Did you ever have a feeling like when you are reading a book you can relate to another protagonist? Well that happen to me when I was reading the books “The Cather in the Rye” which was wrote by J.D Salinger and “Haroun and the Sea of Stories” which was wrote by Salman Rushdie. Both of these books had very interested protagonist. Holden Caulfield a flawed, adolescent and Haroun Khalifa and ideal alternate shares many similarities and differences.
Holden Caulfield is a pessimistic person who is always disconnected and cynical to everyone he meets in his life. Holden play life’s like a poker game because you don’t what move is he going to make next. If you can describe action he made was unwise decision. Holden had no purpose in his life and he didn’t care about the consequence for his action. After his brother Allie he had no point to life his life. In the book it says “I felt so lonesome, all of a sudden. I almost wish I was dead”. As I was reading the book I was wondering why he has a negative view of the world. Isn’t because of his brother dead that question will always be blank for everyone. When I was reading the book I was saying what kind of character is Holden a person who no strengths but English and his weakness are judging everyone he meets Holden acted like a child for his age he doesn’t really want to grow up. He thinks that when you grow you change and you would do anything for a couple bucks. In the book he says his brother DB who sells himself to Hollywood for the money. As Holden knows that he has to grow for the people he loves. Overall Holden is a very negative protagonist who doesn’t what he doing to his life but needs someone to guide to the path of peace
Haroun Khalifa is a determined person who us always...
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...Between Holden and Haroun the type of journey breaks them apart. With Holden he goes on a journey to escape his old life. But Haroun goes on a quest to find out the whereabouts of his mother. The second differences are their life. One can’t accept his past and wants it to disappear. The other can’t wait for his future to come because he predicts that it would make his life better. The final differences are how they accepted their life as the ending approaches. With Holden he finally admits that he has a mental problem and try’s to do something about but doesn’t promise anything about it. With Haroun he is fill with happiness because he’s finds out why his mother left him and he found a way to bring her back to his village and they live their life happy together. Holden and Haroun have their things in common but they do have some flaw but that what makes them unique.
Holden also has a negative perspective of life that makes things seem worse than they really are. In addition to Holden’s problems he is unable to accept the death of his brother at a young age. Holden’s immaturity, negative mentality, and inability to face reality hold him back from moving into adulthood. Holden’s immaturity causes him many problems throughout the story. Although he is physically mature, he acts more like a child.
In summary, Holden Caulfield is a troubled adolescent whose personality, improper feelings and habit of running from his problems prevent him from receiving sympathy. Since his personality includes being lazy and insincere, it is difficult to feel sympathy for him when he fails to try or tells lies. His improper feelings depress him over nothing or leave him lonely and isolated. His habit of running away from his problems make it difficult for him to receive sympathy because he chooses not to face his problems. Holden is a character that causes his own sadness. His actions prevent sympathy from being felt for him because most circumstances are all avoidable. Sympathy will be felt for the distraught protagonist when he fixes his personality or makes better decisions. Until then, Holden Caulfield is a character that it will be difficult to feel sympathy for.
The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger, is home to the protagonist Holden Caulfield. There is no coincidence that he holds a striking resemblance to the author of the novel himself. Salinger seemed to have a similar childhood as Holden describes in The Catcher in the Rye. Both men also seemed to have a certain fascination with younger children, especially younger women. J.D. Salinger based one of his most famous characters, Holden Caulfield, on personal experience.
Ultimately, Holden Caulfield’s decisions were incredibly based on his yearning for innocence in life when it is slowly fading away from the world. The audience feels sympathy towards Holden because they know Holden’s past years have been traumatizing with his brother’s death and his moving of schools. The audience knows now that Holden’s alienation is because he does not want to lose his or anyone’s innocence. Thus, the overall lesson is that one cannot prevent another person to do what they want to do, and if they fall, let them.
Holden Caulfield is an intriguing narrator who guides us through his world with amazing honesty. By experiencing the world through his words and ideas we are in a position to understand the character better than anyone else in the novel. Specifically through his comments and attitudes about sex he reveals his sensitive and caring nature, his innocence and naïveté, and a fierce fear of change. Above all else it is revealed that Holden is not prepared to grow up and whether he ever will be is left uncertain.
Holden is a teenage character who has suffered a lot in his life. He has suffered a lot. He doesn?t care about anybody other than his sister, Phoebe. He did not like the adulthood because he thought that every adult was a phony. Holden thinks that when people lie, they are being phony.
Without the correct love, who he never got from Jane, Allie, or even the prostitute, Holden finally turns to the person he loves the most. His sister, Phoebe, seems to be Holden’s favorite person. He loves her innocence, but also claims that she is the smartest child in the world. She really makes Holden’s soft and good side show, along with his desire of innocence. Therefore, Holden is a sweet boy who wants to keep kids from growing up, to keep them happy. Holden just took the wrong paths a couple times, leading him to end up where he is in the book. He comes off as a bad kid. Most of America thinks he is a bad kid. In an honest opinion, Holden seems to just be trying to protect people from sadness because everyone is going to grow up eventually.
Holden is quite an interesting character because his attitude toward life in general is very complex. He pretends to be an adult by drinking heavily, yet he complains like a child. You can clearly see the struggle Holden is going through in finding himself. Holden's thoughts aren't what the average sixteen year old boy thinks about. He describes death in a weird sense and he pretends to be injured often yet he hasn’t been in that position before. He is a bit violently and sexual for a kid. Holden feels misunderstood by others because the way they perceive him.
Holden is biased toward certain words that he sees as phony, but he still uses words that have the same connotation. In addition, he criticizes people who are perverted, yet he holds the same sexual desires even though he has never experienced it before. Finally, Holden tells lies to boost his self esteem however, he hates it when the same type of deceit is performed by other people. Holden goes through life meeting others and setting expectations for them. Unfortunately, those adults never seem to meet his expectations. Likewise, Holden himself can never manage to live up to his own ideals either establishing a character who is never fully honest and
...ing thoughts In conclusion, Holden Caulfield is a troubled young man who is isolated from the 'real' world and the adult wold. Holden is stuck the path of moving from adolescence and innocence to to and adult world he considers insensitive and phony. Holden has issues discovering his personal identity as he isolates himself. Shutting the world out and scrutinizing those whom he considers to be "phonies." Because he is so eager to criticize the world around him. Holden thus is differentiated from those in society. It is an undeniable fact, that each one of use at some point or another must grow up. Holden is unable to grasp this idea and this leads to his nervous breakdown . If Holden had a less traumatic past and had the ability and willingness to connect to others and create and maintain relationships he would have a less unsettling furture ahead of him.
Holden struggles with himself mightily and cannot fulfill his responsibilities. One of Holden’s struggles is that he has a bad attitude towards everyone. For example, at the school he goes to, he hates his roommates and his teachers. In addition to not liking anyone, Holden
In the book The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger, characterization of Holden Caulfield reveals a classic coming-of-age story. Throughout the novel, Holden’s character develops and begins to transition from being a child to being an adult. His journey in the story helps him recognize his true identity, in both positive and negative ways.
Mr. Antolini?s theory as to what is wrong with Holden is right on, it?s just too bad he was unable to get through to Holden. Due to the fact that Holden has already given up on himself and is unwilling to apply the valuable advice he has been given. He has lost the substantial ability to find happiness in life and therefore can?t find the energy to motivate himself in anything he does. It?s a tragedy that someone as bright as Holden Caulfield is unable to find the strength within himself to persevere in a world of insanity.
Holden is the main character of the book. He is a complicated boy how seems to get thrown out of boarding schools left and right. He is constantly thinking about depressive thoughts of his past, like times he was with his brother, who is dead. His thoughts of his brother bring serious rage for some reason. In one instance he tells about the day after his brothers death, and Holden was filled with such anger and loneliness, he punched through all the glass doors in his garage. This required him to go to the hospital, and unfortunately his stay at the hospital forced him to miss his brothers funeral. He also keeps thinking about his old girl friend Jane. Holden is reminded of past times with her, where her father upset her, and Holden was the only one there to console her. So with that in mind, he thinks he still may have a place with her, and Holden believes that all his happiness will rest with her. Holden is just a guy who is searching for something to get him out of his depression, but he has no idea what it is, and above all how to get it.
With this comes his resentment towards everyone around him. Holden Caulfield, with a few exceptions, has never seen someone for who and what they truly are, but instead looks at everyone as a phony. He states, “One of the biggest reasons I left Elkton Hills was because I was surrounded by phonies. That 's all.” (17). Holden especially has a true resentment towards his parents that is caused by Allies death. In 1946, Holden 's little brother Allie died and his world crumbled, putting him into an angry and depressed state of mind. Caulfields parents made the situation much worse, by practically getting rid of Holden and sending him to a boarding school. This proves that they did not want to deal with him, and ultimately wanted him out to mask some of their problems. This becomes a very strong reason that proves Holden 's hatred for his parents. There are a variety of examples to prove the uneasy transition that Holden goes through, but his resentment towards others truly shows the loss of innocence by showing that he is no longer a happy kid. He instead jumps to the conclusion that everyone, and everything is