Joan Caulfield

Troy is clearly the protagonist. He’s likable and complex. He’s the type of character that feels like he can attract talent, given his range of emotion and his deep, psychological need and inner struggle. Troy’s choices to find his biological family and give Gigi a ride move the story forward. Troy has a solid external goal and he’s driven by his inner, emotional need to find out about his biological parents and connect. It’s a solid goal and objective. The stakes are personal. Troy is well established

It is very clear that the character of Holden Caulfield morally values authenticity, and it is here where we find J.D. Salinger's most significant challenge to Holden's morality. The novel is told from Holden's point of view and how we see the story must first go through the filter that is Holden Caulfield. We, the readers, are at the mercy of Holden's perception of the events that unfold in the novel, and with this we must question whether or not what we are being told is entirely true. Though Holden

Common themes in the book, Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger are sexual confusion and loss of innocence. As a 16-year-old boy, Holden Caulfield struggles to find himself throughout the entirety of the book. After he fails out of many schools, and has to deal with the heavy weight of the death of his brother, he is profoundly confused about his fast approaching future, which ultimately leads to unstable and rash decisions. Being a teenage boy, Holden is very interested in sex, in much of the book

“ A middle schooler struggles and the ability to achieve more than he thought”. By: Elijah Soto I give this book 3 stars:⭐️⭐️⭐️ In 1967, Holling Hoodhood’s life in Long Island New York was complicated and confusing for a 12-year-old boy. In this work of fiction, Wednesday Wars, Holling felt that his family, friends and teachers hated him and he didn’t really know why. His parents didn’t support him , he didn’t know what loneliness and silence was till he really looked at his perfect not so perfect

In the novel, The Catcher in the Rye, written by J.D. Salinger, Holden Caulfield is a very complex and interesting person to take into consideration and psychoanalyze. His various traits make him a different person from the rest of the phonies in the world. Holden says, “All you do is make a lot of dough and play golf and play bridge and buy cars and drink Martinis and look like a hot-shot. How would you know you weren't being a phony? The trouble is, you wouldn't.” What Holden doesn’t realize

Psychological Profile: Holden Caulfield Part One: The patient is Holden Caulfield, a sixteen-year-old teenage boy. Caulfield's appearance is tall for his age and surprisingly has quite a few gray hairs at the age of sixteen. Holden comes from an upper-middle class family. His family has enough money to support Holden with many luxuries including skates and expensive suitcases. It appears that Mr. and Mrs. Caulfield aren't there to talk, care, and be there for Holden, which seems to drive Holden

Salinger. BIOGRAPHY OF THE AUTHOR J.D Salinger was born on New Year’s Day 1919, in New York, New York. He grew up in the relative comfort of the upper middle class. He attended multiple prep schools and colleges, similar to his character Holden Caulfield. While attending Columbia University, Salinger took a creative writing class in which he excelled, cementing the interest in writing that he had maintained since his teenage years. Salinger had his first short story published in 1940 and he continued

The depiction of Thomas More in A Man for all Seasons written by Robert Bolt and Holden Caulfield in Catcher in the Rye written by J.D. Salinger is unconventionally heroic. Thomas More exemplifying an existential hero and Holden Caulfield an anti-hero. Thomas More and Holden Caulfield’s heroism will be proven by referring to the characteristics of the different heroic types as well More and Holden’s actions and discourse. To begin with one should examine what precisely the idea of heroic and hero

Holden Caulfield, otherwise known as a depressive high school dropout, is the main character of J.D. Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye. The book has a lot of life lessons, some being minute, while others may apply many of lifes hardships, Holden is a unsuspecting character to do this, yet he is also the best for the job. His depressive state may be disappointing, but it can be boiled down to his unmotivational attitude. Holden, progressively through the book becomes more and more cynical in nature, and

Madness and Maturity Holden Caulfield, the protagonist of The Catcher in the Rye, struggles to mature and fit into society because he is stuck between the adult world and his adolescence. Throughout the novel, he tries to cope with the passing of his younger brother, Allie, as well as the normal pains and hardships of puberty, but instead ends up isolating himself from his family and any potential friends. Eventually, his younger sister, Phoebe, helps Holden realize how irrational his behavior is