Pencey Boarding school, Holden Caulfield is a young man who didn’t really care about his grades and cared more about his life and where he will go with it. Holden always points out the most bizarre things in his life. He does prove to us how much he loves his family and friends. After Holden’s brother’s death, Holden hasn’t been acting himself. Holden makes impulsive decisions that lead to consequences that affect his relationships as well as his well being. First, when Holden was still at Pencey he
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now, and sometimes I act like I'm about thirteen.” (Salinger 9). In the novel “The Catcher in the Rye” the main character Holden Caulfield struggles between acting like an adult and acting like a child. Whether he’s out avoiding all of his problems or he’s trying to get a waiter to bring him an alcoholic drink even though he is under age, Holden acted like a child. Holden is seventeen during the time he is telling us about the things he did when he was sixteen and throughout the whole novel he
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Hollow Man In J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye, Holden Caulfield believes that almost everyone he comes in contact with is a “phony”. About the only two people that Holden does not consider phonies are his sister, Phoebe, and his dead brother Allie. Virtually everyone else fits this label, including himself. The root of Holden’s pessimistic outlook on life and people is the fact that he is invisible. Although Holden is a phony himself, he has a negative view of society because he wants to
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depression in a troubled boy who does not want to grow up. Holden often admits his loneliness and finds out he has some emotions left. He chooses to protect himself and reduce his pain. For example, whenever he thought about calling up a girl he gives himself many reasons why he should not contact her so he doesn’t get hurt in the end. He tries so hard to protect himself by shutting things out that could potentially hurt him. Holden Caulfield the protagonist isolates himself, has many fears, especially
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parents, Sol and Marie, thought he would fit in perfectly in a private school – seeing how well-mannered that young Salinger was – they “enrolled him in McBurney School in Manhattan in 1932” (Alexander 2), but, just as one of his most famous characters, Holden Caufield, he did not fit in very well in the private school, struggling to keep his grades satisfactory. Concerned, Salinger’s parents sent him to Valley Forge Military Academy when he was just 15 years old. “There he was active in drama and singing
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J.D. Salinger, we hear from a misfit named Holden Caulfield and his story. Holden was put into a boarding school alone, with no real friendships or connection with others. This causes Holden to be put in adult situations, and his lack of understanding causes him to make impulsive decisions, which causes unfortunate outcomes, thus causing him to let his guard down, regret decisions and become as lost as his own mind. Throughout the story, we see Holden impulsively go from place to place when he
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Don’t even mention them to me.” Goddamn money. It always ends up making you blue as hell.” The book is told in first person. Holden Caulfield, the 17-year-old narrator and protagonist of the novel, speaks to the reader directly from a mental hospital or sanitarium in southern California. Holden wants to tell what happened over a two-day period the previous year.
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In Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger, unstable teenager Holden Caulfield recounts his experiences navigating New York while meeting new people after being kicked out of many schools. Holden, after experiencing tragedy with the death of his brother, isolates himself from the world around him, which he believes is filled with “phonies”. Holden’s thoughts and actions along his journey prove Jodi Picoult’s assertion that “if you meet a loner, no matter what they tell you, it’s not because they enjoy
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“What really knocks me out is a book that when you’re done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours and could call him up on the whenever you felt like it.” - Holden Caulfield Even though the Catcher in the Rye is one of history’s most well recognized book ever written it has it’s definite flaws. It never started out that way. Among the many great books that has been written it has a meaningful story behind it. J.D Salinger was born January 1st 1919 to the
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choices. This is what seems to be the problem with Holden Caulfield, the narrator of the novel. Holden does not make the smartest decision multiple times throughout the story. Because of the frontal lobe disconnection in Holden’s brain caused him to attack Stradlater, almost have sex with a prostitute, and to not care about school.
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