Catcher in the Rye
Children: spirited, loveable, cute, and something that a society could not live without. But when ones life is so rotated around children like JD Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye character, Holden, one loses all conscious and can only find happiness when with children or thinking about them. Holden can only find genuine love in children, for they have not learned the dreadful prerequisite of life, “phonieness.” He hates the artificiality that adults eventually acquire because all his good memories remain in his youth and his life with young children his age. This characteristic of Holden is shown throughout the book, particularly with his love for Phoebe, his helping the innocent children who are unable to help themselves, and his love for Jane at their age of serenity and ignorance!Holden shows his love for Phoebe by continuously thinking about her and requiring for her company. The only gift we have ever seen given by Holden was his record purchase for Phoebe. “Besides, I wanted to find a record store that was open on Sunday. There was this record I wanted to get for Phoebe, called ‘Little Shirely Beans.’ It was a very hard record to get (114).” This is one example of Holden’s thought and love for
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Some common words found in the essay are:
Anyway DBs, Catcher Rye, California Truly, Shirely Beans, Love Children, Phoebe Besides, love phoebe, love children, ignorance holden, youre home, didnt goddam, helping innocent, unable help, example love, holden probably, rest home,
Approximate Word count = 1465
Approximate Pages = 6 (250 words per page double spaced)
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