Holden travels to New York for three days before going back to his family. In New York Holden makes many harrowing experiences that

Georgia Coriell Mrs. Anderson Literature 2 May 5th 2015 Many books throughout American History have reflected on the time period in which the novel is based on. One of these novels was The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger which was set in the time period of the late 1940s. The Catcher in the Rye shows the main character Holden Caulfield’s journey of self-discovery, as he travels through New York. The novel starts with Holden Caulfield being kicked out of his school Pencey Prep, for failing every subject except English. Holden Caulfield decides to spend a few days in New York before his parents receive notice of him being expelled, in which he must return home.

In the catcher in the rye book Holden was the narrator and it was written by Slinger. First, the author refuses to talk about his life in the past .He also mentioned about his brother whose name was D.B. who is a Hollywood writer. Then he begins telling the Story from where the day he left Pencey prep. Pencey prep is this school which located in Agerstown, Penselvania . Holden’s career at Pency Prep has been spoiled by where he failed four class out of five class the only class he passed was English. The Saturday before Christmas the vacation begin , Holden overlooking His football team and he is the manager of that team . His team was plying against Saxon hall. Since he is a manager of the team he was supposed to meet in New york city

The Catcher in the Rye is about Holden Caulfield, a sixteen year old boy retelling the events of his life that have put him into the state he is currently in. He begins his retelling right after he is kicked out of Pencey Preparatory School, the fourth school that he has flunked out of. A few days before is supposed to go home, he becomes agitated after his teacher tries to confront him about his poor academic performance. He is further upset by his roommate who is taking out a girl who Holden was close with and is still attached to. This all leads to him leaving the school that night, with plans

J.D. Salinger was born in 1919 to a wealthy Manhattan family. He grew up in the same social conditions as Holden Caulfield does in The Catcher in the Rye. The last thing Salinger cared about was being a successful student because he was very lazy, without care for his responsibilities and tasks. Salinger flunked out of many prep schools, and his parents sent him to a military academy named Valley Forge in Pennsylvania, where he graduated in 1936 (Lundquist 7-10). Many critics believe that he modeled Pencey Prep, the school that Holden attended, after Valley Forge. Two weeks after J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye was published, it became an instant hit. The story about the life of a disoriented sixteen year old boy had people going crazy. The book remains popular today and has been over the years because of its brash style and its anti-establishment attitudes ("The Catcher in the Rye" 116). It was The Catcher in the Rye’s vulgar style that made parents all around the country worried about their children reading it. They did not like the language of the main character or his anti social attitudes, so parents around the country protested against The Catcher in the Rye and got most book stores to remove it from the shelves. The book was a terrible role model for teenagers during the 1950s ("The Catcher in the Rye" 116). Many critics believe that The Catcher in the Rye was based off of J.D Salinger 's life and

Holden Caulfield, the main character and narrator of The Catcher in the Rye, is a teenager growing up in the 1950’s in New York. He has been expelled from school once again for poor achievement. In order to deal with his failure, Holden decides to leave school a few days before the end of the term and escapes to New York before returning to his home for the punishment. Written entirely in first person, the book describes Holden’s experiences and thoughts over the few days he takes

The Catcher in the Rye by, J.D. Salinger was told by Holden the novelist of the story. The novel took place in the early 1940’s and 1950’s. Holden is sixteen years old and he has an abundance of quandaries in his life. He comes to the point that he cannot deal with people and life around him because he becomes earnestly dispirited. Even if 1940’s was very different from today, Holden Caulfield is still just like any other teenagers who goes through the same quandaries. Holden is depressed because he is always negative towards others and himself, he is obsessive over strange things, and he is self destructive, which causes his character to devolve.