catcher in the rye by j.d. salinger

Essay : The Catcher in the Rye

The Catcher in the Rye is a story of Holden Caulfield , himself as narrator . It is written by J .D . Salinger released in 1951 . It tells about Holden 's criticism of the world and how he isolated himself from the rest afte he was dismissed from Pencey Prep because of academic failure . He was sixteen at that time ADDIN EN .CITE The Catcher in the Rye20075 June2007ht tp /en .wikipedia .org /wiki /The_Catcher_in_the_Rye4 June 2007 "The Catcher in the Rye

Holden 's

argument was about how he saw the world as full of hypocrisy full of pretense , which he called phoniness . It seems that he hated the people in his environment because he thought that they were deceitful and corrupt . All throughout the story , it seems that was wandering all along yet he cannot find any satisfaction

After his expulsion , he moved to New York where he met several people and had experiences that added more to his depression . Along the way , he met Ernest Morrow , mother of his antisocial bully classmate . He found her attractive despite her age and invited her for a drink , but she refused his offer . He invited another girl for a drink he just knew by name , but again he was refused . He went to the Lavender Room where he tried to fit with the some of the people there . He attempted to mingle with some of the women and danced with each of them . He seemed to enjoy the night but he prevented himself of getting so close in any of them thinking they don 't have much in common ADDIN EN .CITE The Catcher in the Rye20075 June2007ht tp /en .wikipedia .org /wiki /The_Catcher_in_the_Rye4 June 2007 "The Catcher in the Rye

He continually visited some places in New York and went to Ernie 's bar He got drunk and soon left thinking there are many phonies ' there Back to the hotel , he met Maurice who was an elevator boy . Holden was offered a prostitute for five bucks . When he saw Sunny , the young prostitute , it made him more depressed because he cannot bear to have sex with her . Instead , he paid her and told her that he had just gone on a surgical operation

The following day , he had a date with Sally Hayes who was her ex-girlfriend . They watched a performance of The Lunts and went to Rockefeller Center for ice skating . After that , they had a conversation which turned into a fight thus making him more depressed . He thought that they nothing much in common

He decided to visit her sister , Phoebe , and bought a record of the artist she liked . Unfortunately , it fell and broke . He didn 't stay long at their house and went to Mr . Antolini , his former teacher . There , he listened to his speech about how to live a happy life and it seemed that he understood Holden very much . Holden fell asleep for a while but when he woke up...