Many believe that the most significant themes of the book include phoniness, death/suicide, and “The Catcher in the Rye.” Phoniness is a tremendous structure of The Catcher in the Rye. People see Holden calling people “a phony” all the time. Being a phony means being someone who a person really isn’t, or just a typical “sheeple”. The main character Holden says numerous times in the book such as,”… they probably just met each other at a phony party.”- (Salinger, p.127) This quote is a favorite of mine because it shows Holden being what he hates the most, which is being a phony. He is doing this by being jealous, just like any other person would.
Kozol addresses his readers so that they may spread awareness on illiteracy and eventually resolve the problem. Questions: 1. These explanations confuse the effects of illiteracy with the causes by saying that laziness is the cause of illiteracy, when in reality illiteracy is the cause of innovativeness, that an illiterate has to adopt, that is seen as laziness and stupidity. Kozol refutes these stereotypes with his examples of just how much illiteracy affects a person showing that they become almost immobilized and isolated by it. In his opinion the nation and it's leaders are at fault for not addressing this problem.
Oshan bandara Holden Caulfield & PTSD Holden Caulfield is a particularly odd protagonist of the novel “The Catcher and the Rye”. His actions have defied the actions of many other protagonists of the time. Baring the boldness of being able to express himself without a language barrier has made Holden Caulfield, a strange but wonderful protagonists. Holden Caulfield experienced two very traumatizing events in his life, the death of his younger brother Allie and the suicide of James his classmate. Throughout the novel Holden Caulfield recounts numerous events that shows evidence that he is greatly affected by the deaths of Allie and James.
The hatred would not let him pick her up” (163). In this mistreatment of his daughter, Cholly continues a common cycle of outsiders in society by creating another outsider in order to make him feel better about himself. As
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Although Holden Caulfield, the protagonist, appeals to the readers that he is insane by means of his behaviors. In some extends, he may not be the case because the world surrounding him may be a factor of influence of the way he behaves. He appeals to be same as a person who usually acts different from the people around him. First of all, in readers’ first impression of Holden is a student in Pency prep who is insane by flunking almost all his subjects except for English. He uses words to insult his friends, such as Ackley, by calling him “Ackley kid”, though Ackley is older than Holden.
Alienation Holden Caulfield, an interesting man, shows that many people show phoniness and how Holden despises them to a point where he alienates them. This book shows many themes, one of them being revolving around alienation and phoniness. J.D. Salinger’s masterpiece The Catcher in the Rye shows throughout the book that Holden alienates himself from other people because he fears the phoniness of adults. Stradlater, Holden’s roommate, shows phoniness by how he is a “secret slob” also how it annoys Holden to where he gets into a fight with Stradlater over his sloppiness with Jane, which leads Holden to alienating him.
There, Holden finds controversial issues that ignite troubling thoughts, and cause him to seriously rethink a few issues. Holden Caulfield is a relatable character because he faces internal struggles that are relatable to the average teenager in a sense. In the beginning of the novel, Holden Caulfield was living in a childish illusion, and did not know what the real world was like.
Furthermore, it’s very likely these people just choose to make this child suffer because of its predisposition. “Perhaps it was born defective, or perhaps it has become imbecile through fear, malnutrition, and neglect”. (Omelas, 260). In addition it seems as though the suffering imposed in this story is not to benefit the town but to benefit those who abuse the child through neglect and spectating. “One of them may come in and kick the child to make it stand up”.
and may have some potentially long term effects such as increasing the misbehavior, aggression, violent or criminal behavior, impaired learning, depression, and in worst case suicide. The items that are cited here are very alarming and they express the concern that spanking is more than just a punishment. As said before spanking "is the least effective way to discipline" a child for two reasons; both reasons teach the child nothing about the difference between right and wrong. The first fact is that spanking confuses the child. The reason that spanking confuses them is simply this; parents are the example of the difference between right and wrong and all spanking is doing is telling the child is that every time somebody does something wrong they should be smacked for the mistake they made.