In The Catcher and the Rye, written by J.D Salinger, we are introduced to Holden Caulfield , the 17 year old narrator and protagonist of the novel. In the beginning of the story Holden is at a resting home in California. Holden tells the readers what happened to him over a two day period in the previous December. In this essay I will identify a theme from this story and explain how it is developed in the novel. In my opinion an important theme of the Catcher in the Rye is the painfulness of growing
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Diagnosis The patient, Holden Caulfield is experiencing what I presume to be Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, or PTSD. Holden is going through a lot of difficult situations in his life that he got him a little mislead, such as failing almost all his classes, trouble with his roommate, and leaving his school altogether. The situations Holden is being put through aren’t easy for him and cause him a lot of stress that changes the way that he acts, and feels. Caulfield is experiencing flashbacks
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Matthew LaMountain Evaluation of season 7, episode 8 of Mad Men The episode starts off with a dream sequence in which Don Draper and some other business cohorts appear to be choosing a model for a line of fur coats. After two models are passed by, Racheal Menken (a former lover and client of Don) comes into the room. Don is shocked to see her there as she was formerly the head of a major clothing store. I feel that Racheal’s appearance in Don’s dream was a sign that she was one of the few women
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Asian Social Science May, 2009 An Analysis of the Adolescent Problems in The Catcher in the Rye Lingdi Chen Dept. of Foreign Languages, Dezhou University Daxue xi Road, Dezhou 253023, China E-mail: chld1973@126.com Abstract The Catcher in the Rye was written by famous American writer J.D.Salinger. This paper mainly analyzes the adolescent problems Holden Caulfield confronts on the journey from childhood to adulthood. These adolescent problems include Holden’s protection of innocence
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J. D. Salinger's notable and esteemed novel, Catcher in the Rye, reflects the hypercritical views of a troubled teenager, Holden Caulfield, towards everyone around him and society itself. This character has a distinguished vision of a world where morality, principles, intelligence, purity, and naivety should override money, sex, and power, but clearly in the world he inhabits these qualities have been exiled. Holder desperately clings to and regards innocence as one of the most important virtues
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Holden Caulfield, the protagonist in The Catcher in the Rye, is a 16-year-old boy who is troubled, has been expelled from four schools, and is dealing with rejection. Rejection is one of the main causes of depression and social anxiety. Humans need companionship, love, and acceptance. “He sees that the world belongs to adults and it seems to him that they have filled it with phoniness, pretense, social compromise” (Seng 105). The plot is Holden’s quest for sympathy for his physical condition and
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Holden’s problem is not ‘phonies’ but his inability to accept reality.” Do you agree? Holden Caulfield main problem is with all the phonies that surround him and irk him. Reading extensively through the novel; we can confirm that Holden throughout the book is continuously tormented by the acts of these phonies who are superficial and hypocritical. Throughout the novel Holden meets various phonies who commit phony acts. One such case is when he first arrived at the Edmont Hotel and he saw these couples
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Joan of Arc or Jeanne d’Arc in French was born in a village which was part of eastern France in 1412. She was considered heroine of France and a Roman Catholic saint. Joan said she received visions of the Archangel Michael, Saint Margaret, and Saint Catherine instructing her to support Charles VII and recover France from English domination. At the time of Joan’s childhood, France was seriously divided with a lack of national unity. King Henry V of England had invaded France and defeated the French
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or commonly known as Joan of Arc, is a well known Patron Saint of France. As a child, she started receiving visions from God, which lead her to seek out King Charles, the rightful King of France to take the throne. She was a strong, powerful woman, who put her faith in God even at the cost of her own life. This inspirational women became a huge influence to people everywhere. Through her dedication to God and her faith in His plan for France. Jeanne d’Arc (or in English, Joan of Arc) was born in
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In The Catcher In the Rye by J D Salinger Holden Caulfield struggles with the idea of growing up. At the beginning, it is revealed that he flunked out of school because he didn’t apply himself. He often refers to adults as phonies and prefers children over adults. He seems to act childish and immature. He leaves school and goes to new york city. There, he learns to be independent through loneliness and real world problems. Although Holden is scared of adulthood, he learns to accept the reality of
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