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those things are now gone, he is almost driven into sadness. In Chapter 25, while inside Phoebe's school, Holden sees "F*** you" scratched into the wall and is angry about it. "I saw something that drove me crazy. Somebody'd written 'F*** you' on the wall. It drove me damn near crazy. I thought how Phoebe and all the other kids would see it, and how they'd wonder what the hell it meant, and finally some dirty kid would tell them what it meant... I kept wanting to kill whoever'd written it." They

Holden’s desire to protect innocence. Example: “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 some crazy cliff. What I have to do, I have to catch everybody if they start to go over the cliff - I mean if they’re running and they don’t look where they’re going I have to come out from somewhere and catch

Holden Caulfield is a delinquent, a misfit, and a dropout, but he is a unique man with a very alienated relationship with society. The Catcher in the Rye is a book written by J.D. Salinger that describes the story of Holden Caulfield. The story begins when Holden is kicked out of Pencey Prep School. Throughout the remainder of the book, Salinger describes Holden’s unusual relationship with the rest of society and its outcome. Through most of the novel, Holden is depicted as a person who is alienated

Jasmine Szucs 9-24-14 English 2 Ms. Martin Holden Caulfield: The Protector of Innocence Thesis: During the novel Catcher in the Rye, author, J.D Salinger, portrays Holden Caufield’s loss of innocence through his altering mental stability and hypocritical mentality towards the adult world. I. Introduction A. Seventeen year old Holden Caulfield, in J.D Salinger's Catcher in the Rye, is a character who is resentful of the reality ahead of him, while displaying immature, careless behavior

The Catcher in the Rye is a classic novel about an eventful week of Holden Caulfield. Holden lives a pretty interesting, yet depressing, life. One event, that makes this book so famous, is his misinterpretation of the poem, Comin’ Thro’ the Rye. Holden Misinterpretation of the poem leads to his deep feeling of wanting to stop children from growing up and Salinger's point that growing up is ok. Holden first hears this poem being sung by a six year old. He is on his way to meet up with old friend

“What really knocks me out is a book that, when you’re all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours and you could call him up on the phone whenever your felt like it.” (pg 25) J.D. Salinger writes in his book, “The Catcher in the Rye”. However, what makes this quote so interesting in this novel is that, for many people over the past 60 years, J.D. Salinger is that author to them when they read his novel. To everyone who has read the book; the main character

Many consider The Catcher in the Rye to be the most poignant and popular story of adolescence in American literature. Reading reviews, examining the public reception, and uncovering depths of research would evidence this well. However, the value of the novel rests not in its popularity—a simple sign of its inherent value—but in its ability to resonate truth. More than merely telling a story, Salinger creates a relatable life through the actions and attitudes of his ornery adolescent character Holden

Ethan Skophammer November 16th, 2017 6th Hour The Age of Innocence There is only one experience that unites every single person in the world. Many people in the world can agree that it isn’t always the greatest experience, and many people have an extremely hard time getting through it, but every single adult goes through the act of ‘growing up’. For many, the transition can be very depressing, and confusing. When a child is young becoming an adult seems to be enjoyable and exciting, but it isn’t

Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger is the story of Holden, a boy who struggles with emotions and how to tell his parents he got kicked out of school, again. He is always travelling around New York trying to find something to entertain himself and have fun. But you can tell by the subtle hints he drops throughout the entire book he hates change. As he tries to tell people about how he feels he finds himself alone and isolated. Throughout the course of Holden’s journey we clearly see he struggles

things ‘phony’ that the reader could almost have an easier time naming the things he doesn’t consider ‘phony’: “His oversensitivity to the social amenities which he considered hypocritical leads him to say ‘I can't stand that stuff. It drives me crazy.’ He has a similar reaction to people saying ‘good luck’ or ‘grand’ to him.” (Irving 85). Things as simple as going to the movies he labels as ‘phony’ because he does not like the movies or the actors who play in them. Holden may just use the word