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Catcher In The Rye: The Mark Of The Mature Man

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As J.D. Salinger said in The Catcher in the Rye, “The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of the mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one.” This quote embodies my thoughts, to a point that it is difficult to explain. I’m ready to grow up, and grow out of the shadow that my older brother casts. To become a well working adult rather than a joking child, without actually giving up being a child forever. When I was little I was always obsessed with my brother’s awards and accomplishments, I even used to pretend to be him. Although I wouldn’t dress up like him as most would imagine, I would repeat things he said, or I would speak the intellectual way I assumed he did. …show more content…

Being a teenage girl I fulfill the stereotype of being on social media, on every device, at all hours of the 24 hour day. Now I aspire to be the amazing student others look up to, and not just for the homework answers or because I have a certain number of followers on any given site. I prepare to meet the challenge by committing to staying away from distractions like social media, and to actually put my heart into studying. I was always a slacker and procrastinator growing up, but the last few years of AP and college prep courses have metaphorically whipped me into shape. Especially when it comes to the AP exams every May, they’re not as stressful as the rumors may say, but waiting for the score to come in later that summer is the epitome of stress. It’s taken me my 18 years of life to even finalize an official major other than knowing I wanted to pursue a career in business or design, but whichever I choose I know that I will excel in it regardless of what others say. I plan on getting my masters and hopefully I can work hard and receive it within 6 years or less if possible. When it comes to the future, I hope to be extremely well organized, and I hope to be able to have a steady job with steady

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Holden is conflicted with maturity is by demonstrating immaturity and maturity at times in the same setting. Once Holden returned to his dorm when Ackley was around, Holden was acting blind when he pulled his hat down to cover his eyes (25). Holden returned to his dorm and read a book called Out of Africa (22-23). When he was acting blind, it demonstrated immaturity because he wasn’t blind. The reason he couldn’t see was he had his hat covering his eyes.

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SparkNotes Editors. “SparkNote on The Catcher in the Rye.” SparkNotes.com. SparkNotes LLC. 2007.Web.

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The novel The Catcher in the Rye in which we read for English was powerful. This novel was not any type of book it had much in detail and interesting things that got told. You might at the beginning think that the book is not that good and just go based off of the first chapter. Do not judge a book by it’s cover instead in this case the saying would be known as do not judge a book by the first chapter. You need to be able to read the whole novel in order to understand what happens in it and how the story is being told.

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Holden Caulfield lives his life as an outsider to his society, because of this any we (as a reader) find normal is a phony to him. Basically, every breathing thing in The Catcher in the Rye is a phony expect a select few, like Jane Gallagher. What is a phony to Holden and why is he obsessed with them? A phony is anyone who Holden feels is that living their authentic life, like D.B. (his older brother). Or simply anyone who fits into society norms, for example, Sally Hayes.

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The Catcher in the Rye, by J. D. Salinger, was published in the year of 1951. The novel follows 16-year-old boy Holden Caulfield after he was kicked out of a preppy private school, Pencey Prep. Holden travels around New York City over a three-day time span in 1948 during the month of December. We get to read about his experiences and his surroundings from his perspective, learning what he learns as the story progresses. Through the book, Salinger touches on the subjects of relationships, professional and sexual, loneliness, and deception, sometimes having Holden tell us upright or having other characters reflect that, mostly the latter because Holden is quite revealing about his sentiments.

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The Laughing Man and The Catcher in the Rye are both fictional works by JD Salinger. The Laughing Man is a short story about a young boy in the Comanche Club where the Chief, a law school student, tells stories; The Catcher in the Rye is a novel about Holden Caulfield, a teenager struggling to come to terms with all the phoniness in the real world. The Laughing Man is narrated in the first person by an unnamed narrator, who is looking back at a period of his life when he was nine years old. As the story goes on, it becomes obvious that the Chief, by telling the narrator and the other Comanches about The Laughing Man, is in some ways describing his own life. One literary element that both works feature is a strong theme.

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Catcher in the Rye Relevance The Catcher in the Rye is a common book used to educate high school students. But is it still relevant? Teens are having a harder time relating to Holden 's problems from “phonies” to all the “fuck you”’s(Salinger, p.g. 201). That is no longer a real problem to teens anywhere.

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The following essay will argue and explain Holden’s view on authenticity, phoniness, truth, and his quest for answers to all his existential questions. Holden Caulfield in Catcher in the Rye is a wealthy adolescent who cynically rejects the superficiality of post-war America and no longer tolerates the empty values of his society, therefore in his personal view he regards superficial people as “phonies”, for they are neither truthful towards their selves nor authentic. In Holden’s quest of self-discovery his view on truth is recognised when he feels sorry for pretentious liars like Lillian Simmons and has a strong sense of fairness as he tries to correct injustice and unfairness. On this existential self-discovery quest, Holden finds himself questioning life and gains enduringly endearing qualities which establishes his views.

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Human connection is what we all need and want in our lives; it’s our nature. In the novel, The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger, the narrator, Holden Caulfield, retells his life as a sixteen year old almost a year later. It’s clear that he has an unusual view on the world where he has a lot of internal conflict. His idealized view on the world actually harms him more than helps him deal with his past tragedies. In attempt to distract himself from reality, he runs from anything real.

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As I start walking down the cold and dark stairs of the catacombs I think to myself, why did I want to see the Amontillado? Maybe he didn’t buy it maybe he did? My drunk thoughts really got to me and I was just confusing myself. I want to stop walking because I am afraid that he might do something. “Montressor, I need to take a break from walking my back is starting to hurt”, I said trying to sound hurt.

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When one reads Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger or Robert Bolt’s A Man for all Seasons, one is confronted with protagonists that cannot initially be described as classical heroes. On further inspection, however, one can determine that these protagonists (Holden Caulfield in Catcher in the Rye and Sir Thomas More in A Man for all Seasons) server as examples of “unconventional” heroes, but heroes all the same. In this essay I will support this statement by briefly explaining what is meant with the idea of a classic hero, explain the type of heroes Holden Caulfield and Thomas More can be classified as respectively, as well as how their actions and words support the classification. The classic hero is a character present in various religions,

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In The Catcher in the Rye, there is a teenage boy named Holden who is dealing with the ups and downs of his life. He leaves his school and stays in New York before going home, and getting help for his depression. Throughout the entire novel, the author, J.D. Salinger, makes social criticisms of American society through Holden’s feelings and speech. In Salinger, a documentary about the author of The Catcher of the Rye, J.D. Salinger is quoted saying that he is Holden. This leads us to believe that Salinger’s life can be directly connected to Holden’s life.

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Throughout life every individual undergoes a rite of passage known as the coming of age. During this experience multiple changes occur, such as, the mental and physical progression from a child into an adult. The coming-of-age process is reflected in J.D. Salinger’s literary realism novel, The Catcher in the Rye. Holden Caulfield struggles to come to terms with the loss of childhood innocence; however, Holden experiences self-reflection and understands he cannot change everything. Holden possesses a strong inability to accept the loss of childhood innocence.

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In The Catcher in the Rye, the author J.D. Salinger, introduces the protagonist; Holden Caulfield. Holden feels the sense that he cannot choose between the two worlds. For example, he makes it seem as both of them are complete opposites from each other. In the book, Holden wants to keep his innocence, but he also wants to grow up and toss that innocence away. He still keeps his childhood personality by constantly obsessing over things that shouldn’t matter.

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Throughout The Catcher in the Rye, Holden Caulfield has abnormal tendencies. Although he could just be a typical teenager, dealing with difficult situations, after analyzing his behavior it is believed that he is suffering from a mental ailment of some sort. Events from Holden’s past are still currently haunting him and it is evident that he is struggling. He needs the guidance of those around him in order to help himself through these tough time.

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