Essays On The Catcher In The Rye

The title of the book A Catcher in the Rye is reflected in the mistaken words of a poem by Robert Burns. Holden thought it was “If a body catch a body coming through the rye.” That’s what he wanted to be. The only older individual in a group of kids in the rye, that […]

Many people find that their dreams are unreachable. Holden Caulfield realizes this in J.D. Salingers The Catcher in the Rye. As Holden tells his story, he recounts the events since leaving the Pencey School to his psychiatrist. At first, Holden sounds like a typical, misguided teenager, rebellious towards his parents, angry with his teachers, and […]

In 1919 Jerome David Salinger was born to Sol and Miriam Jillich Salinger. This man would have a moderately normal childhood attending the private McBurney School in Manhattan, and afterwards the Valley Forge Military Academy in Pennsylvania, where he graduated in 1936. He then attended New York University for an unsuccessful summer session in short-story […]

A novel, which has gained literary recognition worldwide, scrutiny to the point of censorship and has established a following among adolescents, The Catcher in the Rye is in its entirety a unique connotation of the preservation of innocence and the pursuit of compassion. With certain elegance the writer J.D. Salinger, substantiates the growth and perils, […]

The Catcher in the Rye – Still Relevant to Today’s Youth To begin, The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger is unique. The novel is written from the perspective of a teenager who lives in New York in the 1950’s. From the context in the beginning and the end of the book, “I’ll […]

One theme developed in Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger is that bonds to our family is one of the most important factors in life. This is evident throughout the book since Holden spends so much of his time thinking about, and striving to be with his brothers and sister. Each one of Holden’s […]

At age 15 he continued his study in Valley Forge Military Academy where he found it hard to adapt to the environment, and which later became the prototype of Pencey Prep in The Catcher in the Rye. As the narrator of the novel Holden Caulfield, Salinger was the manager of the fencing team at the […]

Holden There are countless ways to interpret the character of Holden Caufield. I think the best word to describe him is protective. Which leads me to the first innermost circle, the name Holden in a case. Throughout the book, The Catcher in the Rye by J. D Salinger, Holden has tried to preserve innocence and […]

The protagonists in Franz Kafka’s The Metamorphosis and J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye, are both outcasts in their very small worlds. Living his days supporting his family by being a travelling salesman, Gregor wastes his life away. Then, “One morning, when [he wakes] from troubled dreams, [he finds] himself transformed in his bed […]

The Judgmental Caulfield of The Catcher in the Rye The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger, is a classic novel about a sixteen-year-old boy, Holden Caulfield, who speaks of a puzzling time in his life. Holden has only a few days until his expulsion from Pency Prep School. He starts out as the type […]

These days our artistic landscape is so deeply defined by visual narratives on TV and in the movies that we can hardly imagine a world without images. Sometimes quality is judged solely based on a stories actions. In this image drenched society we sometimes struggle to appreciate and celebrate books and movies where the quality […]

Holden Exposed In the novel The Catcher in the Rye, by: JD Salinger, the protagonist, Holden Caulfield, is a seventeen year old boy telling a story of around last Christmas when he spent his weekend in New York. Holden is a very opinionated character. He is a character that has been related to by teenagers […]

In my oral presentation, i am going to discuss the numerous symbols that we come across in, “The catcher and the rye”. When i talk about symbols, i mean objects, characters, figures, colors, or anything that is used in the novel to represent abstract ideas or concepts. I want to begin by talking about the […]

Language Choice Within “The Catcher In The Rye” In “The Catcher in the Rye” a coming of age story is told of Holden Caulfield. Many conflicts with maturity arise in coming of age literature. Throughout the reading of the text a large amount of graphic language is used by the narrator. The constant cursing and […]

The novel can be described as a bildungsroman genre, in other words, a rite of passage novel. In what way does Holden experience a rite of passage? The rite of passage experienced by Holden in the text involves the original identity of Holden: a typical representation of the angst teen, susceptible to extreme dips between […]

Catcher In The Rye Sample 1 Throughout the novel The Catcher in the Rye, the reader is presented with various symbols. These symbols are made evident by Holden’s constant repetition of their importance through his saying and experiences. Some important symbols that J. D. Salinger presents in his novel The Catcher in the Rye are […]

Often in America, citizens are placed into mental institutes due to mental breakdowns, but do you know the real reason behind them? Holden, a main character in the novel, The Catcher in the Rye, by J. D. Salinger, goes through many mental breakdowns, but he struggles through many issues throughout his life that lead him […]

I think Holden Caufield is one of the few sane characters in The Catcher in the Rye. List reasons why you think Holden is sane, or normal compared to the average teenager. I think holden is sane because he is like most other teens. They deal with emotions, mood swings, relationships with others, etc List […]

Pressures In Human Society A common idea presented in literature is the issue of the freedom of the individual in the constant pressures of society. In the play “Death of a Salesman” by, Arthur Miller, Willy Loman is a good example of this, as well as a sixteen year old boy named Holden Caulfield in […]

In the ‘Catcher in the Rye’ and ‘The Curious Incident of The Dog In The Nighttime’ both books involve a teenage male child who is someway separated from the remainder of the universe. In Mark Haddon’s The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Nighttime the supporter. a fifteen-year-old male child Christopher Boone is faced […]

It’s highly intriguing that years after it’s publishing, The Catcher in the Rye remains such an intriguing novel to teachers, students, and the general population alike. Yet through analyzing the main themes of the book, one can deduce that although the slang and fashion might be outdated, The Catcher in the Rye is still relatable […]

Although these two passages are taken from the memoirs; Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt and Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Sallinger, are similar to each other in some aspects, such as mood, perceptions, and attitudes towards death, etc., their society, culture, and their ages make the contrast between their styles. In the passage […]