Literary Analysis On The Catcher In The Rye

In the poem, Warren chooses to quietly accept what has been given to him. This is made clear when “he[decides to say] nothing and [remains] hard and serious.” Warren doesn’t choose to have a conversation with his parents about his interest because he dose not want to disappoint them. He instead chooses to swallow his misery and “[say] nothing” because he understands that his parents have sacrificed a lot to make him who he is today. Therefore, he makes the choice of not fighting back for himself.

He includes an array of characters to demonstrate the acceptable and unacceptable reactions to those absurdities. Through Rieux, Camus states his changing belief that the absurd prevents any hope of a future. Instead, man chooses either to deny it, succumb to its power, cling to abstractions, or revolt against it. Nevertheless, man always continues to search for meaning in life. Camus discovers that man can never effectively fight the absurd as displayed in this quote.

Determinism says that it doesn’t necessarily have to be a physical cause and that it could be an invisible cause in our brains. Such as, the information someone has and how someone views the situation plays a part in our decision making. These are what causes us to make the decision and based on these things. Someone would never make any other decision than the one that they made. Oedipus also thought that he was freely deciding to run from his adopted parents, however, based on the information he had he would have never made any other decision which proves that there was really no choice.

The dog went to the market Holden would not be able to take care of the children in the rye because he has no motivation. Holden is not motivated because motivation is a process involved in changing situations and life events and Holden hates change. He states, œCertain things should stay the way they are".œYou ought to be able to stick them in one of those big glass cases and just leave them alone (Salinger 122). This statement proves that he has no motivation and just wants time to stand

Shouldn’t someone who acts tough and often brags know that they will never become a phony? The answer would be yes if Holden wasn’t so insecure. Holden’s childish ways cause him to never mature and figure out who he is as a person. We see many signs of Holden insecurities throughout the book, like the fact that he contradicts himself. An example of this would be when Sally and Holden are in the taxi and he tells her he loves her, he then counties to say, “It was a lie, of course, but the thing is, I meant it when I said it” (Salinger 139).

Santiago has an epiphany when he realizes that if you never change and take risks you will never move forward. He wants to find his “personal legend,” or true desire, and to obtain this he needs to change his own nature. He must be willing to give up whatever is necessary to achieve this goal, including freedom. On Santiago’s journey he becomes employed by a crystal merchant that never achieved his personal legend. The merchant resisted change and never accomplished his dreams.

He cannot, then, feel any way but terrified at the prospect of death; he hasn’t had a chance to live except “passively”, which is the last thing he wanted. Bigger never had a chance to feel anything but what society made him feel, which Wright touched upon as a main theme in Native Son. His desire to be one with society could never be masked by death and he could never feel anything but terror, “naked and without defense.” Thus, Bigger longs for “another orbit between two poles that would let him live again.” His one craving, or rather, his last request, would be another life in a different society: a society in which he could live passionately, not passively, and where, when he died, “even death would not matter, that it would be a victory.”

The narrator is certain that the ability to see is everything and puts no effort into seeing anything beyond the surface. The only way he can break free from this artificial world that he has isolated himself in if he lets down his guard and surrenders his jealousy and insecurity. The narrator is resentful of the connection that

Franklin had worked out every little that made the rest easy. He planned his 'escape'

In conclusion the author J.D. Salinger wrote The Catcher in the Rye to help all of those teens going through the rough transitional period into adulthood, he wanted them to know that they aren’t alone and they aren’t the only ones feeling like this. Holden made the mistake of isolating himself and whenever he felt like finally turning himself in but he would change his mind much too quickly. He was very indecisive and wouldn’t plan too far into the future. If he was to have stayed at Pencey or gone straight home this story wouldn’t have been made, but then again that’s the purpose of it, to share this story and make it relatable to all teens of all different periods of time. We as teens must acknowledge that we are not grown yet, nor invincible, we must do things the right way or we’ll more than likely end up just as Holden

His mentor turns to Adam. “If you do as I say, you’ll be fine.” In all of the entirety of Adam’s life did he not expect to be stood meekly on stage expected to act out scenarios on-spot. The unpredictability of the situation made Adam feel plenty like a marionette; putty in someone else’s hands with no control.

The fact that George had tried to help him with everything and was almost like a parent keeping things for him and making sure that had something to eat and making sure he had work shows that he was trying to help him, but in the long run he knew Lennie would never get better. ”I think I knowed from the very first. I think I knowed we’d never do her. He usta like to hear about it so much I got to thinking maybe we would’’(steinbeck 44). This shows George wanted a better life for him and Lennie, but deep down he knew Lennies limitations and accepted that the dream was never meant to be and took it upon himself to end

Lennie finds, obstacles with Curly so he feels like that may provide some conflict with achieving his goal, as shown by this quote. "I might jus ' as well go away. George ain 't gonna let me tend no rabbits now" (Steinbeck 107). Lennie know that his goal really is almost unachievable now, so he breaks down and realizes that giving up is the easy way out.

1. The military wants Ender to be isolated without friends and parents because he has to believe that he has to solve his own problems and that nobody can ever help him out, ever. He’d be ruined if he once thought there was an easy way out and avoid complications. Ender has to learn to be independent and rely on his own self.

“I won’t let you coax me into wasting my time with the likes of you, since I won’t be the one getting hurt.” Turning aside, he made ample room for him to pass, but there was just something about this young man’s attitude that aggravated him beyond reason, and although, he knew he should let it end here, he couldn’t. “You do realize, you will only bring embarrassment to the house of Gashard, furthermore, your friends won’t be there, this time, to help you, nor will your family’s armor and weapons be of any value, forcing you to rely on what little skill you possess, and, Gisholt, we both know that you, even on your best day, can’t defeat me and never will.”