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Catcher In The Rye Themes
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Themes What do you think are the main themes in the novel? Relationships Growing up / Innocence and Childhood The individual versus society The effect of the environment Honesty and Integrity How are these themes are revealed to the reader?
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Relationships Holden as an outsider Adults and Parents Pency Prep Loneliness Attempting to befriend people he meets
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Relationships Meaningful conversations Being disappointed by interactions Frequently misunderstood / fails to make himself understood Relationships in the past
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‘Bildungsroman’ A novel which traditionally explores the transition between adolescence and adulthood Salinger subverts this by not giving us an affirmation of Holden’s maturity at the end of the novel At end of novel Holden regains faith in childhood innocence, which implies a kind of salvation
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Growing up / Innocence and Childhood The transition between adolescence and adulthood Holden sees adult world as superficial Allie, Phoebe and Jane Holden’s childlike qualities Fantasy and Reality
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The individual versus society Pressure to conform The values of school New York people Materialism (obsession with possessions)
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The effect of the environment Holden experiences three different environments throughout the novel: Pency Prep, New York City and his home. He tries to escape from each at some point One of Holden’s paradoxs He desires to be somewhere, but quickly becomes claustrophobic and has to leave What does this show us about Holden? That he cannot escape from himself
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The effect of the environment Pency Prep New York City Home
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Honesty and Integrity Holden’s obsession with ‘phonies’ Who does Holden see as a phony? Just about everyone Who does Holden see as honest? Nuns, Phoebe, Jane Links to theme of innocence / childhood
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