Category: Catcher in The Rye

Analysing Holden Caulfield through the Psychology of Lying Introduction to Holdens Pathological Lying Everyone has their own opinion on Holden Caulfield and his excessive lying problem, but why does Holden truly lie so often? What is the psychology behind his lies? Holden Caulfield, from The Catcher in the Rye, introduces the reader to his life…

Human Development of Holden Caulfield: Analytical Essay In The Catcher In The Rye by J.D. Salinger, we are taken through the lense of a 17 year-old teenager, trying to find his way throughout the world. The debatable question is if Holden Caulfield is the typical adolescent. An adolescent is a young person in the process…

Holden Caulfields Addiction to Childhood and Innocence: Analytical Essay Childhood and adulthood were not factors of age but states of mind  (Axel shakar). You have fun as a child but adapt to the new world as an adult. In J.D Salingers  Catcher in the rye adulthood, childhood and change all play a major…

Philosophical and Psychological Issues in the Catcher in the Rye The book Catcher in the Rye is an immensely diversified book in the sense that there are multiple aspects being involved. Everything from hate to love, compulsiveness to Holden’s feelings towards his paradoxical and complex state of mind. And that’s actually one of many recognizable…

Who is the Real Holden in the Novel Catcher in the Rye? The Catcher in the Rye describes the emotional struggles of a teenager in the 1950s that all of us can somewhat empathize with. Holden may be misunderstood at first because he pushes the readers away with his distancing language and confuses us with…

The Challenges and Failures in The Catcher in the Rye and in the Bell Jar Challenges they often come and go, facing those challenges is what defines you as a person, its what builds your character. In the Catcher in The Rye and in The Bell Jar, both main characters had to face mentally, physically…

Evaluation Of Holden Caulfield in Catcher In The Rye By J.D. Salinger Its interesting that this book has been censored in many schools, I suppose people are scared away by all the goddamns. However, when examined by a keen eye, J.D. Salingers little window into the life of a certain adolescent, is an untapped well,…

The Idea of Loneliness and Acceptance in Catcher In The Rye Written in the mid 1900s, Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger is a classic American text. Salinger tells the story of sixteen-year-old Holden, as he makes his way home after getting expelled from yet another boarding school. Holden, an independent teenager, has an…

Coming of Age in the Catcher in the Rye The main character of Catcher in the Rye, Holden Caulfield, provides us with his experiences with coming of age. Holden finds himself in many strange situations, but how he handles the situations are normal for a teenager, especially a teenage boy, to handle the situations he…

Catcher in The Rye:’ Literary Analysis Essay Throughout the novel, Holden seems to be excluded from and victimized by the world around him. As he says to Mr. Spencer, he feels trapped on the other side of life, and he continually attempts to find his way in a world in which he feels he doesnt…