The Catcher in the Rye

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The Catcher in the Rye The Catcher in the Rye essay was one of my favorite essays I wrote this year. This is because the essay involved not only the book itself, but how the book reflects my own life. Unlike the other books I have read in this class, The Catcher in the Rye’s main character relates to my own life in some kind of way. The theme of the essay was the coming of age, which I learned a lot about from last year. There were five other choices of themes to choose from, but when I saw “coming of age,” I knew this was the theme to write about. The coming of age theme means a lot to me because I am also growing up like Holden Caulfield, who is the main character. By thinking about how Holden is changing, it made me realize how much I am changing. This project inspired me to notice the changes in my life and others and to wait for more changes that will be happening in the future. Not only is he growing up, but he is trying to save the innocence from reaching the maturity. I did not think I was this kind of person until I learned that I did not like seeing my friends transforming into new, but older people. I can definitely call myself similar to Holden, although I do not ostracize myself from other people, we both try to hold on to our innocence and others’ innocence. This essay motivated me to save people from going into the bad side, because after all high school can determine lives. Theme Analysis This year, English II class explored many themes through books and movies. One of the main themes that we worked with was appearance vs. reality. A book written by J.D. Salinger expresses not only the theme of coming of age but the theme of appearance vs. reality. Although not a lot of people see The Catcher in the Rye as Appearance vs. Reality, if they read closely, they would notice the pattern of the main character between the society and his own little

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