The Catcher in the Rye, a novel by J.D. Salinger, he describes Holden Caulfield (the main character in the novel) as a sixteen year old junior who at first appears to be a crazy weird and obnoxious kid. In the beginning of the novel Salinger starts off with Holden who has just been expelled for academic failure from a school called Pencey Prep. Even though whenever we think of ... with Holden unless he goes home. In The Catcher in the Rye, Holden views children as innocent, and tries to protect them from the evils of society. In The Catcher in the Rye, evil is trying to corrupt innocence. Ch...

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• Grade Level: High School

... society. Some people may have a religious reawakening while others fall into a deep depression, which can disrupt their ability to do normal, everyday chores. The person's entire personality can also change. In the case of Holden Caulfield, the protagonist within the novel The Catcher in the Rye, the death of his brother Allie brought upon him much pain and grief but it also caused him to lose sense of who he was ... cold world, where everyone was a "phony". Following his third expulsion from his third high school, Holden left his most recent ex-school, Pencey Prep, days before he was s...

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• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School