To be crass is to be uncaring‚ or uneducated on a sensitive matter. Many people in the world come to a decision brashly or hastily with what they say and it comes out in a very ignorant way. Occurrences like this are becoming more frequent now than ever. This is because there are more problems that occur nowadays for people to have different opinions on. In Wonder‚ Julian acts crassly towards August throughout the whole story. He treats him like garbage and doesn’t feel bad. He wasn’t educated by
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People who learn of protagonists in some fiction novels tend to think of them as a normal person‚ but some main characters show to be anti-heroic. Holden Caulfield from J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in The Rye and Naomi Nickel from Miriam Toews’ A Complicated Kindness show they are anti-heroes. Not being able to comply with society’s expectations and acting rebellious are what negative traits these two possess‚ but show a softer side from their compassionate personality and actions. Although both Holden
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J. D. Salinger’s magnum opus‚ The Catcher in the Rye (1951)‚ was a landmark novel in the 20th-century American literature and was listed as one of the best English-language novels of the century. Hailed as that “rare miracle of fiction…[where] a human being has been created out of ink‚ paper‚ and the imagination‚” this mock-autobiographical story—narrated by a cynical‚ sardonic‚ cuss-tongued‚ yet sensitive and grieving seventeen-year-old Holden Caulfield as he spends his days in a mental asylum—has
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“Look out for people who look out for you‚ loyalty is everything” Loyalty is something rare among people having trust and being compassionate play a big role in loyalty.Through the influence of Zero’s friendship‚ Stanley changes from un-loyal to loyal. In the beginning of the novel‚ Stanley has a hard time accepting true friends. First‚ we see Stanley’s initial view on Zero. “He took his place behind magnet‚ in front of Zero” (Sachar 84) Here we can see how Stanley moves up the totem pole to popularity
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What is The Meaning of This? A sense of meaning is needed in humans or else we become discouraged and lost and can even end up looking for meaning in harmful ways. People who cannot find in meaning in their life are susceptible to cults and manipulation from others as well as depression. In J.D. Salinger’s novel the catcher in the Rye‚ The main character (Holden) is having difficulty finding the meaning of life. Everyone is bound to spend some
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Catcher in the Rye written by Jerome David Salinger‚ is about Holden and his journey of trying to be accepted in the adult world. A memorable technique is symbolism to show the idea’s the ducks‚ red hunting hat and The Museum of Natural History. These symbols show the theme how alienation is a form of protection and how Holden likes to alienate himself from the world. By Holden wearing his red hunting hat when he feels like he doesn’t belong. The ducks run away from their problems. The Museum of
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The Catcher in the Rye Abandonment – the act of one leaving or being left; or as every young adult sees it‚ the act of leaving and losing the ones you love forever. Many teenagers fear their friends and families leaving when they grow out of their transition from childhood to adulthood. Holden Caulfield’s life is revolving around his anxiety of abandonment in J.D. Salinger’s novel‚ Catcher in the Rye. Holden’s apprehension of desertion springs from his inability to maintain friendships‚ incompetence
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Reading the Catcher in the Rye as a teenager‚ I found myself connecting with Holden Caulfield as a character. Every teenager can relate to the general cynicism and skeptical view on the world that Holden holds. Adolescence is the period in life when kids become exposed to the struggles of adulthood‚ and with it often comes a feeling of isolation. Holden Caulfield was characterized by this feeling. Modern teenagers‚ even in this age of connection‚ can still relate to the feeling of alienation. Around
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_____ Incomplete quotation 4. At this part of The Catcher In the Rye‚ Holden is talking to Phoebe about his possible future careers‚ however his choice in career reflects Holden’s affinity for all things innocent and his will to a protector of them. Holden remembers a part of a Robert Burns poem incorrectly as "if a body catch a body coming through the rye" this causes him to imagine himself saving children by "catch[ing] them" before they "go over the cliff." Ironically‚ the poem itself is about
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Existentialism and The Catcher in the Rye After World War II‚ the US became a new superpower. With this new kind of power‚ a new philosophy developed: Existentialism. It is a philosophy that is based on subjectivity and individualism. The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger was published in 1951 in New York‚ right after World War II. Throughout the novel‚ Holden is trying to discover his own meaning of life‚ which is an Existentialist idea appearing in the novel‚ as well as the criticism of rules
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