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Catcher In The Rye And Pleasantville Analysis

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Change can mean totally different things to many people. Whether it is dealing with a loss, or you are gaining something it has major affects on people. The two stories Catcher in The Rye by J.D Salinger, and Pleasantville by Gary Ross had similar and different ways of showing how the characters had changed. I think one of the major changes that happened in the story’s was has the characters transferred from childhood innocence to the experience of adulthood. Each story dealt with the topic of change in their own way, but each change had similarities to the other story.
My first similarity in these 2 stories was how both of the main characters got in fights for other people. In the book the main character Holden was getting mad at his roommate “That's a professional secret buddy. This next part I don't remember so hot. All I know is I got up from my bed, like I was going down to the …show more content…

At the end of the book Holden had gone into a safe house. “I could probably tell you what I did after I went home, and how I got sick and all, and what school I'm supposed to go to next fall,after I get out of here”(Page: 234). This event showed that Holden was taking actions for what he had done which was very mature. Holden was finally able to face all the things and take responsibility. The comparison to the movie was how to other main character Jennifer (David’s twin who goes with him) decides to stay in pleasantville “ I'm not ready yet. I gotta do this for a little while. (They stand on the edge of town) Besides. You think there's like a chance I'm gonna get into college back there?”(Script). Jennifer was trying to change the life she had created back out of the show. These 2 parts showed major maturity to adulthood. These 2 characters took a big chance in both of these situations to better help themselves out in the

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