... lifestyle play a big part in the writing of his novel, The Catcher in the Rye. J.D. Salinger's unique personality can be attributed to his ab normal child hood. Born in New York City on the first day of 1919, J.D. Salinger is the son of a Jewish father and a Christian mother. After brief periods of enrollment at both New York University and Columbia University, Salinger devoted himself entirely to writing, and by 1940 he had published several ... short stories in periodicals. His writing career was interrupted by the Second World War, but returning from the service in 1946 Salinger resu...

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... adversity. In contrast, J.D. Salinger's Catcher in the Rye presents readers with a character who falls short of every tough situation he faces. J.D. Salinger uses Holden's rebellious experiences to link all teenagers in the 1950's and the 1960's together. Holden is unwilling to cooperate, socially and scholastically, which brings about mental and physical problems. His story resonates within the teenage community because he reveals likely challenges teens endure while bridging the gap ... actually flunking out of life. He goes from a great all boys private school, to ending up on the st...

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... adversity. In contrast, J.D. Salinger's Catcher in the Rye presents readers with a character who falls short of every tough situation he faces. J.D. Salinger uses Holden's rebellious experiences to link all teenagers in the 1950s and the 1960s together. Holden is unwilling to cooperate, socially and scholastically, which brings about mental and physical problems. His story resonates within the teenage community because he reveals likely challenges teens endure while bridging the gap between ... actually flunking out of life. He goes from a great all boys private school, to ending up on t...

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... his younger sister, Phoebe. Holden devises a plan to run away again, but his connection with his sister holds him back. Holden's final destination in the book is some sort of mental care facility, from where he is telling his story. Throughout the book, The Catcher in the Rye, by J. D. Salinger, Holden suffers from an emotional, mental, and physical disintegration which causes him to be institutionalized. Holden's growing emotional instability shows ... the progression of his downward spiral into illness. When Holden first reveals the death of his brother, Allie, he tells of how he "sle...

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... school and while trying to figure out what to do with his life he looses it. His younger brother, Allie, has died and Holden has been spiraling down since. Overall The Catcher In The Rye is a raw written book that holds back nothing. His father is a lawyer, so his family is pretty well off. He and his family are respectable members of New York's high ... schools, all to which he cares and thinks very little of. For example, Holden says continuously throughout the story that the schools were full of phonies (i.e.: "One of the biggest reasons I left Elkton Hills was because I was surround...

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... Holden Caulfield In the novel The Catcher in the Rye, J.D. Salinger uses many symbols to describe or characterize Holden Caulfield. For example, Holden uses the word "phony" many times to describe other people, when in reality he himself is a phony. Another symbol that is used throughout the novel to characterize Holden is the hunting hat he had just purchased in New York City. The hat represents Holden's awkwardness; it does not fit in with the environment ... is seem as though everything is okay. One of the reasons why Holden took the time to call Mrs. Marrow or talk to the girls at t...

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J.D Salinger's novel "The Catcher in the Rye" should not be banned at all anywhere in the United States. The book's ideas relate to the majority of teenagers throughout the country. Many say because of the book's profanity and teenage sexual relations, that it is a bad influence on many young adults. However, many teenagers have the same feelings as Holden towards many aspects of life. Of course many teenagers don't wander the streets of New York ... 't fail out of four different high schools. But Holden's reactions and feelings can certainly relate to many young adults. There is no reason why...

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The story A Catcher in the Rye written by J.D. Salinger was all about a young man named Holden Caulfield. Holden was a michevious boy from New York City whom always lacked off in his doings. He would never care about school and his grades, but always managed to get a good passing grade in English that was taught by a teacher named Mr. Spencer. Holden learns the most valuable lessons about everyday life and wonders why he ... has to live the life he has. Holden had three siblings" back home that he thought of most of the time, two of which were older than he was. His oldest ... doing any work...

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Throughout The Catcher in the Rye, the reader is presented with various symbols. These symbols, such as his younger brother Allie, the ducks in Central Park, and the Museum of National History, are clearly made evident by Holden's constant repetition of their importance, and what they mean to him. The symbols are so important and obvious that their symbolism is directly related to the major themes of the novel. In The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger, Holden, the narrator, uses symbols and ... archetypes to relate back to the major themes of the novel: protection, preservation, and innoce...

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... pure joy when nothing else possibly can. As the moon orbits the earth, Phoebe is always in Holden's thoughts, affecting his decisions for the better, subconsciously holding him back from blindly stumbling off the cliff of the rye field. From the etymology of "luce" to "light" to Phoebe's name conveying shining, it is apparent there is much beneath the surface of J.D. Salinger's character's titles. Whether he intended for Holden's last ... obvious than if it were written out for the reader. Books cannot be judged by their covers; doing so would show phony qualities Holden despises and li...

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Society acceptance J. D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye focuses on societies acceptance. Holden Caufield attends Pencey, a prestigious school with very high expectations. At Pencey, Holden is excluded by classmates, and frowned upon by the faculty. He sometimes separates himself from his peer group by not becoming involved in school activities. Although Holden participates on the fencing team as the equipment manager, he makes a point to not fit in by losing the equipment. Holden shows that he does ... identity, and a society that left people with so little choice that they became bitter a...

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