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Catcher In The Rye: Holden Caufield - School Essays

Catcher In The Rye: Holden Caufield

Holden Caufield was a high school student at a boy's academy by the name
of Pency Prep. He feels as though he had fought the world and lost, everyone is
against him and that little can bring him joy. He had lost his innocence, and
saw himself as a "catcher in the rye", trying to save children from his fate.
Holden is quite the eccentric individual. I say this because of the
incident with Sally Hayes where he proclaims his love for her and how they
should run off together. The reason this makes him an eccentric is, he hates
her and in his own words "Sally you're a pain in the ___!" Holden Caufield has
many bad qualities including one of his favorite pastimes getting ...

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sense because when "bought" the
prostitute Sunny for a throw he could not go threw with it, so he paid her
anyway and sent her away from him. Holden was charitable when he gave a
considerably large donation of twenty dollars to the two nuns. This action was
nothing other than an act of pure kindness.
Holden Caufield has a foil or an opposite in the story, The Catcher in
the Rye. This person is his younger sister, Phoebe. She has a positive outlook
on life, while Holden hated it and thought he was doomed. She was his "ray of
hope" in life and she was the only thing that brought them true joy. Phoebe was
also the only person Holden knew who was not a phony about life and being happy
(Sally Hayes).
Holden Caufeild seems to change and evolve throughout the book. In the
beginning, he is said to be very irresponsible for reasons like forgetting the
foils for fencing at the subway or for getting kicked out of school. Later, he
Holden seems to become nicer, by giving twenty dollars ...

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