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Catcher In The Rye Argumentative Essay

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My favorite sentence from this reading had to be, "The arms were in sad shape, because everybody was always sitting on them, but they were pretty comfortable chairs." (Salinger 18). In the short sentence, I furthermore get a glimpse of Holden's voice and personality, this time by seeing him contradict himself. He describes how sad looking and beat up the chair is, yet goes on to say how nice and comfortable it is. This to me is a very important clue to Holden's overall personality in regard to life. Additionally, I found the sentence structure interesting here, as a typical human could fit two or three sentences into the one that he wrote. I think an important, revealing quote about Holden occurs during the early stages of chapter 3, when Holden proves his distinct sense of humor while listening to school legend Mr. Ossenburger's speech. "I can just see the big phony bastard shifting into …show more content…

I loved this sentence because it’s very relatable to when I want to take a vacation when times are getting rough. I think it’s a feeling we all go through at some point or another in our lives. I also found it kind of funny that Holden thinks he needs a vacation, when to me it seems like the rest of the characters in the book (Ackley, Stradlater) want a vacation from him. As the book has worn on, it’s become evident that Holden has had far from an easy childhood. To make matters worse, his life isn’t looking very optimistic at this point either. “I got feeling so lonesome and rotten, I even felt like waking Ackley up” (Salinger 50). Evidently, Holden is in an unhealthy psychological state of mind, as the pressure and embarrassment of flunking out of Pencey Prep combined with the passing of his brother and keeping his emotions bottled up inside are becoming too much for Holden to take. He even considers waking up Ackley for a chat, an awkward senior with a very limited social

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