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	Holden Caulfield in Winter Manhattan LiteraryTraveler.com
		Holden focuses much of his time in Central Park, a place which seems to conjure up memories of his past and allow the reader to comprehend why he ends up in a mental hospital at the end of the novel.
		A major concern of Holden's, which he repeats thoroughly and in strange circumstances throughout the book, is where the lagoon ducks go for the winter in Central Park South.
		As Holden recites in the later half of the book, everything stays the same at the Museum, and that is what he most loves about it.
	www.literarytraveler.com /literary_articles/holden_caulfield.aspx (911 words)

	Holden Caulfield - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Holden Caulfield is a fictional character, the teenage protagonist of J.D. Salinger's 1951 novel The Catcher in the Rye and other Salinger works.
		Holden Caulfield is the narrator and protagonist of Catcher in the Rye.
		Holden Caulfield is one of the most enduring characters in 20th century American fiction.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Holden_Caulfield (1540 words)

	The Catcher in the Rye - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Holden has actually been expelled from Pencey Prep; he is required to leave the school for good, once vacation begins, but instead he secretly leaves a few days before his scheduled departure date, late one night after having a particularly depressing day with the people in his orbit.
		Holden imagines children playing a game in a field of rye near a cliff, and it is his role to protect the children by catching anyone who comes too near to the edge.
		Holden interprets this as a sexual advance, although the question of whether Antolini is gay, drunk, a caring man, or a combination of the three is never answered.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Catcher_in_the_rye (3906 words)

	Holden Caulfield character sketch
		Holden Caulfield is an idealist clinging desperately to the notion that basic human kindness is far more vital to a happy existence than material wealth.
		At sixteen, Holden’s experiences are limited and so his attitudes are dismissed as the naïve rantings of an innocent youth Holden is alienated due to his inability or unwillingness to conform to the acquisitive attitudes of post-war America.
		Holden is said to suffer from psychological problems because of his self-destructive behavior and his non-conformist attitudes.
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	The Praises and Criticisms of J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye
		It is a widespread belief that much of Holden Caulfield's candid outlook on life reflects issues relevant to the youth of today, and thus the novel continues to be used as an educational resource in high schools throughout the nation (Davis 317-18).
		Holden often makes a point of using the word "really" to assert the fact that something is really so, to prove to the reader that had not become a phony himself.
		Holden doesn't have the knowledge to trace his breakdown or the mental clarity to define it, for all he knows is that "a large avalanche of disintegration is occurring around him" (75).
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	Catcher in the Rye Study Guide
		Holden did not view her as a phony, perhaps because he knew her when she was younger.
		Holden decides that they are only the only adults that have not become phony and therefore can retain their innocence.
		Holden cannot function as a normal part of society because of his hatred towards all "phonies", which he believes everyone to be.
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		It is a widespread belief that much of Holden Caulfield's candid outlook on life reflects issues relevant to the youth of today, and thus the novel continues to be used as an educational resource in high schools throughout the nation (Davis 317-18).
		Holden often makes a point of using the word "really" to assert the fact that something is really so, to prove to the reader that had not become a phony himself.
		Holden doesn't have the knowledge to trace his breakdown or the mental clarity to define it, for all he knows is that "a large avalanche of disintegration is occurring around him" (75).
	www.sjsu.edu /faculty/patten/salinger.html (3644 words)

	purevolume™ \| Holden Caulfield
		Holden Caulfield, in a way, has always been more like a collective instead of just a band.
		That really shines through when you hear the material that makes up Holden Caulfields 2007 "...And Never Will", which could arguably be their best recording to date.
		At this point Holden Caulfield is trying to spend every bit of time they possibly can on the road.
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	PlanetPapers - How Exhibitionism and Rebellion Prevent Healthy Relationships in Holden Caulfield
		Holden Caulfield demonstrates exhibitionism that prevents him from developing healthy relationships with other people.
		Holden is a teenager that demonstrates this common adolescent behaviour.
		Holden drinks often even though he is not of age to drink alcohol (Salinger 90).
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	The Catcher in the Rye Book Notes Summary by J.D. Salinger: Major Characters
		Holden Caulfield: Holden is six feet two and has grown six and a half inches in the last year.
		Phoebe Caulfield: Holden's younger sister, Phoebe is a smart kid, and she and Holden mutually adore and respect each other.
		Holden flees Antolini's apartment in the middle of the night, however, after he wakes up to find the teacher patting his head, fearing it is some 'perverty' move.
	www.bookrags.com /notes/citr/CHR.htm (1000 words)

	The Amazing Technicolor Goldfish - Holden Caulfield as the Typical Teenager
		J.D. Salinger's portrayal of Holden Caulfield as the typical teenager is an accurate one because of Holden's language, his experimentation with adult behaviour, and his rebellion against the adult society,as seen through the music of adolescents.
		J.D. Salinger's portrayal of Holden Caulfield as the typical teenager is an accurate one because of Holden's language, his experimentation with adult behaviour, and his rebellion against adult society, as seen through the music of adolescents.
		Because Holden Caulfield is similar to the characters in songs, he is therefore a typical teenager.
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	Thesis on Holden Caulfield's Breakdown
		Holden Caulfield in The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger suffers from an emotional breakdown that is shown throughout the novel.
		Holden Caulfield suffered from an emotional breakdown because of Jane, Stradlater, the death of Allie and James Castle, and Pencey Prep.
		Holden’s depression was so much a part of his life that he could no longer see the happiness that was right in front of him.
	www.emailessay.com /paper/Holden_Caulfields_Breakdown-104630.html (184 words)

	Essay: Holden Caulfield can be said to be truly the only character in The Catcher in the Rye. - Coursework.Info
		Holden Caulfield can be said to be truly the only character in The Catcher in the Rye.
		Since Holden is both the main character and the narrator of the novel, everything the audience learns is filtered through Holden's consciousness.
		We are told that Holden is sixteen, thin, wears his hair in a crewcut, doesn't eat much, smokes too much, and is somewhat out of shape.
	www.coursework.info /GCSE/English_Literature/Prose_Fiction/Holden_Caulfield_can_be_said_to_be_truly_the_only_L17204.html (323 words)

	Epinions.com - Poor Holden Caulfield
		Holden draws the conclusion that “ people never believe you.” He is always placing labels upon people as being “ phonies “ which gives the reader the idea that Holden thinks that others are materialistic.
		Holden desires acceptance into the adult world, even though he is sickened and depressed by what he regards as its “ phonies “, including his teachers, parents, and older brother.
		Holden suggests that your criticisms of the world are not invalid and nothing you say or think is so bad that you need to repress it.
	www.epinions.com /content_3366625412 (1044 words)

	Holden Caulfield -- American Whiner (washingtonpost.com)
		Holden was a new social type that subsequently has become familiar -- the American as whiner.
		Holden was forever denouncing "phonys" and "phoniness," which put him squarely on the side of the advanced thinkers.
		Holden merely pioneered a new fashion statement with his baseball cap: "I swung the old peak round to the back." In case you were wondering about the pedigree of that bit of contemporary infantilism.
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	Holden Caulfield
		Holden Caulfield - The protagonist and narrator of the novel, Holden is a sixteen-year-old junior who has just been expelled for academic failure from a school called Pencey Prep.
		Although he is intelligent and sensitive, Holden narrates in a cynical and jaded voice.
		As the novel opens, Holden stands poised on the cliff separating childhood from adulthood.
	www.sparknotes.com /lit/catcher/terms/char_1.html (0 words)

	J.D. Salinger's Holden Caulfield, Aging Gracelessly (washingtonpost.com)
		I shared Caulfield's contempt for "phonies" as well as his sense of being different and his loneliness, but he seemed to me just about as phony as those he criticized as well as an unregenerate whiner and egotist.
		Why is Holden Caulfield nearly universally seen as "a symbol of purity and sensitivity" (as "The Oxford Companion to American Literature" puts it) when he's merely self-regarding and callow?
		Holden is a rebel and all that -- "the most terrific liar you ever saw in your life," "probably the biggest sex maniac you ever saw" -- but he's a softy at heart.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/articles/A43680-2004Oct18.html (0 words)

	Amazon.com: The Catcher in the Rye: Books: J.D. Salinger (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In J.D. Salinger's brilliant coming-of-age novel, Holden Caulfield, a seventeen year old prep school adolescent relates his lonely, life-changing twenty-four hour stay in New York City as he experiences the phoniness of the adult world while attempting to deal with the death of his younger brother, an overwhelming compulsion to lie and troubling sexual experiences.
		Holden is appalled when he encounters profanity scrawled on the walls of Phoebe's school, a school that he envisions protecting and shielding children from the evils of society.
		The catalyst for Holden's desires is no doubt the death of his younger brother, Allie, a bright and loving boy who died of leukemia at the age of thirteen.
	www.amazon.com /Catcher-Rye-J-D-Salinger/dp/0316769487 (2204 words)

	Term Papers Example - Sample Fiction Analysis
		Similarly, in J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye, the main character of Holden Caulfield views the world as a place where valuable human qualities such as love and kindness have been overridden by the middle class version of “success”, which is based chiefly on money and power.
		Of course, while Holden’s idealism causes others to view him as naïve and immature, Gatsby’s materialism is highly respected by those around him.
		Holden is alienated due to his inability or unwillingness to conform to the acquisitive attitudes of post-war America.
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	Holden Caulfield - Alla inlägg under november 2006
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	felixbohlin.bloggagratis.se /2006/11 (3693 words)

	www.myspace.com/holdencaulfield
		Holden Caulfield, in a way, has always been more like a collective instead of just a band.
		That really shines through when you hear the material that makes up Holden Caulfield’s 2007 demo, which could argueably be their best recording to date.
		At this point Holden Caulfield is trying to spend every bit of time they possibly can on the road.
	www.myspace.com /holdencaulfield (910 words)

	Holden, 50, Still Catches
		The affinity that Holden evoked I am sure was not limited to me. No doubt many of the 10 million or so people who have also bought a copy since it first appeared feel the same way.
		Holden had created his own world which I was only privileged to visit.
		Holden has a keen eye that sees the hypocrisy of what not only springs from the mouth of adults but also from his school chums.
	partners.nytimes.com /books/98/09/13/specials/salinger-holden.html (791 words)

	CliffsNotes::The Catcher in the Rye:Book Summary and Study Guide
		Holden Caulfield, the 17-year-old narrator and protagonist of the novel, speaks to the reader directly from a mental hospital or sanitarium in southern California.
		Holden is 16 years old as the central story begins, tall at 6 feet 2 1/2 inches, partially gray-haired, and woefully skinny.
		To Holden, Pencey and the other prep schools that he has attended represent all that is artificial (“phony” is one of Holden’s favorite words to describe this artificiality) and all that is despicable about any institution controlled by adults.
	www.cliffsnotes.com /WileyCDA/LitNote/id-53,pageNum-73.html (1157 words)

	The New Yorker: Fact (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Holden, after all, isn't unhappy because he sees that people are phonies; he sees that people are phonies because he is unhappy.
		Holden Caulfield first shows up in Salinger's work in 1941, in a story entitled "Slight Rebellion off Madison," which features a character called Holden (he is not the narrator) and his girlfriend, Sally Hayes.
		Holden (despite the confusion of the Harcourt Brace executive) is not crazy; he tells his story from a sanatorium (where he has gone because of a fear that he has t.b.), not a mental hospital.
	www.newyorker.com /fact/content/?011001fa_FACT3 (3319 words)

	Term Paper on Holden Caulfield's character
		Holden Caulfield character sketch In J.D. Salinger's "The Catcher in the Rye", the main character of Holden Caulfield views the world as a place where valuable human qualities such as love and kindness have been overridden by the middle class version of "success", which is based chiefly on money and power.
		Holden Caulfield is an idealist clinging desperately to the notion that basic human kindness is far more vital to a happy existence than material wealth.
		The "cure", as implied in the novel, would be for Holden to give up his resistance to material gain and his adoration for non-judgmental, genuine human interaction.
	www.swiftpapers.com /essay/Holden_Caulfields_character-106797.html (189 words)

	The World Of Holden
		Holden's kind of clear-thinking is on the side, always of the underdog, the downtrodden, the young, standing out there on the edge of the cliff in the field of rye catching the little kids as they are about to fall off the edge into the abyss of adulthood.
		Holden is drawn to the kind of person who finds pleasure while playing checkers not in winning the game but, instead, in keeping all her kings in the back row.
		Holden's story is told to a friend, and that friend is, as often as not, the reader.
	members.tripod.com /~elvoz/catcher/worldholden.html (3661 words)

	Book Report on holden caulfield (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Holden Caulfield, the narrator and the main character of The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger, is a young adult, who, at first seems to simply describes his four day adventure in New York City after bring expelled from his forth school.
		Holden also, while watching Phoebe on the carousel, decides that, "The thing with kids is, if they want to grab.
		Holden can never be a catcher in the rye anymore, and he has grown up.
	www.newessay.com /database/holden_caulfield-36302.html (164 words)

	Holden Caulfield - Bananafish
		Holden Caulfield is the main character in The Catcher in the Rye.
		The Holden stories all relate to the eventual plot of The Catcher in the Rye, which would become the last of the series.
		Holden is ten years older in the Vincent Caulfield stories like Last Day of the Last Furlough.
	www.salinger.org /index.php?title=Holden_Morrissey_Caulfield (193 words)

	Holden Caulfield: Young Republican - Associated Content
		Holden Caulfield, the protagonist, remains one of the seminal characters in American literature, embraced by the disaffected ranging from the kid who sat next to you in tenth grade to Mark Curtis Chapman, who carried a copy of Catcher in the Rye in pocket as he shot John Lennon to death.
		The events of Holden Caulfield’s life during the narrative are sketchy at best in relation to the impact upon the millions of readers of the novel.
		Holden Caulfield is a hero to many rebellious youths desperately searching for an icon of nonconformity in a world hellbent on enforcing conformity from every angle.
	www.associatedcontent.com /article/45460/holden_caulfield_young_republican.html (576 words)

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