... very insulting as well as disgusting and not thought out in the least. In numerous chapters Holden is always thinking about or describing or talking about the female anatomy. Many women find this very offensive and rude. The hiring of a prostitute does not make the situation any better. Although he only talks to her, the actions and thoughts are very sexual, even still in ... today's culture. Many of these sexual phrases and content are not even ... necessary to give a good description of Holden, for example; when Holden is talking about visiting the museum almost every Saturday, there ...

• Word Count: 670
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

... viewed him that he could not have possibly been a happy young man. He was lazy and tried to appear as if he did not care about anything, but after he reveals his actual thoughts, it is clear that he sympathizes with those who may not be as fortunate and may not be as bright as he. It's very sad because just walking down the ... streets of New York, Holden finds a problem with just about anyone who he comes in contact with. He ... had a shoulder or two to cry on. Although, because of girls the guys that he considered his friends teased him and were just immature about the situation. In ...

• Word Count: 976
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

... his appearance less pleasurable. Nobody really looks toward Stradlater in a friendly way except for "the girls" such as Jane Gallagher. Nobody even knows for sure how the girls feel about Stradlater because their opinions of him all come from himself. Nobody ever hears what people besides Holden and Ackley say about him because we never hear what they say. The real appearance of Stradlater is revealed ... date? Fitzgerald?" Stradlater responds, "Hell, no! I told ya, I"m through with that pig!" Holden then asks, "That Phyllis Smith babe?" Stradlater then responds, "No. It was supposed to...

• Word Count: 761
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

... The Catcher in the Rye which is a novel by J.D Salinger about a teenage boy, Holden Caufield, who is moving towards a mental break down. The novel is about Holden's "Odyssey" through New York in search of his true self and acceptance from society. Through his "Odyssey" you can see Holden on a downward spiral gaining momentum as he falls due to ... name Jim Steele when he meets the three girls in the bar, and in chapter 13 he uses it again with the prostitute, Sunny. This means that Holden is trying to shield himself from his true fragile self. Holden mentions a couple of times how he is...

• Word Count: 1155
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

... young man who tells the story of a couple days in his life at the age of 16. He has just been expelled from school, and he doesn't really know what he wants to do with his life. Holden has some thoughts about what he would like to do, but since he is only 16, he can't really do too much. The main character is ... next door. Robert pretends to be macho, but he is actually a sensitive guy. Which is what most sensitive guys do, act tough. Stradler is Holden's roommate. He is popular with both girls and guys. But at the same time he refers to girls as being less than he or other guys. Sally...

• Word Count: 802
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

... girls have one similar effect on the boys; Jeannine and Phoebe make the boys needed. When Jeannine is crying about her mother's new relationship, Conrad says that he has never felt so strong and so needed. Without these females in Conrad's and Holden's lives, recovery and problem searching would have been very difficult. The characters in the novels Ordinary People and The Catcher in the Rye change Holden's and Conrad's thoughts and ... actions dramatically. Both boys" brothers die and make them suffer and feel angry and guilty. Holden and Conrad lose ... ...

• Word Count: 917
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

... be supported when Holden runs into some nuns at a sandwich shop and they start talking about Romeo and Juliet, a timeless classic by a distinguished writer, and Caulfield starts to think, "it was sort of embarrassing to be talking about Romeo and Juliet with her [the nuns]. I mean that play gets pretty sexy in some parts"; this indicates that the main character couldn't even keep his thoughts away from sex ... "re always being perverty when I"m around". In conclusion, the central character is an abnormal youth because of his overall actions and feelings towards girls and sex. In retrospe...

• Word Count: 839
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate