1. Comparing Catcher in the Rye and Pygmalion and the Themes They Represent
... novel The Catcher in the Rye, the main character, Holden Caulfield, muses at one point on the possibility of escaping from the world of confusion and "phonies" while George Bernard Shaw's main character of Pygmalion, Eliza Dolittle, struggles to become a phony. The possible reason for this is that they ... care much for history because he "doesn't want to hurt his feelings" (11). Robert Ackley, the boy living in the room next to Holden and Ward Stradlater, Holden's roommate at P! encey Prep, are seemingly exact opposites of each other. Ackley is a boring, homely loner while Stradlater ...
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- Approx Pages: 9
- Grade Level: High School