dead brother contribute to his obsession. Holden fears change; he wants everything to be .
understandable and fixed, like the statues of Eskimos and Indians in the Museum. He likes the .
world to be silent and frozen, predictable and unchanged. But he is frightened because he .
cannot understand the world around him and he refuses to acknowledge this fear. Holden does .
not use only symbol in the Museum of Natural History, his red hunting hat is another one. .
This hat symbolises Holden's isolation as well as his protection from adulthood. His isolation .
is an important point to preserve himself from the adult world. He frequently examines his .
role in the society, finding that he is isolated from adolescents too. Holden belongs in neither .
adulthood nor childhood and he will find himself in a position in which he will have to .
choose. His alienation is probably a way to protect himself. But the truth is that interactions .
with other people confuse him. Thus his cynical sense of superiority serves as a type of self-.
protection. In contradiction, he always needs human contact and love as seen with all his .
meeting through the book. For example, his loneliness made him to date Sally Hayes, but his .
need for isolation causes him to insult her. Therefore, he depends on his alienation, but it .
destroys himself. .
What disturbs Holden about the world in which he finds himself is adult and adult .
values. He sees that the world belongs to adult, and it seems to him that they have filled it .
with phoniness. Holden is "forced", because he does not understand the adult world, to invent .
a fantasy that adulthood is a world of superficiality and hypocrisy. He uses the concept of .
"phoniness" to describe the superficiality, hypocrisy, and pretension of the adulthood. Chapter .
22 is the most relevant that every adult is inevitably "phony" and that they can not see their .
own phoniness: "it was full of phonies" and "even the couple of nice teachers on the faculty, .
Such is the case with Holden Caulfield, the main character in JD Salinger's 1951 novel The Catcher in the Rye. ... As Holden sleeps in Mr. ... Holden's fearful reaction to Mr. ... However, once Carl Luce gets angry at Holden's immaturity, he walks out on Holden. ... Holden states, "I gave old Sally a buzz. ...
D Salinger's novel The Catcher in the Rye as the protagonist Holden Caulfield goes on a journey of self-discovery resulting in change in his overall view of the world around him. ... By doing so, Holden distances himself from people and creates a new identity for himself. ... As Holden matures, he decides to face them head on and follows Mr. ... These two instances were moments of realization for Holden and good examples of his development and growth as he began to see the world in a new way and accepting the necessity of change. ... As people look to answers about their life in literatu...
Salinger, substantiates the growth and perils, which lie between childhood and adulthood. ... The bridge that lies between these contrasting themes are personified through the novel's protagonist, Holden Caulfield and his visualization of a cliff, which depicts a dividing point between the evident beginning and end. ... The essence of the story The Catcher in the Rye follows the forty-eight hour experience of sixteen-year-old Holden Caulfield, told through first person narration. ... Holden's difficulties affect his nervous system but never his vision. ... Understanding Holden'...
Three prime examples of adolescent struggles are in the characters Ellen Foster, from the novel Ellen Foster by Kaye Gibbons; Holden Caulfield, from the novel Catcher in the Rye by J. ... For Holden, he experienced his sense of understanding through his younger sister Phoebe. While Holden and Phoebe were in the park, Phoebe asked Holden if he had meant what he said about returning home instead of going to work on a ranch out west, " 'Did you mean what you said?' ... I really did go home afterwards- By returning home and attempting to recover the life that he had previously attem...
The Catcher in the Rye, An Analysis of Holden Caulfield From the beginning of the story, it J.D. ... Holden was self-destructive and emotionally unstable. ... Although Holden grew up physically after his brother passed, his emotional growth was somewhat stunted. ... Allie's death contributed to Holden's cynical views on life. Holden loved Allie because he was so pure and innocent. ...
Catcher in the Rye and Red Badge of Courage both depict less than a one-week period in which the protagonist demonstrates rapid growth and the baggage of internal and external conflict. ... Before Holden even converses with Spencer, he takes away the older man's credibility, shielding Holden from any constructive criticism. ... This contrasts heavily with Holden Caulfield who seems to have his mind made up about a subject before his encounter. ... Holden later displays interest in getting help in a subtle way, asking Luce if his dad has ever psychoanalyzed him; Holden is realizing he nee...
Another example is Holden Caulfield of The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. ... Holden is a cynical and apathetic teenager; a product of the 1930s. ... However, we can relate to Holden, who is powerless in his journey to adulthood. ... Anti-heroes have room for emotional growth due to the complexity of their character. Because the classical hero is synonymous with upright morals and perfection, it is difficult to show any growth in their character. ...
Generation Holden Caulfield The teenage years are, without argument, the most confusing and formative years of a person's transition into adulthood, and the onus of an anxiety filled teenage existence leads, naturally, to an anxiety filled adult existence, as well as a variety of prescription medications and therapies along the way. In the past, individual and sociological problems eluded the adult regime which only saw the common woes of growth "apathetically, and as a rite of passage, a shared experience, and even a duty, but it only takes several school shootings to reevaluate h...
