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Escaping Adulthood

How Holden Caulfield in J.D. Salinger’s 'The Catcher in the Rye' flees into his imaginary world


Intermediate Examination Paper, 2010

16 Pages, Grade: 2,3


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Content

1. Introduction

2. The Two Worlds of Holden Caulfield
2.1. Real World
2.2. Holden’s Imaginary World

3. Ways of Fleeing
3.1. Honesty and Lies
3.2 Rejecting Society
3.3. Preserving Innocence

4. Holden’s Neurosis
4.1 Role of Sex
4.2 Holden and Girls
4.3. Death through Maturation

5. Conclusion

6. Works cited:

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Title
Escaping Adulthood
Subtitle
How Holden Caulfield in J.D. Salinger’s 'The Catcher in the Rye' flees into his imaginary world
College
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz  (Department of English Linguistics)
Grade
2,3
Author
Year
2010
Pages
16
Catalog Number
V152709
ISBN (eBook)
9783640647286
ISBN (Book)
9783640647316
File size
465 KB
Language
English
Keywords
Adulthood, escaping, catcher in the rye, J.D. Salinger, Holden Caulfield, Phoniness
Quote paper
Daniela Will (Author), 2010, Escaping Adulthood, Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/152709

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