The catcher in the rye and the stranger

The purpose of The Other Wes Moore is to give readers a look on how one can be successful in a world full of failure and bad people without getting involved and jeopardizing their future. In this book by Wes Moore he gives the reader background knowledge of both Wes Moore’s childhood, which caused them to be the person they are today. The environment you grow up in, expectations held by adults in your childhood and the amount of education you receive can justify one future when they grow up. Throughout the Other Wes’s life he lived in gang afflicted and urban neighborhoods.

Life is seen in a peculiar way through the eyes of teenagers. Often, teens are scared to enter the adult world because it means facing greater challenges that they might not yet be prepared for.The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger is a perfect example of a book that portrays the adult world through the eyes of a troubled but intelligent teenager. Holden Caulfield, the main character of the book has his own twisted views of the adult world and constantly criticizes it.

going to go back on his word, he doesn't really love her, and he's a

promises his utmost respect and loyalty in an attempt to make her want to leave with him. He

The Catcher in the Rye is a novel by J.D. Salinger. It is narrated by Holden Caulfield, a cynical teenager who recently got expelled from his fourth school. Though Holden is the narrator and main character of the story, the focus of Salinger’s tale is not on Caulfield, but of the world in which we live. The Catcher in the Rye is an insatiable account of the realities we face daily seen through the eyes of a bright young man whose visions of the world are painfully truthful, if not a bit jaded. Salinger’s book is a must-read because its relatable symbolism draws on the reader’s emotions and can easily keep the attention of anyone.

He was working with

He was very rich and let everyone know it by living like it. He hosted the grande

stopped to ask him if he knows what the consequences are of taking her. He said that

Holden Caulfield’s identity has been moulded by his environment, how he was raised the people he has met and the family he comes from. Holden comes from a family with four children and two wealthy parents who had built an image of

insecurities and the loss of his first spouse. During his interview, we discussed his childhood,

said to her was true she would live with him and be his love. However

“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.

think is him planning on leaving her I began to think of him as a

He also told her he could announce her “stepping down” however she liked (i.e. she decided to resign, it was ‘jointly decided it was time for a change, etc.). From the

when she asks "what need one?". They knew this would cause him to leave either house as he had too much pride to agree.