The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger, covers Holden Caulfield, a sixteen year old boy, a few days after the end of classes at Pencey prep school, where he just flunked out. Holden narrates his journey from Pennsylvania back to his home in New York. Holden rooms with Stradlater at Pencey, next to Ackley’s room. On his way home, Holden makes several stops trying to kill time until Wednesday, when he is supposed to be home. He is scared that his parents will be mad that he flunked out for the fourth
from J. D Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye, is just like those people and is stuck between these two stages of life. He sees children as innocent, but adults as corrupt, begins to explore sexuality but does not go through with it, and rejects change by seeking refuge in childhood places and around children. Throughout the story, Holden mentions a lot about phoniness and corruption of the adult world. In the first chapter, he expresses his disappointment in
in Mrs. Briggs Gothic Literature (A) 8 September 2014 A Spinning Wheel of Adulthood As a micro planner, J.D. Salinger opens his novel Catcher in the Rye, with an unclear direction of how this book is going to end. Through an internal journey of Holden Caulfield exploring the adulthood as he encounters the obstacles in his life, the little boy determined to protect the precious innocence of children and guide them to their right path. The novel features micro writing style to
change. In American Literature, society tries to control the characters choices and decisions, and from a reader’s perspective it seems as if the authors expects the readers to sympathize with society. In J.D. Salinger’s classic novel, The Catcher in the Rye, and Tennessee William’s play A Streetcar Named Desire, each of their main character’s, Holden Caulfield