Setting/Mood/Atmosphere Catcher in the Rye is set in the 1950s. Although it is unspecified the exact location of where Holden is, the reader knows that he is telling the story from an asylum somewhere in the New York/ New England area. Overall, the story he tells only spans three days, Saturday afternoon to Monday afternoon. Ultimately, the mood is determined by the language that Holden Caulfield uses. In Catcher in the Rye, he is very angsty, and shows that very obviously in his diction. Holden curses The
Structuralism, Holden Caulfield, and The Catcher in the Rye Many aspects of life cannot be isolated from one another; these ideas and structures can only be understood by looking inside the broader aspect of structures. This is the true meaning of structuralism. Holden Caulfield is a very unique character in the story The Catcher in the Rye. What separates him from everyone else is his personal aspect of life that thousands of people view differently after both reading and analyzing the story. Holden Caulfield
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
In “The Catcher in the Rye,” the main character in the story is Holden Caulfield who is a very confused little high school boy. He has a hatred for phonies, perverts, and occasionally screwballs, even though he is all these things. In a way he is just a hypocrite. But the phonies and perverts are a recurring theme in “The Catcher in the Rye.” Phony is a word that Holden likes to use to describe most of the adults. He calls most of the adults’ phonies because he believes that adults will eventually
authors; J.D Salinger and DBC Pierre, use innocence as a theme in both protagonist's lives to show growth and experience. J.D Salinger uses this through his character, Holden Caulfield, who wants to become 'the catcher in the rye' and be able to 'catch' all the innocent from becoming corrupt. DBC Pierre uses his character, Vernon Gregory Little to show innocence in a different way which is that Vernon is being accused of a crime to which he is innocent. Both authors use innocence as a starting point to
In J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye, the relevant themes and vivid protagonist drew me to where I could not put the book down, and even found myself reading in my free time rather than watching my shows on tv that hardly ever even come on. The Catcher in the Rye is J.D. Salinger’s most popular book and is widely read, but it just hasn’t grown on some people that have a little pull on changes to the schools’ reading list. The book has been criticized time and time again for having profane language
Why are people scared of growing up? Is it acknowledging that one has to then become mature and in turn take responsibility for themselves and their actions? The loss of innocence is the major issue that Holden faces in The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger. The author uses major devices such as symbolism and characterization convey the theme that is the loss of innocence that comes with growing up. Salinger illustrates the theme through these devices to show that losing innocence comes along with
article by Mental Health America and the famous realistic fiction novel The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger have parallels that form. While the article directly talks about depression, the novel indirectly involves the disorder and its symptoms. The disorder is brought into the book by the main character, Holden Caulfield, who is actually experiencing depression throughout the book, The reader can see this through
Symbolism in The Catcher in the Rye The novel, The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger, is a tale of a seventeen year old boy who struggles to fit in with the conservative crowd of the late forties to early fifties. The boy, Holden Caulfield, is often looked at as troubled or disconnected with the world around him. Throughout the novel Holden references certain people, places, and items multiple times. When this occurs we can presume that these represent symbols in Holden’s life. The major representations
relationships and friendships, romantic relationships become equally compromised in “Catcher in the Rye” and “A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius”. Just as Holden constantly seeks out friendships, he pursues relations with female characters, hoping to find connections in the form of love. Holden’s sought after love interest manifests in the form of Jane Gallagher, a girl with whom Holden spent a summer in Maine. Holden discusses Jane constantly throughout his story and always claims he is going