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=Catcher in the Rye Holden Caulfield is a 16 year old student who has failed out of school two weeks before Christmas. Several days before he's expected home for Christmas vacation, he leaves school planning to spend some time on his own in New York City, where he lives. Even though Holden is friendly with many people at school, and though he has several friends in New York, he is constantly lonesome and in need of someone who will sympathize with his feelings of alienation. The person Holden feels closest to is his ten year old sister Phoebe. He spends his time with a variety of people, but can't make meaningful contact with any of them. After a bad day, he sneaks into his home to see Phoebe, but she hurts him by being annoyed at his being expelled from school. Holden decides the only solution to his problem is to run away and make a new identity as a deaf-mute who will not need to communicate with anyone. On the verge of nervous collapse, Holden changes his mind and decides to rejoin his family. He then enters a hospital not far from Hollywood, and he is telling us his story while in this institution.  About the Author J.D. Salinger was born January 1, 1919. He is an American author and is best known for his novel the Catcher in the Rye. He was raised in Manhattan, New York, and published several short stories before serving in World War II. After World War II Salinger began working on a novel featuring a boy named Holden called Catcher in the Rye. The reactions for the book were mixed, but in the end it still became an american classic. Then in June, 1955, Salinger married Claire Douglas and they had a daughter named Margaret, who both eventually left him. He is still alive today(Salinger,2008).   __//Holden Caulfield//__- The protagonist and narrator of the novel. Holden is a sixteen year old junior who was expelled for academis failure. He is intelligent and sensetive, but also very cynical. Through his cynicism he tries to protect himself from the pain and disappoinment of the adult world.  __//Ackley//__- Is Holden's next-door neighbor in his dorm at Pencey. Ackley is an insecure, pimply boy with bad hygiene. He treats Holden with disrespect and Holden often hints to him that he should leave. Holden even believes that ackley makes elaborate lies about his sexual experiences.  __//Jane Gallagher//__-A girl who Holden spent a lot of time with one summer when their families shared a summer house in Maine. She never actually appears in the novel, but is extremely important to Holden because she is one of the very few girls that he finds attractive and respects.  __//Phoebe Caulfield//__-Phoebe is Holden's ten year old sister, whom he loves. Although she is six years younger than holden, she listens to what he says and understands him. she is intelligent,neat,innocent, and a wonderful dancer.  __//Allie Caulfield//__- Holden's younger brother. He dies three years before the start of the novel. He was a friendly, red-headed boy and Holden was tormented by his death so he carries around a baseball glove that Allie signed in green ink.  __//D.B. Caulfield//__- He is Holden's older brother who wrote a volume of short stories that holden admires very much.  __//Sally Hayes//__- A very attractive girl who Holden dated for a long time. Though she is a well read girl, Holden thinks she is stupid.  __//Mr.Spencer//__- holden's history teacher who tries to help Holden academically.  __//Maurice//__- The elevator operator at the Edmont Hotel, who hooks Holden up with a prostitute. <span style="DISPLAY: block; COLOR: #12de32; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; TEXT-ALIGN: center"> __//Sunny//__- The prostitute Holden hires through Maurice. She is one of the many women that Holden tries to connect with. <span style="DISPLAY: block; COLOR: #12de32; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; TEXT-ALIGN: center">  //__Themes-__//    <span style="DISPLAY: block; COLOR: #12de32; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; TEXT-ALIGN: center"> Themes are the fundamental and often universal ideas explored in a literary work(Dictionary,2008). <span style="DISPLAY: block; COLOR: #12de32; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; TEXT-ALIGN: center">__ Alienation as a form of self protection __ <span style="DISPLAY: block; COLOR: #12de32; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; TEXT-ALIGN: center"> As a reader it seems that Holden's alienation is the cause of most of his pain. He hides from the world and feels trapped. His loneliness is the reason he decides to date Sally Hayes, but his need for isolation causes him to disrespect her and drive her away. Alienation is both his strength and source of problems. <span style="DISPLAY: block; COLOR: #12de32; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; TEXT-ALIGN: center">__// Motifs- //__ <span style="DISPLAY: block; COLOR: #12de32; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; TEXT-ALIGN: center"> Motifs are recurring structures, contrasts, or literary devices that can help to develop and inform the text's major themes(Dictionary,2008). <span style="DISPLAY: block; COLOR: #12de32; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; TEXT-ALIGN: center">__ Loneliness __ <span style="DISPLAY: block; COLOR: #12de32; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; TEXT-ALIGN: center"> Holden's loneliness is a part of his alienation problem. It is a problem he has throughout the novel and he tries to face it, but never suceeds. It is an emotion that is the manifestation of the alienation Holden experiences. His loneliness is his security blanket. <span style="DISPLAY: block; COLOR: #12de32; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; TEXT-ALIGN: center">//__ Symbols- __// <span style="DISPLAY: block; COLOR: #12de32; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; TEXT-ALIGN: center"> Symbols are objects, characters, figures, or colors used to represent abstract ideas or concepts(Dictionary,2008). <span style="DISPLAY: block; COLOR: #12de32; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; TEXT-ALIGN: center"> __The "Catcher in the Rye"__ <span style="DISPLAY: block; COLOR: #12de32; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; TEXT-ALIGN: center"> We first hear about the Catcher in the Rye in chapter 16 when Holden admires a kid walking through the street instead of the sidewalk singing "Comin' thro' the rye." In chapter 22, when Pheobe asks Holden what he wants to do when he grows up he refers to the song "Catcher in the Rye." He would like to protect the kids from falling off the cliff into the dangerous world of maturity and sex. <span style="DISPLAY: block; COLOR: #12de32; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; TEXT-ALIGN: center">__// Quotations //__ <span style="DISPLAY: block; COLOR: #12de32; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; TEXT-ALIGN: center">1."The best thing, though, in that museum was that everything always stayed right where it was. Nobody'd move....Nobody'd be different. The only thing that would be different would be you." <span style="DISPLAY: block; COLOR: #12de32; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; TEXT-ALIGN: center">2. "Im standing on the edge of some crazy cliff. What i have to do, I have to catch everybody if they start to go over the cliff-I mean if they're running and they don't look where they're going i have to come out somewhere and catch them. That's all i'd do all day. I'd just be the catcher in the rye and all." <span style="DISPLAY: block; COLOR: #12de32; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; TEXT-ALIGN: center">  <span style="DISPLAY: block; COLOR: #12de32; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; TEXT-ALIGN: center"> Genre-Coming-of-age novel(Salinger,2008). <span style="DISPLAY: block; COLOR: #12de32; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; TEXT-ALIGN: center"> Time and Place written- Late 1940's, New York(Salinger,2008). <span style="DISPLAY: block; COLOR: #12de32; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; TEXT-ALIGN: center"> Point of view-first person(Salinger,2008). <span style="DISPLAY: block; COLOR: #12de32; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; TEXT-ALIGN: center"> Setting(time)- a long weekend in the late 1940's(Salinger,2008) <span style="DISPLAY: block; COLOR: #12de32; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; TEXT-ALIGN: center"> Setting(place)- Holden begins his story in Pennsylvania at school and then recounts his adventures in New York City.(Salinger,2008)  <span style="DISPLAY: block; COLOR: #12de32; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; TEXT-ALIGN: center"> Major conflict  <span style="DISPLAY: block; COLOR: #12de32; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; TEXT-ALIGN: center"> The major conflict has to do with Holdens insecurity. Part of him wants to grow up and become an adult, but another part of him wants to reject tthe adult world and stay a child. <span style="DISPLAY: block; COLOR: #12de32; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; TEXT-ALIGN: center"> Rising action <span style="DISPLAY: block; COLOR: #12de32; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; TEXT-ALIGN: center"> In the novel Holden makes many attempts to connect with other people, but in the end he would always alienate himself. <span style="DISPLAY: block; COLOR: #12de32; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; TEXT-ALIGN: center"> Climax <span style="DISPLAY: block; COLOR: #12de32; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; TEXT-ALIGN: center"> There are a few posssible climax's. One could be when he meets Sunny, the end of the date with Sally, when he tries to have her run away with him, when he leaves the apartment, or when he realizes that sexually he is on ready to grew up. <span style="DISPLAY: block; COLOR: #12de32; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; TEXT-ALIGN: center"> Falling Action <span style="DISPLAY: block; COLOR: #12de32; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; TEXT-ALIGN: center"> When Holden watches Phoebe on the Carousel and gets emotional because he happy for her innocents and kind heart. <span style="DISPLAY: block; COLOR: #12de32; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; TEXT-ALIGN: center"> Outstanding book <span style="DISPLAY: block; COLOR: #12de32; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; TEXT-ALIGN: center"> This book is an outstanding book because of alll the depths behind it. It has to do with life in general and what people go through. It teaches you lessons. There are many symbols and themes in Catcher in the Rye that aren't don't catch your eye immediately. This book makes you think about what you have read, teaches you life lessons and has depth to it. <span style="DISPLAY: block; COLOR: #12de32; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; TEXT-ALIGN: center"> <span style="DISPLAY: block; COLOR: #12de32; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; TEXT-ALIGN: center"> Other books of interest  <span style="DISPLAY: block; COLOR: #12de32; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; TEXT-ALIGN: center"> 1.The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn  <span style="DISPLAY: block; COLOR: #12de32; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; TEXT-ALIGN: center"> 2. Lord of the Flies <span style="DISPLAY: block; COLOR: #12de32; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; TEXT-ALIGN: center"> 3.The Outsiders  <span style="DISPLAY: block; COLOR: #12de32; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; TEXT-ALIGN: center"> 4.The Great Gatsby  <span style="DISPLAY: block; COLOR: #12de32; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; TEXT-ALIGN: center"> 5.One flew over the Cukoo's Nest  <span style="DISPLAY: block; COLOR: #12de32; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; TEXT-ALIGN: center"> 6. Flowers for Algernon <span style="DISPLAY: block; COLOR: #12de32; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; TEXT-ALIGN: center"> Work Citied  <span style="DISPLAY: block; COLOR: #12de32; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; TEXT-ALIGN: center"> 1."Dictionary" __Dictionary.com.__ 2008. November 6. <span style="DISPLAY: block; COLOR: #12de32; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; TEXT-ALIGN: center"> [|http://dictionary.reference.com] <span style="DISPLAY: block; COLOR: #12de32; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; TEXT-ALIGN: center"> 2. "Salinger, J.D." __Wikipedia__. November 4, 2008. September 27,2008 <span style="DISPLAY: block; COLOR: #12de32; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; TEXT-ALIGN: center"> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J.D.  <span style="DISPLAY: block; COLOR: #12de32; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; TEXT-ALIGN: center">  <span style="DISPLAY: block; COLOR: #12de32; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; TEXT-ALIGN: center">   =