How does Salinger present Holden's relationship with women?
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A book review on 'The Catcher in the Rye' By J.D.Salinger
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Compare Pency Prep and Sleam House schools.
Compare Pency Prep and Sleam House schools. You should consider the following: * The presentation of the two headmasters * Relationships between the pupils * Relationships between teacher and pupil * Social and historical background Historical and Social Backround Both Pency Prep and Salem House have different historical and social backgrounds. However, they still have many similarities. I think that both schools are founded on hypocracy, and that they draw attention to a certain 'class' of people. Pency Prep advertised in many magazines showing readers that their school was excellent and different, when actually it was like most other schools. " They advertised in about a thousand magazines, always showing some hot-shot guy on a horse jumping. Like all you ever did was polo at..." I think that wealthy parents would send their children to Pency Prep. Whereas people who want to get rid of there for a short period of time would sent their children to Salem House. " Salem House was a square brick building with wing of bare and unfurnished appearance. " Salem House was also advertised in some sort of manner. The waiter at the\inn said that he and heard of the school, and he also knew stories about it. However, this quotation may be unreliable because he may have wanted to scare Dave. " That's the school where they broke the boy's ribs - two ribs..." Differences between
Is Holden Caufield a sufficiently interesting Character to be the hero of the novel?
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The novel is called The Catcher in the Rye because Holden hears in chapter 16, a poem written by Robert Burns called Comin through the Rye and he dreams of being a sort of guardian of the children who play in a rye field, and stop them when
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