Holden is afraid of growing up and becoming an adult – Discuss J.D. Salinger’s unique novel ‘The catcher in the Rye’ explores the life of a cynical teenager, Holden Caulfield, who is stuck between childhood and adulthood. Salinger highlights that Holden’s goal is to resist the process of maturity and entering adulthood. This is evidenced and demonstrated by Holden’s persistent fear of change, his strong opinion on the ‘phonies’ of adult world, his difficulty of moving on from the past and his impulsive personality. Holden’s fear of change contributes to his resistance of the process of maturity.
This echoes one of the themes of this novel—adolescent confusion on the way to the adult world and the pain of growing up. As what Holden did before, he alienated himself from the outside phony world so as to protect the inner fragile, confused self. He labelled people around him as phonies and morons but it never downed on him that he was also one of the phonies who would flatter someone on mouth but curse him in heart. He didn’t know what he wanted to get from the adult
Chris Graves 10/14/10 Montgomery D Block Ambiguity Resolved by Diction and Tone The final passage of “Babylon Revisited” by F. Scott Fitzgerald is ambiguous because the diction provokes a tone of hopelessness even while Charlie refuses to have a second drink, a sign that a recovering alcoholic still has dreams for the future. Throughout the passage, the narrator uses specific diction in order to evoke a hapless tone which implies that Charlie has given up on his dreams for the future. Specifically, the tone of the final passage insinuates that Charlie has lost all hope of regaining custody of his daughter Honoria. Nevertheless, Charlie refuses a second drink when he returns to the bar. Because many recovering alcoholics return to alcoholism once their dreams are crushed, Charlie drinking responsibly suggests that he is looking ahead to the future.
Emptiness & blindness Gr.Gatsby Author F. Scott Fitzgerald proves that material things do not always create happiness by portraying that this is not how love is gained or given. The author describes two characters, Tom Buchanan and Jay Gatsby, who both use materialism to attempt to provide themselves with the feelings of love. In the novel The Great Gatsby, author F. Scott Fitzgerald conveys, through symbolism and characterization, that with materialism and excess, man eventually becomes empty. Tom Buchanan is a man whose materialism, leads him to become empty and blind. People who are obsessed with material objects are materialistic and excessive.
It is that Jack lacks ambition and determination to step out of his comfort zone and alter his lifestyle with Fran. The “ugly baby” (349) of Bud and Olla engenders Fran to develop a new aspect on her life: she wants a baby. However, due to Jack’s conservative and passive - not necessarily stubborn - nature, he is yet not influenced or moved by the Bud and Olla even though Bud and Olla live a life where there is “never a dull moment” (339). These are deeply plausible conflicts and are left unresolved as Jack, at the end, nonetheless lacks the interest and willingness to improve his life with Fran, whereas she is deeply influenced. Q.
As a result of Holden’s resistance to grow up and embrace adulthood, he instantly alienates himself from the world and those around him leaving him lonely and vulnerable. In the aftermath of enduring several negative encounters, Holden reaches emotional collapse. He tells the story as a monologue, from a mental facility where he has been recovering from the stress of the experiences he reflects upon. The character of Holden Caulfield is introduced to us as an adolescent who is immature and as a result, ostracised from his peers. The first time that we see Holden show his inability to accept responsibly for his actions is when he leaves his team’s fencing equipment on the subway, and he says “It wasn’t all my fault.” As the captain of the team, Holden should have been taking care of the equipment and using his authority to make sure everything went smoothly.
The Outsider Camus’ portrayal of society in The Outsider reveals the powerlessness of the individual to determine destiny. Do you agree? The Outsider by Albert Camus subject matter is of a man’s struggle again a society in which his actions are preconceived by his lack of grief. He arguable may show grief but not in the way in which is the social norm in which to express ones sorrows and loss of a person that is seen by society to be a key figure in ones childhood, a mother. Camus’ portrayal of society in The Outsider reveals the powerlessness of the individual to determine their destiny.
Although his actions are very insane, they can be seen as rational to reader considering hedonism. Devotion to pleasure, hedonism, makes Dorian be deceitful about his true self by deflecting the attention of the public from the mad man to the beautiful and intelligent gentlemen. Dorian is, young, sensitive, and emotional, meaning that he is susceptible to manipulation. Lord Henry takes advantage of that opportunity and gives Dorian the yellow book; this book opens up the world of hedonism and aestheticism which eventually turns his young life into an eternal oblivion of misery. Dorian develops a fear of aging so he tries to live his life as if it was his last day on earth.
This behavior is why he can not accept reality in order to ignore the present and re live the past. It gets to a point where Willy ignores all his problems and only remembers and tries to re-create the good times of the past instead of living in the present. This obviously creates a problem between him and his family and others around him
He brings to light the inconvenience of his oddities as an ostracized child and emphasizes the effect of his surroundings on the development of his personality. The poem’s gloomy tone conveys the author’s desired message. He describes how during the years of his childhood he wasn’t like the others, he didn’t have the same outlook on life and, finally, his passions differed from those of his peers—he could not relate, nor could he conform—, thus leaving him feeling disconnected. Describing his behaviour as a child, he concludes that “all [he] lov’d—[he] lov’d alone”; this further insinuates the melancholy brought forth upon his solemn look back on his past. As many experience themselves, being shunned for one’s differences can take quite the toll on the psyche — humans are social beings that require the formation connections to other humans to thrive; the moment one is deprived of such social attention, they begin to shrink into themselves and lose their ability to shine outwards.