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The Catcher in the Rye Study Guide & Essays
Although J.D. Salinger has written many short stories, The Catcher in the Rye is Salinger's only novel and his most notable work, earning him great fame and admiration as a writer and sparking many high school students' interest in great literature. The protagonist's adventures and concerns about…
The Catcher in the Rye study guide contains a biography of J.D. Salinger, literature essays, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and analysis.
- Short Summary
- About The Catcher in the Rye
- Character List
- Glossary of Terms
- Major Themes
- Quotes and Analysis
- Summary and Analysis of Chapters 1-2
- Summary and Analysis of Chapters 3-5
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Anyone know what a psychiatric diagnosis of Holden would be? for example - paranoid, antisocial? asbergers and ideas for a name for his mental illness
What do you think the following quote means?
"I told him he thought he could give the time to anybody he felt like. I told him he didn't care if a girl kept all her kings in the back row" (Salinger 44)
"I told him he thought he could give the time to anybody he felt like. I told him he didn't care if a girl kept all her kings in the back row" (Salinger 44)
how does ackley help further develop holdens character?
I really want people to read this book several times in there life. I read it once quite a few years back and I picked it up again randomly and decided to give it another shot.
The first time i read it I though Holden was so outright and honest and I loved him for it. He was so refreshing in my eyes, to see everything wrong and pin point it. I thought he was great.
The second time around the character was nothing like how I remebered. I saw a disturbed injured adoslescent going through these changes. At times I wanted him to just get over some of these "fits" he would have. His life is sad and at the end of the book he is doomed to continue the same avenue becuase he has not come to a revelation nor has he matured.
What do you think? Which Holden do you see?
The first time i read it I though Holden was so outright and honest and I loved him for it. He was so refreshing in my eyes, to see everything wrong and pin point it. I thought he was great.
The second time around the character was nothing like how I remebered. I saw a disturbed injured adoslescent going through these changes. At times I wanted him to just get over some of these "fits" he would have. His life is sad and at the end of the book he is doomed to continue the same avenue becuase he has not come to a revelation nor has he matured.
What do you think? Which Holden do you see?
