"Before One Can Save Others, They Must Save Themselves First" The story of "the catcher in the rye" is a metaphor for death. The catcher in this story saves children from falling off the cliff and dying. In J.D. Salinger's novel titled The Catcher in the Rye, Holden who i...

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...

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...

In J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye, Holden Caulfield expresses his cynical views. His opinions are almost always negative, and he often makes harsh judgments and generalizations. Although Holden is normally reluctant to reach out to people and maintain relationships, he dreams of protecting t...

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...

In J.D. Salinger's Catcher in the Rye, Holden is a character in denial. He greatly dislikes phonies, and even though he too carries the characteristics of a phony, he refuses to admit to himself that he is a phony as well as the rest of them. In Holden's point of view, phonies are those people who ...

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...

Catcher in the Rye-Essay Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger provoked great controversy upon its release in 1951. During this time, many key issues were debated in American society, such as the authenticity of people as individuality was compromised for conformity. These issues are explored through...

Holden's Breakdown10/1/99 "It's not the last straw which broke the camel's back." In J.D. Salanger's, Catcher in the Rye, the protagonist, Holden Caulfield, has many mental breakdowns. Though it may not have been one solitary event that pushed him off the edge, the one thing that...

Catcher in the Rye, a novel written by J.D. Salinger, is centered around the thoughts of a 17 year old boy named Holden. Holden is in type of a psychiatric ward, which is not revealed until the very end of the book. Although Holden may be described by some as a "madman," he truly is not. He is a ...

"The Catcher in the Rye" is a story of an emotionally disturebed young sixteen year old boy named Holden Caulfield. Holden is telling this in first person, although the whole thing is all one big flashback. The story is one of a young boy trying to grow up in an Adult world. Holden, being the I...

A Catcher In The Rye This novel is a first person narrative novel. The main character Holden Caulfield tells the novel. The first few chapters are about how the private school he attended "Gave him the axe." for not applying himself in his classes after several warnings. Holden was pretty upset abou...

It is a task of the modern novelist to create human beings who embark on a journey of discovery and whom we accept as living creatures filled with complexities. The life of every character starts at birth and ends in death. However fundamental these two events seem in a person's life, there is much...

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger is a suspenseful novel about a 16 year old boy, Holden Caulfield, and his life changing experiences. The author uses humor and symbolism to make his points and defuse the pain Holden is going through in his struggle. As he wanders through the city the meaning...

Teenagers everywhere have experienced an emotional bond with the characters Huckleberry Fin, Henry Fleming, and Holden Caulfield while reading The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Red Badge of Courage, and The Catcher in the Rye. Huck's adventure down the Mississippi, Henry's challen...

The Catcher in the Ryeby: J. D. SalingerIn results of writing an essay which included, " ...Modern science would still like to know what the secret ingredients were that the Egyptians used when they wrapped up dead people so that their faces would not rot for innumerable centuries...", Holden Caulfi...

THE CATCHER IN THE RYE J.D. SALINGER This book is one of the first books that actually have made me change my way of thinking. It is unlike any book I have ever read. The sad part about it is that you have to be a certain type of person in order for this book to change you. In fact, you ...

In the beginning of the novel, The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger, Holden starts off by talking about only things he hates and many parts of the story is continues from that hatred. Holden may seem as though he believes everyone is phony, yet in other cases the story holds characters that ...

A Separate Peace was written by active author John Knowles from his real experiences and personal struggles. Knowles attended Phillips Exeter Academy, an exclusive New Hampshire prep school, for two summer sessions in 1943 and 1944. This book vaguely outlines his experiences at Exeter with himsel...

Loneliness, and Being in A Group "Why do people always make me feel like a loser? No wonder I'm a loner. For some reason . . . like nothing I do is good enough for them . . . I am just sick of being some loser . . . I guess I'm used to it; not like I ever had a great social life. Hell, not ...

The irrational Holden Caulfield in the novel Catcher in the Rye, has many problems. A significant one he has is his difficulty in dealing with others. This is because Holden does not behave in socially appropriate ways. This is shown when Holden is on his date with Sally Hayes, when Holden fights ...

The theme is indubitably one of the most important parts of literature. It not only sets a mood for the story, but also states a point. In many works of literature, one can find identical themes. Though the theme may be the same for both works, they are often represented in different ways. In The Gr...