Category: Catcher in The Rye

J.D. Salinger introduced Holden Caulfield as an emotional teenager that had been kicked off his boarding school. Holden faced difficulty when he left and felt alone in the world. His parents were not there for him and his sister, so he had to take up a responsibility that he was not ready for. He was…

Introduction to Holden Caulfield’s Character and Background The Catcher in the Rye is a literature classic that follows the story of Holden Caulfield, a sixteen-year-old student. He is kicked out of a boarding school and told not to return after Christmas break. He decides to head back to New York City, where he is from,…

Not everybody is born with the same opportunities that other people are born with. Some people have more opportunities than other people, some are less fortunate than others. At the end of the day it all matters about the heart and how you see different things. Holden is not born with the best opportunities. Holden…

First-Person Narration After carefully studying both characters I believe that first-person narration is essential for Coming of Age novels. It creates a relationship between the reader and the protagonist like no other. By using first-person narration, readers get a wide ranged insight into these two characters traits and connect with these characters on an emotional…

Holden Caulfield was a seemingly unsolvable anomaly. His life was complicated by the death of his younger brother, and the negative reaction that it invoked from his parents. He was pushed around from school to school, failing and being expelled from the majority of them due to his poor behavior. All of these factors contributed…

Adolescence is defined as, the period of life when a child develops into an adult, the period from puberty to maturity terminating legally at the age of majority, the state or process of growing up, a stage of development (as of a language or culture) by the Merriam-Webster dictionary. Holden Caulfield in experiencing adolescence in…

In J.D Salingers The Catcher in The Rye, the reader is presented to Holden Caulfield, a 17-year-old whos retelling the story of him at 16 facing rough times. Holden starts off by telling us that he has been kicked out of another school, Pencey Prep. He from there decided to leave and head for New…

Abstract The following will closely focus on the analysis of the two Coming of Age novels The Catcher in the Rye and Looking for Alaska more the first-person narration, language and symbols used to depict the personal grow of the respective protagonists Holden Caulfield and Miles Halter from immature adolescent to young adults. Literary analysis…

Introduction ‘Don’t ever tell anybody anything. If you do, you start missing everybody’ Holden Caulfield was a misunderstood teenager looking to fit in. In the Catcher in the Rye Holden faces self conflicts with his insecurities and his mental health. Holden faces a change at the end of the book, he’s been through rough things…

The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger, tells the story of Holden, a teenager who is searching for understanding in the world. After his expulsion from yet another boarding school, Holden runs to New York, where he spends the next few days. During his stay in the city, Holden constantly attempts to connect with…