... and being made aware of it's existential undercurrent, it now seems obvious that there are existential aspects to all the works studied so far. Existentialism sees humans as free and self determining agents who are products of existence rather than essence; nurture opposed to nature. I believe in all ... own actions, and has developed into if nothing else the catcher in the rye and an existentialist. This novel is not one of overt Existentialism like "The Childhood of a Leader-, I have no idea of Salinger's philosophical orientation, but it is implicit that Holden is capable of ... the s...

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... evolution of his theory that humanistic characteristics played a central role in the motives for the protagonists actions, and whether proclaimed or not, will play a large role in the movement from existentialism to resistentialism. ...

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