Comin' Through the Rye Essays

J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in The Rye recounts the days following protagonist Holden Caulfield’s latest academic failure and expulsion from Pencey Prep, a private boarding school. After a fight with his roommate Stradlater he decides to take an early leave for Christmas break and boards a late night train back home to New York City. During the two day time frame Holden explores the city and interacts with strangers, vague acquaintances, a former girlfriend, teachers, prostitutes, nuns and his younger

Drizzy handed over his beats to Grandma. Meek listened to the mixtape and got so angry he attacked Drizzy. They fought it out over some diss tracks or aka a rap battle. Future heard the diss tracks and ran back to Grandma Minaj’s house. Future busted through the door just in time to save Meek from a year's worth of embarrassment because Drizzy was spitting straight fire. He shot Meek in the knee cap, “Where is Grandma Minaj!” Future yelled. “I don’t even know,” Meek cried, “she wasn’t here when I arrived

Throughout the course of their lives, humans form many important relationships, with people, institutions, and society. It is these relationships that impact a person’s life and they way they grow up. In J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye, Holden Caulfield, struggling with the death of his brother and his recent expulsion from school, wanders New York City for several days. As Holden meets a variety of different people, including an old friend, a prostitute and his sister, he struggles with accepting

Aldous Huxley uses Bernard Marx, Helmholtz Watson, and John’s varying interpretations of freedom to enhance the lack of diversity in the World State society with both actions and beliefs. In Brave New World, the World State society was formed on the idea of “Community, Identity, Stability.” It was used to perpetuate ideas of freedom, and more often lack thereof. Bernard Marx struggles in Brave New World, and as a result continued perpetuating the lack of diversity in the World State. Bernard

The story of The Catcher in The Rye explains Holden Caulfield's journey to discover his purpose in life. Throughout the novel, he travels around New York, interacting with several people. But not only people, but symbols help Holden to understand how the world works, from a Red Hat to a Childhood museum, these symbols dictate his feelings towards the outside world and people around him. Innocence and permanence are staples of the story, and Salinger's use of a Hat, Childhood Museums,ducks, and a

in the Rye, and the film Into the Wild. Both Holden Caulfield (The Catcher in the Rye) and Chris “Supertramp” McCandless (Into the Wild) have many of the same perspectives on life and an analogous life story which may show that they have similar symbols. For instance, the two men run away from home and are timid and apprehensive about forming close relationships. On the other hand, Holden has the philosophy that children must stay innocent as he wants to catch them running through the rye. Holden

Holden is going through a lot of emotional turmoil. It's understandable that he wants to avoid his parents because he's feeling lost and unsure of what to do next. The fact that he doesn't want to be seen by his parents shows that he's struggling to cope with his current situation. The death of his little brother and classmate are also weighing heavily on him. It's clear that Holden is dealing with a lot of grief and confusion right now. Holden's relationship with his little sister, Phoebe, is a

Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye, Holden Caulfield, struggles to accept this fact. He agonizes over the loss of his innocence. He is conflicted. On one side, he does not want to grow up and see the deceitful reality. On the other side, he wants to mature as a member of society. He cannot do either of these things because of his internal battle. The novel can be considered a Bildungsroman, a coming-of-age novel where the protagonist matures Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye expresses the hardships of

years, J.D. Salinger developed Holden Caulfield, the main character of his classic American novel, Catcher in The Rye, to mirror the pain he endured and his desire to sustain his generations youthfulness. Salinger uses Holden's loss of youth due to his brother's death, (in order) to drive the loss of adolescence Salinger encountered during the World War II. Salinger takes us through Holden's fit of rage, preempted by his brothers decease, in which he breaks every window in his garage, "I slept in

Throughout the novel, Catcher in the Rye, J.D. Salinger uses symbols like the natural history museum. The confusion about where the ducks migrate during the winter and the poem "comin' thro’ the rye'' shows how Holden Caulfield is afraid of getting older because of the instability of adulthood. Catcher in the Rye is a well-known novel written about the journey of a 16-year-old after he flunks out of school. The novel teaches us that if one is not given a lot of guidance through one's life, the transition from

There are four main symbols used in “the Catcher in the Rye”. The red hunting hat of Holden, the ducks in the Central Park lagoon, The Museum of Natural History , and one connected to the title of the book. The song Holden refers as “if a body catch a body comin’ through the rye”. Showing parts of his personality that he hadn 't shown before. The first main symbol shown to be the duck in the Central Park Lagoon. Holden “live in New York, and I[he] was thinking about the lagoon in Central Park…

Every single person has had relationships. Relationships come in several different ways, some are more pleasant than others, but everyone experiences them. Holden from “The Catcher in the Rye” by JD Salinger is no different. Holden has many issues that affect his relationships. Most of his relationships are with girls, including, Jane, the Lavender Girls, and his sister Phoebe. His relationship with Sally and specially Jane is very protective, he doesn’t want them to lose their innocence, while

society. Why is it that people are taught to ignore the war, repress their memories and act as though nothing ever happened? This is where Holden’s struggles first arose. Through the classic novel, ”Catcher in the Rye”, the author J.D Salinger expresses Holden’s obstacles and frustration with the society-conforming people around him through large overarching metaphors: the most prevalent of which-Holden Caulfield’s need for guidance in a society where he struggles to conform to the rules. Ever since Holden’s

up call for me as a reader. I was reminded that Holden is lost because he refuses to see the world for what it is, choosing to live in the fantasy that somewhere life is greater. He seeks a place where life is easy, where everyone sees the world through his eyes, where he must put forth no effort. This is immature and shows that as much as Holden views himself as a grown up, he has not reached maturity. Like Holden, most teenagers, including myself, can attempt to grow up too fast. We crave freedom

In the final chapters of The Catcher In The Rye things start to slow down for Holden. There are no more angry outbursts, or picking fights with others. He spends most of his final time in the flashbacks visiting his little sister. Before he gives us his farewell passage that doesn’t sound like the Holden the readers have been learning about. Chapter 21 begins with Holden breaking into his own home too see his little sister, Phoebe. His obsession with innocence growing clear when he admits his dream

1. Narrative point of view. J.D. Salinger writes the book “The Catcher in the Rye” in the first person narrative. Throughout the book It can be seen in examples like: “Yes, sir. I know it is. I know it.” and “I said” to all dialogue. This shows us that the character Holden wrote his story about himself, giving us his personal reflection of a certain period in time. The running commentary of his every spoken word and rhetorical thoughts are voiced throughout the novel. Effectively J.D. Salinger has

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

Catcher in the Rye In the book Catcher in the Rye by J.D Salinger, the narrator and protagonist Holden Caulfield a sixteen year old junior undergoes a series of changes. Holden learns multiple life changing lessons; one of them is you must grow up. In the beginning of the novel, Holden starts out as “that kid”; the one with the parents who expect him to get into an ivy league school, and end up with a kid with no intentions of doing so. At the beginning of the book it is very apparent that Holden

Caraman Dimişcă Bianca-Melania Russian - English Childhood vs. adulthood in J.D. Salinger’s “The Catcher in the Rye” “The Catcher in the Rye” is a novel written by J.D. Salinger in 1951. The book is one of the most controversial books ever written and its popularity comes from the author’s rough attitude towards society from the perspective of a teenager. “The Catcher in the Rye” is thought to be J.D. Salinger’s masterpiece and it is listed as one of the best novels of the 20th century. In 2009

sister Phoebe asks what he wants to be, he answers, “You know that song ‘If a body catch a body comin’ through the rye?’... I keep picturing all these little kids playing some game in this big field of rye and all. What I have to do, I have to catch anybody if they start to go over the cliff... I know it’s crazy, but that’s the only thing I’d really like to be” (Salinger 174). In Holden’s fictional rye field, a child falling off the dangerous cliff represents a child losing their innocence. Since