Holden Caulfield, portrayed in the Catcher in the Rye as a teen struggling to find his own identity, possesses many characteristics that easily connect him to a typical teenager today. The book was written many years ago, however, it is still relevant today. Holden's actions and thoughts are those that most teenagers can relate with. The desire to be independent and the confusion about “finding oneself” are issues that almost all teens face. Even though it seems the advancement of technology
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In the novel, The Catcher in the Rye, written by J.D. Salinger, Holden is portrayed as immature because he is dealing with a mental disorder ever since his brother died and as a result, is kicked out of every school he went to. In the beginning, he goes to a school named Pencey, which is adored by its attending students. He decides to leave Pencey because he is failing every class except English, and is most likely going to be expelled anyway. He goes to his old teachers house, Mr. Antolini, and
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n this book, the fundamental character, Holden Caulfield, tells us a tale about what happened amid his Christmas excursion. Holden is a sixteen-year-old kid who has failed out of a private private academy. Since he is worried about the possibility that that his guardians would discover this, he goes to an inn in New York City as opposed to going home after he leaves school for Christmas get-away. In New York, numerous things transpire inside of a couple of days. For instance, he goes
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The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger is a novel published in 1951. Holden Caulfield is the sixteen-year-old protagonist in the novel. He's a cynical character who has allowed grieving from his eleven-year-old brother’s death from leukemia to form the way he thinks about life, society, and himself. After getting kicked out of Pencey, a boarding school, he goes on a journey to New York City where he tries to connect with people he knows, like Sally Hayes, Carl Luce, and Mr. Antolini, and people
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Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye, Holden Caulfield possesses many different character traits that make him an intriguing character. Irresponsibility and loneliness are two of his biggest characteristics, but throughout the novel, Holden shows that he can be desperate. Holden’s irresponsibility is apparent from the very beginning of the novel. He is clearly not on top of his grades and has been kicked out of multiple schools due to his poor efforts. In chapter one, Holden talks to his English teacher
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Holden Caulfield can be analyzed through his thoughts, actions and circumstances which surround his everyday life. Holden acts like a careless teenager. Holden has been to several prep-schools, all of which he got kicked out of for failing classes. After being kicked out of the latest, Pency Prep, he went off to New York on his own. Holden seems to have a motivation problem which apparently affects his reasoning. The basis of his reasoning comes from his thoughts. Holden thinks the world is full
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Holden Caulfield is a very different person in 2018 whereas to before. In the book, Catcher in the Rye, Holden experienced many events that led him to ´grow up´. Holden is going through a depressive state where he finds everything depressing. He also believes that after some point, everyone is phony, when they're not. This affects Holden´s social life, which then affects his mental state. Throughout the book, the only thing that seemed to keep him happy was children. Almost everybody has experienced
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extended essay is to analyze the mental instability of Holden Caulfield, the main character of J. D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye, as well as explain how his Depression and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder alter his perspective through comparisons between Holden’s accounts and reality. The scope of the essay includes The Catcher in the Rye, as well as __ articles detailing different interpretations of the cause of Holden’s problems. Holden is also the novel’s unreliable narrator, and his illnesses
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J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye, the protagonist, Holden Caulfield, adopts a cynical stance towards those people whom he views as phony. Two instances in which Holden becomes irritated by insincerity occur during his encounters with Ernie and the Lunts. A first example of a time when Holden becomes put-off by phony behavior occurs when he goes to a nightclub and listens to Ernie, a celebrated pianist, show off his virtuosity. Holden recalls, “Anyway, when he had finished and everyone was clapping
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Holden Caulfield: Protector of Innocence The novel The Catcher in the Rye is a coming of age tale of a teenager’s journey into a mental breakdown. The main character, Holden Caulfield, sees the world as an extremely phony, cynical place that he wishes to escape from. As a result of this, he forms the idea that the only way to be free of the hypocrisy and cynicism of society is to maintain one’s childlike immaturity and innocence. Because of this idea, throughout the novel, Holden is trying desperately
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