Catcher In The Rye Conflict Essay

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The author, J.D. Salinger, creates an interesting story plot. The plot intrigues the readers, and it keeps them focused on the story. We, as the readers, develop interest to the novel, due to the major conflict presented by the author. The author created the plot as a look at the life of a young male. We see Holden fighting with himself due to the opposing desires that he has. These opposing desires are to live an adult life, mainly composed with sexual encounters, or to live a childhood fallacy where all adult situations are repressed in his brain. The readers are exposed to Holden’s fights with his own mind. A funny part of the book, which can be treated as its climax, was when Holden saw Sunny, and realized that he wasn’t ready to have any sexual interaction with her, or any one else. …show more content…

Holden Caulfield is a somehow seen as a hero and a model to most young adults who struggle with the decisions he has had regarding sexuality. Holden is characterized as the typical young trouble making male. He has consistently dropped out of schools, and he does not really care about his future. Throughout the whole novel, Salinger creates an interest of sex in Holden’s life. Holden is a virgin, but in the novel he tries everything to lose the virginity. However, it doesn’t happen, because it’s as if he is to innocent, and he refrains from it once the moment is close. The novel has two distinct settings. These settings are Pennsylvania, and New York City. When the novel begins, the author begins the story by telling the adventures of Holden in his old school, Pencey Prep. Then, after his expulsion, we are exposed to the daring journey that Holden goes through in New York. The setting, in reference to time, is set around the early 1950s. The setting of the novel contributed to its interesting story, due to the memories that Holden made in these

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