catcher in the rye
"I hate ingratitude more in a man than lying, vainness, babbling, drunkenness, or any taint of vice whose strong corruption inhabits our frail blood."The transition of adolescence to adulthood is most often represented by actions of a rebellious nature, and through hostility. Rebellion is apparent when one is exploited by society and corrupted by reality; this is frequently portrayed by the loss of innocence and purity. French philosopher, Jean Jacques Rousseau, claimed that infants are born innately innocent, pure and not evil, therefore adults have the natural tendencies to shelter them from society. Once the child has been exposed and tainted, the struggle to understand the concept of society begins, inevitably leading to a winding road of turmoil. Corruption will gradually erode the child's naivete thrusting him to maturity. Likewise, conflicts that commonly arise are depression and emotional stress which habitually stem from identity crisis. Conformity is the severe issue in society, usually a significant factor causing confusion of one's identity. In the 1950's or the post- war era, young people were ideally expected to conform, and to live and behave in the sam
is betrayed at the outset by a school master (phony-crumby) and at the end by another (phony- perverted)" (Kermode 1958, 705). His parents never had time for Holden even before he was born, thus he had a lonely childhood: "If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll probably want to know is where I was born, and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me. He constantly rants on individuals that appear to be "flitty" due to his own fear as waking up one morning to realize he had turned into a homosexual: " A flitty looking guy with wavy hair came out ad played the piano. What I have to do, I have to catch everybody if they start to go over the cliff - I mean if they're running and they don't look where they're going I have to come out from somewhere and catch them. A prime example of one's innocence is his virginity, a prized asset that Holden still carefully secures. Flaws that Holden observes in an individual are attributed to the person as being "phony" which is his foremost disfavor. I felt so lonesome, all of a sudden. , Antolini as a pervert and "flitty" simply because of a misunderstanding. It's impossible"(Salinger 1951, 202). (Salinger 1951, 198)Although Holden's elder brother D.
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