Protecting The Innocence By F. D. Salinger - 1434 Words

Rigoberto Nunez S. Dusang English 3 AP 26 April 2015 Protecting the Innocence; An Overview of The Catcher in the Rye During the nineteen fifties, as the population of the United States hurdled in a whirlpool of amiss, a writer sought to conserve innocence as teenagers move into adulthood. The change from their teenage years to adulthood made them question religion, friendships, and fate. J. D. Salinger saw this as a potential pitfall for teens; therefore, he adopts a unique writing style to which they can relate to. Sol and Miriam Salinger’s son, Jerome David Salinger, was born on January 1st, 1919 in New York (â€Å"Salinger†). Supported by her Jewish husband, a successful meat and cheese importer, Miriam was able to raise Salinger and his two older siblings in the fashionable apartment district of upper Manhattan (French). In 1934 Salinger attended Valley Forge Military academy, where he grasped literature and began writing short stories (French). In spite of later being drafted to be in the military during World War I I, Salinger wrote numerous works which inspired the lives of countless Americans. Through his use of point of view, characterization, and symbolism, Salinger aims towards conserving teenagers’ innocence as they move into adulthood in The Catcher in the Rye. Holden, the teenage protagonist of the novel, experiences an ongoing battle with the adult world and the cruelty associated with it. Holden respects those who represent or protect innocence, and isShow MoreRelatedGreat Gatsby in Comparison to Catcher in the Rye Essay1666 Words   |  7 PagesGreat Gatsby vs. Holden Caulfield The Great Gatsby written By F.Scott Fitzgerald is a novel about people, mainly Gatsby’s idea of the ‘American dream’ which can be compared easily to The Catcher in the Rye By J.D Salinger. Nick and Jay Gatsby are similar to Holden Caulfield. Nick is like Holden in the fact that they both share ideas of having expectations of people and hope, even though society constantly lets them down with multiple examples showing how people act in their natural state. GatsbyRead MoreCharacter Portrayal Of John Caulfield s The Big Day 1911 Words   |  8 Pageslanguage, and moral code.’ Still another feature of youth subculture of the time is a lack of aim and destination in terms of what youngsters do and believe. Deep in their hearts they wish to find and possess an alternative space that belongs to them. Salinger in The Catcher in the Rye captures this feature with subtlety. Throughout the novel, Holden wanders from place to place, revealing his inner mindset of his wish to ‘find a place of his own’ and extricate himself from mainstream society with whichRead More Insurance for White Masculinity: Methods of Control to Ensure a Dominant Race3563 Words   |  15 Pagesthese conflicts may result in men trying to control women in different ways. The rising of equality between white men and white women has lead men to protect the innocence of women in order to keep the men in a state of superiority. Keeping white women white or pure is prevalent in The Moon and the Gutter as Kerrigan is protecting Loretta Channing’s pureness from being contaminated by himself and his surrounding’s. Loretta feels that she loves Kerrigan and attempts to reach him by breaking through