giant mixing pot. The most common stereotype of Western Civilization is that everyone tries to be someone they’re not. While some do not believe this stereotype, others do; in this case that one person is Holden Caulfield from J.D Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye. Holden believes that everyone he meets is a phony; someone who is arrogant, doesn’t realize that their actions can hurt others and is no longer
discovering new worlds, which are extrapolated in William Shakespeare's 1661 tragicomedy ‘The Tempest and J.D. Salinger’s ‘Catcher in the Rye’ (1951). Shakespeare’s‘ The Tempest’, elucidates the transformative power of planned discoveries that manifest an individual's desire to re-evaluate assumptions and unveil fresh insights into humanity’s moral flaws. Similarly, The Catcher in the Rye’ demonstrates that physical and intellectual discoveries can elicit an emotional
The Catcher In The Rye In J.D. Salinger's The Catcher In The Rye Holden Caulfield portrays how he is a phony by judging others for rude insensitive things, yet doing those things himself. Holden Caulfield is a very hypocritical person and does not even realize it. Throughout the whole book he shows these signs and changes only a little bit. Holden seems to be a good guy but tricks all of the readers when he shares more about himself in the novel. Holden really is a phony, but hides it very well
In The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger it is the only time that a baseball mitt and the song Playing God by Paramore have anything in common. These two things directly relate to Holden in not only a physical sense, but mental as well. To begin, in the novel when Holden is kicked out of his school he does something that no average seventeen year old would do, he runs away to New York. This can be connected to the Song in the section, “Well, maybe you should tie me up so I don't go where you
Holden Caulfield is the main character and narrator of Catcher in the Rye. The story is given after the fact in a stream of consciousness, as Holden is in a rest home. Holden alienates himself to provide a sense of protection from the “real” world he must start living in. He describes adulthood as superficial, hypercritical, and shallow. He believes that he is above the adult world, as all adults are phonies. Holden believes that phoniness is what is wrong in the world and is his excuse for alienating
he states “All men that are ruined, are ruined on the side of their natural propensities.”. It should come as no surprise, therefore, that popular American works in the 20th century, such as Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men and J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye, would reflect this saying in their characters. In fact, both novels aptly demonstrate the validity of Burke’s statement through both the fate of their main characters Lennie Small and Holden Caulfield and the fortunes of various side characters
The Catcher in the Rye In J. D. Salinger’s novel The Catcher in the Rye, teenager Holden Caulfield goes on a quest, unknowingly, for self-knowledge. Holden narrates his journey from the future where he does not specify where he is, but it is shared he is seeing a psychologist and receives visitor, therefore is most likely in some sort of treatment center. From the start of the novel, Holden is a poor student with no will or determination to change his ways. He has been kicked out of three-going-on-four
The universally acclaimed novel, The Catcher in The Rye, has confounded critics and readers alike. It is an extremely controversial literary work, navigating the oftentimes murky waters of human sexuality, emotions, and sense of belonging. Throughout J.D. Salinger’s coming-of-age tale, themes of alienation and isolation are displayed prevalently. Salinger writes Holden’s character as one who is isolated from his peers; he is withdrawn into his own mind. Holden’s isolation from society and alienation
embarks on a grand journey throughout our lives. Whether it spiritual or an actual journey moving from one place to another. The journeys we take in life, no matter how small continually change us and the lives we live. In J.D Salinger’s novel The Catcher in the Rye, we experience Holden Caulfield’s journey. We learn to see his journey as an eye opener to the meaning of the novel as a whole. The meaning of the novel, in my opinion, would be the loss of innocence, the hardship of growing up, and being a
Albert Einstein once said, “Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I’m not sure about the universe” ("Quote Investigator"). Life is an endless journey with new experiences everyday. However, whether these experiences create progress is made is debatable. In the past few centuries, we have made numerous advances in science, such as the discovery of dark matters and the invention of rockets. Unfortunately, we are still at the same place for copious social issues. Gender inequality