Holden

‘The catcher in the rye’, written by ‘J. D. Salinger’ narrates the psychological and physical troubles of Holden Caulfield, a mentally unstable, teenage boy seeking approval in an ever-changing world. Throughout the novel, the author uses a variety of stylistic and language techniques are used to intrigue the audience into reading the text, which include the use of imagery, symbolism and metaphors. It is the different themes and techniques like this that are used throughout the text to pull the reader in and additionally entertain them. J. D. Salinger uses the main character, ‘Holden Caulfield’ to manipulate the audience into wanting to learn more about his hidden personality, resulting in enhancing the entertainment value of the text. Holden…

Many people do not struggle with going into adulthood. People are wanting to be able to be an adult and do what they want. They do not want to follow other adults rules or their parent's rules. But in J.D. Salinger's novel The Catcher in the Rye, Holden Caulfield does not want to go into adulthood. He does not want to deal with all the adult responsibilities. Holden from The Catcher in the Rye struggles a lot with staying a child and becoming an adult, Holden is always connecting his thoughts…

In The Catcher in the Rye, Holden Caulfield is a teenager who is in alienated in society due to its pretentious values. Holden suffers from loneliness and alienation because he is unable to associate with the phonies in society. Holden also plays a crucial role in depicting the judgmental values of society in which he chooses to not take part of. Early into the novel Holden faces the alienation in the culture he is surrounded in. When planning on meeting his former history teacher Mr. Spencer,…

personality or attitude.” In the book The Catcher in the Rye, J.D. Salinger portrays a story about a kid named Holden Caulfield and shows the struggles that he goes through at Pency and in New York. Because of many affect that went through throughout his entire life, he goes into many internal and external conflicts that happen during the story. For most of the novel, Holden is thinking that he needs to save all children and their innocence, he does not exactly know where he is going midst his…

in the Rye by J.D. Salinger is about a boy named Holden Caulfield and his view on the world. Holden Caulfield is 17 years old and is constantly moving from place to place on account of his frequent expulsions from school for, as he and his teachers put it, “not applying himself” (Salinger, 2). He hates the world and feels that all adults are phonies, including his older brother D.B., who “prostitutes” (Salinger, 4) himself out as a movie writer instead writing the stories he loves. Holden seems…

wear, act, who we should hang out with and etc. For Holden Caulfield, from Catcher in the Rye by J.D Salinger, his idea of what should be sought after is to be submerged in innocence. At times he struggles with this idea and may act out in anger or may act upon adult ideas but all in all. Although Holden Caulfield may seem like he is headed toward adulthood and like he is losing his childhood innocence, in actuality he is trying to preserve his and others innocence in the form of abstinence and…

In “Catcher in the Rye,” Holden Caulfield the main character- is a seventeen years old boy; who narrates a story, he reveals an event between him and a prostitute. The relation between these two illuminates Holden’s distinctive need for the preservation of child innocence.. Holden meets a man in the Hotel elevator- Maurice- who advertized prostitute. Holden decides to get one for a night. When he opens the door for the prostitute, he notices that she is young, almost the same age as he is.…

his prevalent literary elements and give the novel a positive impact. For instance, Holden Caulfield is used by Salinger to present his hyperboles throughout the book. In this story, Holden is the main character and most ideal for Salinger’s use of hyperboles. Holden has a mental illness and does not do well in any school he attends along with not doing well with friendships. This novel is based on a three day journey of Holden and gives readers an insight to his life. J.D Salinger uses Holden…

Psychoanalytic view on Holden Caulfield The way someone is influenced is by childhood experiences and their unconscious desires. In the novel The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger, the protagonist in the story is a rebellious young man named Holden Caulfield who has a low self esteem and is an underachiever, which drives him into becoming depressed and trying to seek someone he can talk to. In the first few pages of the novel, you become familiar with the fact that something is wrong with…

schools wonder if the book should still be taught in the English curriculum. I believe the novel should be taught in schools. Even though throughout the novel Holden displays reckless behavior, he shows the consequence of his actions. Holden for the first time sees the impact of the world on children, he realizes how children, like Phoebe, are exposed to inappropriate content. Holden displays a perspective that prior to this scene we did not know he had. While, Holden was walking up a flight of…