Winners Catcher In The Rye

The novel The Catcher In The Rye, by J.D. Salinger, contains many complex symbols, many of the symbols in the book are interconnected. A symbol is an object represents an idea that is important to the novel. I believe the most important symbol in this novel is Holden 's idea of being the "catcher in the rye".

In The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger, the main character and narrator Holden Caulfeild walks many different paths of life. He jumps around different aspects of his life throughout the book, showing the reader many different sides to himself. This theme is presented through the author’s technique in crafting the characterization and symbolism. J.D. Salinger develops a puzzle of a personality for Holden throughout the book, to show the complexity and multitude of sides to Holden’s character.

Aileen Wuornos was a prostitute who shot to death at least seven middle-aged men that she encountered along northern and central Florida highways. Between 1989 and 1990, she murdered men that solicited her for sexual favors. Aileen Wuornos is listed as one of the country’s rare female serial killers that was put to death by lethal injection. A big question for psychologist and investigators was, “Is Aileen Wuornos a victim of a failed upbringing or is she truly a monster” (Seal, 2008)? When analyzing this case, it is clear that she was driven by her environment and psychological factors that started in her childhood.

Despite his longing for acceptance, “His efforts to connect with any stereotypical kid his age result in abject failure“(Privitera 204). Salinger thoroughly emphasizes this through Holden’s relationships with Stradlater and Ackley, with both of whom he has a strenuous and artificial relationship, demonstrated by his internal, flippant commentaries on his peers as he discusses them in the book (Salinger 31-40). Holden’s peers ostracize him due to his more introspective and introverted nature, as seen in Stradlater’s angry response to Holden’s reflective response to this writing assignment, saying that he doesn’t “do one damn thing the way [he’s] supposed to”(Salinger 47). These difficulties stem not from deficiencies of his peers, but rather a problem of Holden’s refusal to accept anything different from what he expects, making excuses about his reasons throughout the book to cover his actions. His rationalization of his internal wants and desires impedes any proper connection he could possibly make with his peers. He, “Subconsciously longs to be accepted yet feels he cannot make the connection”(Privitera 205).

Holden, the protagonist, is edging out of his seat to ensure that Jane, the girl who keeps her kings in the back row, still does exactly this. It is essential for Holden that she still does this because he likes things to stay unchanged. Change is something that occurs every day, in millions of different places. For Holden to obsess over everything being exactly the same forever is unrealistic. His childhood friend, Jane, is going out with his roommate, Stradlatter.

The checkers kept in the back row are very important symbols. Jane is Holden's childhood friend, and one of the only love interests he has had so far. They were very close when they were young, but then Holden and her grew apart. One thing that Holden always remembers about Jane is the fact that she always kept her kings in hit back row when playing checkers. Carl F. Strauch describes Holden's experience with Jane and how he interprets the situation: "This girl, who had a 'lousy childhood' with a booze hound for a stepfather running 'around the goddam house naked,' always kept her kings in the back row. ...

William Butler Yeats a writer and irish poet once said, “The innocent and the beautiful have no enemy but time.” In the book, “The Catcher in the Rye,” by J. D. Salinger, a boy named “Holden” is dealing with the consequences of growing up and losing innocence. The story details the importance of being a kid and going through maturity. It also shares the knowledge of learning from mistakes and growing up. Holden experiences all of these elements through loneliness and innocence throughout the book.

But if you get on the other side, where there aren’t any hot-shots, then what’s a game about it? Nothing. No game. Mr. Spencer refers to life as a game and to win you have to play by the rules but Holden knows it’s not that simple, maybe if you’re on the side with all the hot-shots you have a chance but for people like him, who are on the other side you can’t obtain happiness by following the rules. In Holden's case there aren’t any clear rules to follow to lead him to happiness or success.

Holden allows the reader to hypothesize that he is attracted to a girl named Jane Gallagher, by constantly telling of his fond memories of her, but when push comes to shove his tendency to alienation himself from society, to "protect himself from losing his innocence", takes him over. On page 116 of the novel, Holden tells the reader that after he got his sister a record he went to a phone booth and called Jane's house. But when her mother picked up the phone he hung up. Holden tells the reader that he "didn't feel like getting into a long conversation with her mother" so he hung up but in reality Holden's personal preference of alienating himself frightened him and prevented him of making any contact with Jane.

Holden’s relationship with his own dorm room members while at Pencey Prep shows how Holden recognizes people who are genuine, while ignores or de -legitimizes people he feels

The first 100 days in the White House are always a tell tale sign of what kind of president the United States would have for the next four years. President Donald Trump’s 100 days in office could be seen as very successful to some and very concerning for others. However, President Trump is made sure in his first 100 days that he owned up to all of the promises he made to Americans all around the country during election tours. While Trump was campaigning during the election he made it very clear that he was no ordinary candidate and that he did not under no circumstance did not want to be like President Obama if he was elected into office. Since his campaigning days, it seems like Trump has done just that to ensure his style of running the

Holden’s date with Sally Hayes exhibited his difficulty at cooperating with others. At first he gives us a dire impression of Sally, “I wasn’t too crazy about her, but I’d known her for years.” (p. 105) Later, he wants to marry Sally and says he is in love with her. The biggest mystery of all when it comes to women is with Jane Gallagher. Constantly mentioning Jane, Holden recalls playing checkers with her before he got sent to boarding school. When his roommate, Stradlater, has a date with Jane, Holden asks him a peculiar question, “Did you ask her if she still keeps all her kings in the back row?” (p. 42) Holden, jealous of Stradlater’s date with Jane, longs to see Jane but never has the courage to call her. Interactions with other people especially women perplex and overwhelm Holden. He therefore resorts to isolation, illustrating a characteristic of his mental state.

J.D. Salinger’s novel The Catcher in the Rye is widely recognized as one of the most self-destructive novels ever written. The novel’s protagonist Holden Caulfield is known for his anti-social behavior and his self-loathing, self-isolating character in the book. Holden’s traits could widely be compared to Napoleon Dynamite the protagonist of the 2004 film Napoleon Dynamite directed by Jared Hess. Napoleon is characterized by his clichéd “school nerd” behavior and of course his own self-isolating habit just like Holden. Like Holden, Napoleon tries to put down people to isolate him from others. But even though Holden and Napoleon are alike on how they assume the traits of the people they meet,

Holden has very noble goals, he wants to protect children’s innocence. He says to his little sister “‘Anyway, I keep picturing all these little kids playing some game in this big field of rye and all. Thousands of little kids, and nobody’s around-nobody big, I mean-except me. And I’m standing on the edge of

Everyone's dreaming of living in a perfect society. Who would not want? A society in which each and everyone has reach the epitome and perfection of life; a society that is able to construct a social system based on reason, justice, and the unity - a society that everybody is dreaming off. It is the purpose of this paper to examine and analyze the condition of a certain society who "achieved" the Utopian society and briefly explore the effect and ethicality to the man, and a society in which it belongs. It will be discussed in no. parts, as follows: I.) Basic Summary; II.) Characters; III.) Settings; and IV.) Ethicality of a Utopian Society.