Catcher In The Rye Dialectical Journal Analysis

The squelch of the black mustang’s tires on the snow covered pavement lead up to the cataclysmic explosion of sound that was heard throughout our hearts that night my family lost someone. That night we lost my uncle. “Snowman” we called him thinking back to that night it’s almost poetic irony the way he died. He died the way he lived fast, loud, and always being himself. Death is a part of life that happens daily, but yet when it actually occurs everyone is shocked, maybe because no one is ever properly prepared, it’s as if aliens invaded our planet.

“Gathering his strength, he slammed the hammer down on the village, smashing two houses and a barn, sending splinters of wood through the air. the sound was enormous, like a bomb falling and exploding” (75). When this happened, Henry was destroying a carved wooden village that Mr. Levine made. Mr. Levine was an old man who was in the “Crazy House” next to Henry. He suffered from PTSD because he was in a concentration camp when he was a child, and his village was destroyed by the

As the book starts Holden describes his childhood and how he has been kicked out of several school and once more again from his currently school, giving a sense of irresponsibility and no care in the world. Holden later on mentioned slowly the loss of his brother due to leukemia and how he reacted outrageously by breaking the windows of his garage home. As a reader one would view that behavior as abnormal, but Peter Shaw descried it as a normal behavior for a fictional character in the 1950s and by mentioning that Holden, “is presenting in a somewhat different manner than are the sentimentalized young people in other novels if his period” (par. 3), admitting that Holden was somewhat of an outcast of a character even for its time he is still considered normal. Shaw also challenged the reader’s view of Holden by emphasizing that Holden is not a real person, but a fiction character developed in the 1950s and in fact a mad psychological character is normal and made the reading rather more interesting and acceptable during that time. As readers someone may come across as understanding Holden’s behavior due to a loss and everyone mourns differently and as Shaw said, “ the one period of life in which abnormal behavior is common rather than exceptional” (par.

In the war in those woods he slowly lost his sanity and it haunted him till he pass away. “Dallaire left Rwanda... He returned to Canada, where he was promoted...but the spirits followed him... he was too afraid even to go into his bedroom. He moved office furniture into his living room” and Dallaire states,‘“I’m not the same man I was, the man my wife married”’(Lawson).

The dropping of the atomic bomb is perhaps one of the most controversial and debated matters in America’s history. It killed hundreds of thousands - if not millions - of innocent people, and it affected even more. “Hiroshima Diary,” by Michihiko Hachiya, is a book which tells the story of a physician who was injured during this event. The book begins with Dr. Hachiya lounging at his house right before the bomb is dropped. As soon as Hachiya is able to comprehend why his entire house is falling apart around him, and why he is suddenly bleeding and missing his clothes, he runs to the area that used to be his front yard in search of his wife.

However, the burdens of responsibility can lead individuals to attempt to isolate oneself from those they love, yet it is impossible to completely remove oneself from all forms of emotional attachment. Rather, the individual may subconsciously internalize the welfare and hardships faced by others over the well-being of oneself and this can cause a forced deprivation of help and love due to the obligation that one feels to be owed in their responsibility. It is human nature to feel guilt and burdened by the consequences of love and responsibility, but although burdensome, responsibility is crucial in illustrating the inherent empathy and fragility present in all

It is important to note that it is the way that people interpret these regrets that influence their well-being. Those who feel that they have made mistakes, wasted their time, and have no time to make changes may be left feeling bitter. There are also numerous factors that can influence feelings of generativity versus feelings of stagnation at this point in life. People who have positive relationships with others, good quality health and a sense of control over their lives will feel more productive and satisfied.

You can switch your approach to stress. On behalf of seeing the negative results of stress, mindfulness avails you to think otherwise about the stress. Seeing how the greater pressure assist you getting energized, has a positive effect on your body and mind.

It is what you tell yourself that is the cause for the physical sensations in your body. You control your thoughts, your self-talk, your emotional responses and thus your actions, not someone else or some outer circumstances. No one else can make you feel a certain way unless you allow him or her to do so. A situation

Who really wants to do things that are difficult, challenging, uncomfortable, tedious, hard, or boring? Here is our dilemma: we procrastinate because, as "immediate gratification" people we enjoy the short-lived pleasure of not doing what we don't want to do. We get to stay in our comfort zones and avoid the pain we dislike feeling. However, by doing so, we create longer-term, more severe conditions,

It’s probably best that way. His anger has become frightening these last few days. Just a few nights ago i dropped a bag of flour, and the whole thing spilled everywhere. The inside of our wagon is still covered in the fine white powder. Paul became so cross with me that he hit right across the face, and it left a fine bruise too.

Holden’s depression directly relates to his family, specifically his brother, Allie. “I slept in the garage the night he dies, and I broke all the goddam windows with my fist…” (Salinger 39). Holden experiences much pain when his brother dies, leaving him constantly wondering about him and what might happen to him. From a general perspective, Holden would seem in need of psychoanalysis, however, death is never easy to cope with, especially at his age.

They both are similar because Rilke and Bellah argue that a person can “ lose oneself” in sharing their life completely with one another. It safe to say that they suggest that individuals get so caught up in the aspect of love and sharing their lives that they neglect to keep some part of themselves. So in the event of a failing relationship the individual will have some parts of themselves intact because if they didn 't it would be a more tragic outcome. It sort of like yin and yang principle, together they work perfectly but apart it’s catastrophe. They cannot work alone as well as they were together, when yin is without yang the world will succumb to chaos.

Holden was very upset the night Allie died. “They were going to have me psychoanalyzed and all… I slept in the garage the night he died, and I broke all the goddam windows with my fist, just for the hell of it.” (40) Holden also saw James Castle’s body when he committed suicide – wearing Holden’s sweater. This incident brings back memories of Allies death. The way he talks about Allie is proof that Allie is still alive to him.

This shows, Holden expressed his emotions the same now as he did when he was 13 years old. This also demonstrates, that Holden even as a kid couldnt channel his grief into a healthy outlet and the only thing he could think of, like with stradlater, is violence. When Holden is imagining what he wants to be he says, “Anyway, I keep picturing all these little kids playing some game in this big field of rye and all. Thousands of little kids, and nobody 's around - nobody big, I mean - except me. And I 'm standing on the edge of some crazy cliff.