The Catcher in the Rye "The Catcher in the Rye" highlights the value of innocence. Holden is a teenage boy who finds himself caught between the corruptedness of growing up, and the beauty of staying innocent. Holden's relationship with...

Catcher in the Rye The title of the novel "Catcher in the Rye", written by JD Salinger, has a great meaning behind itself. The title of this novel explains Holden Caulfield, the main character, and what he thought of life and of his surroundings. Holden is a person who judges his s...

The Catcher in the RyeThe Catcher in the Rye is a psychological novel based on how events affect the character's mind. Holden Caulfield is an emotionally disturbed sixteen-year old boy who has trouble fitting in and finding a place for himself in society. He sees the world in a different view and d...

In the novel, The Catcher in the Rye, Holden Caulfield finds himself a protector of innocence. Throughout the whole book, the idea that children lose their innocence as they mature is widely explored, and it appears that Holden is trying to shield them from maturity. Or, at least, to keep these peop...

The Happy Catcher The Catcher in the Rye is a novel written by J.D. Salinger. This novel is about a boy, named Holden Caulfield, who goes through a very depressing time. In The Catcher in the Rye, there are significant items of the story such as , Jane, Allie's baseball mitt, the carousel...

Throughout the book \"The Catcher in the Rye,\" author J.D. Salinger uses many symbols to explain what Holden Caulfield is feeling. Three symbols that Salinger uses represent anti-change and things staying the same. The Museum of Natural History is an example of things staying the same. The carousel...

Ever since this novel was published in 1951, it has been shrouded in controversy. Author J.D. Salinger was born in New York City in 1919, and lived in a stylish neighborhood as the son of a wealthy cheese importer. Salinger's body of work includes many short stories and compellations, but ...

In JD Salingers' Catcher in the Rye, a troubled teenager named Holden Caufield struggles with the fact that everyone has to grow up. Holden has a fixation on childhood, which shows itself in many forms. The idea of protect innocence of Holden Caulfield has been clearly shown throughout the book &nda...

"If you really want to hear about it," The Catcher in the Rye would be quite different in its message if told from a point of view other than Holden Caulfield. Holden's questionable instability/personality would not be fully addressed, the book would lose much of its bulk, and it would end up havin...

Catcher in the Rye "I'm the most terrific liar you ever saw in your life." This quotation by Holden Caufield in the novel Catcher in the Rye by John Steinbeck, shows what kind of person Holden really is: fun loving, but phony. Holden enjoys criticizing people by calling them phonies, but...

In the pre-Beatlemania world of America's 1950's, JD Salinger's novel, The Catcher in the Rye, wasn't the most popular book on the shelf. In many communities it was (and in some cases still is) looked down on to the point of actually being banned. It wasn't until after Sal...

The Catcher in The Rye Written By: J.D. Sallinger "The Catcher in the Rye" is a story of an emotionally disturbed young sixteen year old boy named Holden Caulfield. Holden is telling this story in first person, although the whole thing is all one big flashback. The story is one of...

In Catcher in the Rye, Holden Caulfield struggles to accept the idea that a Fall is inevitable until he experiences one of his own. The Fall is the loss of innocence and the first encounter with "deceit, duplicity, and evil" in the world. It is a process necessary to "psychological growth" that m...

Catcher In The Rye Holden Caulfield's Perception and Gradual Acceptance of the "Real" World. In The Catcher in the Rye, Holden views the world as an evil place where there ...

The Catcher in the RyeMany times in literature, the setting is particularly significant to the novel in terms of plot, themes, or characters. The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger, takes place in 1950 New York City. The main character, Holden Caulfield, got expelled from school and goes into th...

CATCHER IN THE RYE THEME OF AGING In the beginning of the story, Holden comments on how old Mr. Spencer is. He states that "you wondered what the heck he was still living for". This, paired with the fact that he is possibly near death, causes Holden to feel isolated from him. He also...

The Preservation of Innocence Catcher in the Rye is one of the most interesting books that I've read this year. Although Holden's language is very vulgar, it makes the book more real and interesting. I didn't see it when first reading the book but Salinger uses his...

The Catcher in the Rye By. J.D. Salinger The setting for the Catcher in the Rye was in New York around the 1950's. The novel covered about four days from beginning to end. The setting took place in a ment...

Catcher in the Rye Symbolism The Catcher in the Rye, by JD Salinger, is a display of characters and incidents portrayed through the eyes of an adolscent. Holden Caulfield, the main character has been revealed in the first person view in a unique narrative of a teenage ...

In The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger, Holden views the world as an evil and corrupt place where there is no peace. This perception of the world does not change significantly throughout the novel. However as the novel progresses, Holden gradually comes to the realization that he is powerless ...

The 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." (William Shakespeare) The transition of adolescence to adulthood is most often represented by actio...

Catcher In The Rye The book Catcher in the Rye, by J.D Salinger is one of his finest books in which he describes the characters so intensely. The main character, Holden Caulfield, is the most complex character in the book. His personality changes so frequently, which gives him countless charac...

Catcher in the Rye. The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger is an adventure through the mind of an angry, disturbed and confused teenager named Holden Caulfield. After getting expelled from Pencey, Holden takes a journey to New York City. Holden had bought a red hunting h...

Catcher in the Rye In Catcher in the Rye by Jerome David Salinger, Holden Caulfield suffers from an excess of sensibility and that means an excess of emotion that prevents him from functioning in the world properly. Holden puts his standards too high. So when Holden completes one of his everyday...

The Catcher in the Rye J. D. Salinger The Catcher in the Rye is a story about a young man named Holden Caulfield and the experiences that he faces after being dismissed from school. This book contains a great deal of symbolism, but it can very easily be missed in its simple story line. The st...