Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger is a somewhat controversial 1950’s novel about the main character, Holden Caulfield, recounting his days of adventure in New York City following his recent expulsion from Pencey Prep, a private all boys’ school. Throughout the interactive oral, it was discussed how Holden’s journey through New York was similar to the odyssey and what the writer achieved by his use of language style, among other questions like what the audience, purpose and context of the novel was.
The author’s style was incredibly unique as it immerses you into the mind of a seventeen year old teenager, using colloquial terms, language styles and relatively slang words. This is quite difficult for an author to create, however Salinger has hit this on the head, because most times it sounds like the author is describing a teenagers adventures, rather than a …show more content…
The ‘epic’ describes the 10-year struggle of Odysseus to return home after the Trojan War. The list of comparisons between the two stories was extensive during the interactive oral. This list included how both characters had a ‘call to adventure’, Holden goes to New York City for a long weekend to waste time before facing his parents again, while Odysseus is forcibly called to war with his army, plus how they both have their own mentors during their adventures, for Holden is phoebe, for the character in Odyssey it is the goddess. However, Caulfield is trying to leave his ‘ordinary’ world for a few days by escaping to the outskirts of New York, whereas Odysseus is trying to go back to his ordinary world from the war, only to discover they both have terrible circumstances to come back to if they do. Both texts imply that they are facing the same situations as each other, but in different contexts and eras, although no matter how many generations pass, the same situations can still arise of modern
The author’s style was incredibly unique as it immerses you into the mind of a seventeen year old teenager, using colloquial terms, language styles and relatively slang words. This is quite difficult for an author to create, however Salinger has hit this on the head, because most times it sounds like the author is describing a teenagers adventures, rather than a …show more content…
The ‘epic’ describes the 10-year struggle of Odysseus to return home after the Trojan War. The list of comparisons between the two stories was extensive during the interactive oral. This list included how both characters had a ‘call to adventure’, Holden goes to New York City for a long weekend to waste time before facing his parents again, while Odysseus is forcibly called to war with his army, plus how they both have their own mentors during their adventures, for Holden is phoebe, for the character in Odyssey it is the goddess. However, Caulfield is trying to leave his ‘ordinary’ world for a few days by escaping to the outskirts of New York, whereas Odysseus is trying to go back to his ordinary world from the war, only to discover they both have terrible circumstances to come back to if they do. Both texts imply that they are facing the same situations as each other, but in different contexts and eras, although no matter how many generations pass, the same situations can still arise of modern