... and vital to the novel's general composition. Undoubtedly, within The Catcher in the Rye, J.D. Salinger presents a number of such elements, including character, setting, plot, symbolism, conflict, and theme. The latter is without question the primary literary component Salinger focuses on within his book as is clearly evident through the first-person perspective of the novel, the position of Holden (the main character and narrator) in life, and his thoughts and comments. Due to the fact that The Catcher in the Rye ... is told using a first person point of view, a number of literary elem...

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The Catcher in the Rye Some may say that the main character of J.D. Salinger's novel The Catcher in the Rye, Holden Caulfield, is merely the average teenager, although he seems to think about sex and women quite a lot for his age of sixteen. This point can be easily argued in many ways, one example being the time Holden called a perfect stranger, Faith Cavendish, to get together at an unruly time of night. Another ... himself that "I know more damn perverts than anybody you've ever met, and they"re always being perverty when I"m around". In conclusion, the central character is an abnormal you...

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... book is based on an old game where someone catches children from falling off a cliff. This symbolizes that Holden wants to be the catcher in the rye because he wants to protect the vulnerable, especially to prevent small children from losing their innocence and becoming corrupted by society as they grow up. Holden Caulfield is an amusing character because he talks about everyone without my respect ... cliff. What I have to do, I have to catch everybody if they start to go over the cliff- I mean if theyre running and they dont look theyre going I have to come out from somewhere and catch...

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The Catcher In The Rye by J. D. Salinger The Main characters in this book are Holden Caulfield. He is the main character. The whole story pretty much revolves around him. He is telling this story to a psychoanalyst but you really start to feel like he is telling it directly to you, or as if you are going through a journey inside of his sick and twisted mind. Another one of the characters ... . Phoebe his little sister learns of the news and scolds him. She is worried about the chaos that he is going to cause because of him being expelled from school. He tells her later that he wants to be a c...

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The novel "The Catcher in the Rye" by J, D Salinger talks about a cynical and confused teenager, Holden Caulfield, spending 3 days in New York trying to find his place in society. A theme which is presented effectively in the novel is the causes and effects of alienation and loneliness. It is presented through the main character Holden, the settings of events, and language used. The author uses the main character Holden to effectively show the effects of loneliness and alienation. He ... having trouble relating to people as his idealism is caught between childhood and the adult world. He has ...

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... into a deeper understanding of the work. In the novel, The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger, symbolism is used throughout the book. One of the many incidents is when Holden Caufeild, the main character and also the protagonist, is in much despair when he looses his girlfriend, so he decides to read a passage from the bible. Holden was feeling alone and very lonely at this point, and had no one to turn ... back on, until he read the ... have great importance, but instead bad things keep happening. Kino wanted to sell the pearl and use the money to better his family's standard of liv...

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... Holden Caulfield is the main character in the novel The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger. Holden is the narrator of this story, which he lets the reader know everything about himself and everything he does. His lousy vocabulary sense of words makes him stand out and easy to remember. As the novel opens, Holden Caulfield stands poised on a hill separating him form the rest of his school at the annual football game ... of as he grows older. Holden has a goal for life. He never says so outright, but he wants to live in a beautiful and peaceful life. Right now though, he is having a dif...

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From the novel, The Catcher in the Rye, the youthful protagonist Holden Caufield, employs the word "phony" to describe the behavior of a number of characters including Mr. Spencer and Ossenburger, however it is not them who are"phony", it is the young main character. First, Mr. Spencer, Holden's ex- history teacher, is not described as phony, but according to the adolescent, his choice of words are. Secondly, according ... describes Ossenbuger as phony because of what Holden perceived he did for a living. The wing where the central character lived at Pencey was called the "Ossenbuger Memorial ...

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... knows that he has changed every time he returns to them. The museum represents, as said by Holden, the world he wishes he could live in. This world consists of the fantasy that he will be "the catcher in the rye." In that fantasy world nothing is to ever change and everything would have to be simple, logical, and forever. This fantasy of Holden's is not logical at all ... because change is inevitable and that is exactly what he does not want to admit. Holden is terrified by ... himself, the unpredictable challenges of the world and conflict, so in reality he is ... ...

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Essay: War's Influence Catch 22 by Joseph Heller and All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarqueare two novels which are both different and alike. Throughout the novel we see the effects which war has on the characters. The characters however react in different ways. We see the effects of war on the characters in their initial reaction's, the way in which they deal with their new lifestyle of war, and the end psychological result on the characters themselves. Catch 22 and All Quiet on the Western Front are both similar and different, both main characters change and are effected by t...

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... and in a state of innocence, Holden tries to bring back his brother by trying to preserve the innocence of young generations. Holden has tried so hard not to be a phony he in reality the harder he tried not to be a phony the more he became one. In a major turning point of the book you find out that Holden wants to be the catcher in the rye. Holden miss interprets the ... poem ant thinks it is about preserving innocence when in reality its about a girl loosing her innocence. Holden's fight for innocence has blinded him to the real world. As soon as Holdens brother died, Holdends view of ...

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... his life based on a series of lies. Nonetheless, Jay Gatsby is passionate and optimistic, which is something the reader can relate to. Another example is Holden Caulfield of The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger. Holden is a cynical and apathetic teenager; a product of the 1930s. He lacks heroic attributes such as honesty, and he even refers to himself as weak. He claims to despise anything " ... phony", yet it is ironic because he spends the whole novel fighting against ... society for reasons he cannot explain and being spiteful to the people around ... ...

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