Comparing Catcher In The Rye And Joy Luck Club

Stefanie Galvez Mrs. Kehrmeyer AP English; Per. 1 08 March, 2017 Donald Hall, author of Literary and Cultural Theory, writes, “The unconscious part of the brain that interrupts the chronological sequence of events by interjection of scenes of life earlier in the protagonist or author’s life that take on central roles in the text” (103). Throughout the book, Holden seems to slip in and out of reality to get away from the isolation of what is actually happening in his life. Holden goes through many flashbacks and unconscious situations that relate to his current situation or what he is thinking about. In The Catcher in the Rye, Holden imagines, “Then the crook probably would’ve given me this very phony, innocent look, and said, ‘I never saw

What does someone do when he is falling apart but has no one he can trust to turn to? This is the scenario that a young, unstable Holden Caulfield must face throughout his journey of adolescence. In the novel The Catcher in The Rye by J. D. Salinger, Holden Caulfield is a sympathetic character. The novel is a bildungsroman, which shows that at first the protagonist may not assimilate well with the rest of society. Holden is a troubled teenager who cannot form relationships.

A Toilet Is More Admirable An admirable character is best defined as an respectable man who takes pride in his dignity and applies himself to his best ability in all situations. Now picture this, a young man of potential talent, whose family pays an extraordinary amount for him to go to a private school, and has a little sister that looks up to everything he does. The picture describes the prelude of an admirable character until the picture finally clears up and instead of seeing an admirable character, you see a young man who instead of excelling in school, drops out because of poor grades, lies to practically everyone including his family, and calls prostitutes to a hotel room using his parents money. Does this example sound like an figure

While some members of society desire to isolate themselves from the impurities and imperfections that plague the world around them, achieving the societal utopia of truth and perfection is one that stands in contradistinction to the definition of humanity itself. In J. D. Salinger’s novel The Catcher in the Rye, we are situated inside the mind of Holden Caulfield, a teen who has trouble fitting into the apparent “phony” norms and contours that he is expected to assimilate into. In other words, Holden Caulfield is rightfully marked as a deviant misfit, often alienating himself from the ever changing world around him. In my opinion, it would be of value to look away from society as a whole and begin to problematize the totalizing nature of Holden’s rationality.

The story reflects the critical view of a troubled teenager, Holden Caulfield, towards everyone around him and society itself. This character has a view of the world where everyone should be altruistic, and values purity and naivety over money, sex, and power. Even though, he lives in a world where it’s simply not achievable. Leaving Holden damaged because his own loss of innocence gives him a desire to protect others who have yet to have the realization of how corrupt the world is. In the Catcher in the Rye, the author J.D. Salinger used the symbols such as “the catcher in the rye,” the “Shirley Beans” record, graffiti on the wall, and the characterization of Holden Caulfield as misguided protector, to develop the theme that one cannot stop someone from losing their innocence.

Oscar Wilde said : “Be yourself, everybody else is already taken.” In his book, The Catcher in the Rye, J.D. Salinger expresses this quote through the adolescent life of Holden Caulfield. The novel begins with the narrator being kicked out of his private high school for failing all of his classes but one. Leaving campus, he heads to New York City; which ironically is the city of dreams. J.D. Salinger uses symbolism in the form of a hat to represent the notion of individuality.

The Catcher in the Rye Have you ever felt as if you were all alone? Well in The Catcher in the Rye, Holden feels all by himself in such a vast world. He is forced to face all challenges that come across him and jump into adulthood head first with no looking back. Holden never wants anyone to feel like the same screw up and failure that he has felt upon himself. He wants to be there to help guide and give a little shove down the right path when there is a wandering soul looking to explore the humongous world open armed and open minded.

J. D. Salinger eminently uses his mid 20th-century writing to create characters who foil teens in the modern day. The act of growing up scares a number of teens, as they are aware their innocence will soon flee them as it once shielded them. The perspective of the world changes from child to adult, which encourages kids to try to save their own purity. Holden Caulfield, a character who struggles with his ability to traverse from an innocent child into a mature adult in The Catcher in the Rye, is created to show the desire many have to try and prevent the loss of their own innocence. This is shown through Holden’s rebellion against the school, his desire to be the “catcher in the rye,” and his distressed response to the graphic graffiti written

People often have an opinion of how a man should be or act, they have a perceived image of what is to be a man. These themes of masculinity are present within Shakespeare’s Macbeth, and J.D Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye. Macbeth and Holden Caulfield, both struggle with their masculinity and “being a man”.

The Catcher in the Rye Salinger, J. D. The Catcher in the Rye. Royal N.S.W. Institute for Deaf and Blind Children, 1980. Introduction Holden Cawfield, the main character in The Catcher in the Rye, desires to grow in relationships with others but finds himself failing every time.