Essays Tagged: "J. D. Salinger"

Perfect Day for Bananafish--this is an analysis of the short story "A Perfect Day for Bananafish" by J.D. Salinger

or their respective nations. This is the case in the short story ?A Perfect Day for Bananafish,? by J.D. Salinger. War has changed a man, and pushed him to realize just what life is about.Seymour Glas ...

(4 pages) 99 1 4.8 Mar/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Phoniness, The True Face And The False Face in "Cather in the Rye" by Salinger

scrutiny of one's character will reveal to whatis behind the facade. Equivalent to what happened in J.D. Salinger'snovel The Catcher in the Rye.Holden Caulfield, a typical teenager in the 50's with am ...

(2 pages) 98 0 4.1 Dec/1996

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

Holden, the main caracter in J.D Salinger's "Catcher in the Rye"

atcher in the Rye is a very descriptive story about a eighteen year old boy named Holden Caulfield. J.D. Salinger shows the character's true emotions. Holden goes to a college named Pency College, whe ...

(4 pages) 98 3 1.9 Dec/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

How a teenager deals with alcohol, sex, and violence in J.D Salinger's "Catcher in the rye"

The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D Salinger, depicts how a lonely teenager, Holden Caulfield, deals with alcohol, sex, and violence ...

(4 pages) 99 1 4.0 Jun/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Similarities with Holden Caufield's (character in Salinger's "Catcher in the rye) feelings to 'Hurt,' by Nine Inch Nails.

nd remembrance between the song 'Hurt,' by Nine Inch Nails and the novel The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger show that Holden Caufield is not the only person that experiences these feelings.Throu ...

(5 pages) 46 0 2.8 Jun/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Comparison of "Catcher In The Rye" by Salinger And "The Adventures of Huck Finn" by Mark Twain

erican novels are compared: The Adventures of Huck Finn by Mark Twain and The Catcher In The Rye by J.D. Salinger. The Adventures of Huck Finn is a novel based on the adventures of a boy named Huck Fi ...

(5 pages) 119 0 3.8 Jan/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors > Mark Twain

The Style of J.D. Salinger

Many critics consider J. D. Salinger a very controversial writer, for the subject matters that he writes.. J. D. Salinger' ... s, through the end of his works they undergone changes that change them for the better.The works of J. D. Salinger show the quest for happiness through religion, loneliness, and symbolism. Salinger's ... ir of lucky underwear, which saves him in battle and helps in finding the love of his life (French, J. D. Salinger 42). The underwear gives the soldier the happiness he is looking for (French, J. D. S ...

(8 pages) 215 7 4.5 May/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Biographies

a biography of J.D. Salinger

'I Think that J.D.Salinger is the most talented fiction writer in America.'(Hyman, Edgar p.444) ''Salinger is an o ... tional writer for the generations with such books as 'The Catcher in the Rye' and 'The Glass House,'J.D.Salinger was born on the first of January 1919, in New York City, to Sol and Mirian Jilich Salin ... )'Few heroes of contemporary literature have aroused so much devotion, imitation, or controversy as J.D.Salingers Holden Caulfield as the dissaflicted adolescent who's lost weekend in New York is chro ...

(5 pages) 70 0 4.2 Dec/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

J.D. Salinger's quest for happiness. How his sharacters conform to the material happiness

Many critics consider J.D. Salinger a very controversial writer, for the subject matters that he writes.. J.D. Salinger's ... , through the end of his works they undergone changes that change them for the better. The works of J.D. Salinger show the quest for happiness through religion, loneliness, and symbolism.Salinger's wo ... ir of lucky underwear, which saves him in battle and helps in finding the love of his life (French, J.D. Salinger 42). The underwear gives the soldier the happiness he is looking for (French, J.D. Sal ...

(8 pages) 94 0 4.7 Jan/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Forces of Corruption in "The Great Gatsby" by Fitzgerald

orruption, its sources and consenquences, is a coomon concern amongwriters from Shakespeare through J.D Salinger. Some suggest that it attacks from outside, whileothers depict corruption occuring from ...

(2 pages) 84 0 3.8 Jan/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Catcher and The Rye"

The Catcher In The Rye, written by J.D. Salinger, is a fictional novel that was first published in 1965. The novel takes place in New Y ...

(3 pages) 79 1 3.2 Mar/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

"The Catcher in the Rye" by Salinger. The first novels written with young adults in mind

The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger, is one of the first novels written with young adults in mind, though it is a classic ...

(6 pages) 78 0 3.0 Mar/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Quest for Love. About Holden Caulfield's starving to allocate his love in "Catcher in the Rye" by Salinger

In many novels in J.D. Salinger's library of books, there is a recurring theme of the loss of innocence of children, t ... protect and to care for people who need protecting and caring. In the novel, Catcher in the Rye, by J. D. Salinger, love is used by a character, Holden Caulfield, who struggles desperately to find a c ...

(9 pages) 247 3 4.4 Jan/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Holden Caulfield - The Catcher In The Rye

Holden CaulfieldJ.D. Salinger gives Holden a realistic voice and perspective that the reader can identify with. We a ...

(4 pages) 96 1 3.0 Nov/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

The Emotional Journey - Comparing the Catcher In the Rye by J.D. Salinger to She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb.

olores Price from She's Come Undone, by Wally Lamb and Holden Caulfield from Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger have many other characteristics in common. These two individuals go on separate emotio ...

(9 pages) 58 0 3.3 Nov/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger.

Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger.Topic: In the Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger, Holden continually and progressively ...

(5 pages) 99 0 4.0 Nov/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

This essay is about how the theme of believing in dreams, is central to the novel Shoeless Joe and applies to three main characters.

The theme of dreaming and never giving up on your dreams is central to Shoeless Joe and is shown in J.D Salinger, Eddie Scissons, and Ray Kinsella. All three of these characters have a dream of some s ... y mentioned characters, their dreams are vastly important and this is how the theme applies to them.J.D Salinger is the famous writer who appears in the novel Shoeless Joe. In the novel he like many o ...

(3 pages) 88 1 4.0 Jan/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Banned Book Essay "The Catcher in the Rye" by J.D. Salinger. This essay is about why The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger was banned from many states.

Banned Book EssayThe Catcher in the RyeBy: J.D. Salinger"The Catcher in the Rye" is a story of an emotionally disturbed young sixteen year old ... ns innocent. He is a model of virtue."The Catcher in the Rye" was intended for high school readers. J.D. Salinger goes into the thoughts of one teenager in order to reach out to other teenagers. He pr ... many teenagers go through. Holden Caulfields's innocent cynicism speaks very clearly to teenagers. J.D. Salinger speaks the language of teenagers by validating their feelings of awkwardness and mistr ...

(3 pages) 137 1 3.7 Jan/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

J.D. Salinger's "A Perfect Day for Bananafish" review and summary

A Perfect Day for BananafishThis short story by J.D. Salinger is a great example of his unique writing styles. It starts out with the lady living wi ...

(1 pages) 49 0 3.4 Jan/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Comparing Todays music with the THEME of Catcher in The Rye

at kind of music we listen to and its tone. As so, the tone of this novel, A Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger, can be expressed through various forms of music. Music that can express the confusion ...

(4 pages) 40 0 4.1 Feb/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies