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Cather in the Rye
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The Catcher in the Rye is a novel about a young teenage boy’s story of leaving the childhood and growing into maturity. Holden finds that everything’s wrong around him in the society of the adults. He clearly states that he wants to be a catcher in the rye as his future career. Holden’s painful experience of growing up causes him to want to be a catcher in order to change the future of the young kids. Holden’s experience of living and discovering the world causes a depression in him about growing up and aroused his desire to make changes. After Holden left Pency, he encounters many kinds of phonies who annoy him so much. The undertaker Ossenburger and the headmaster Thurmer are two examples. When Marsalla laid a terrific fart, Ossenburger and Thurmer’s response surprises Holden when he says, “Old Marsalla. He damn near blew the roof off. … and old Ossenburger made out like he didn’t even hear it, but old Thurmer, the headmaster, was sitting right next to him on the rostrum and all…He didn’t say anything then…”(17) Holden’s greatly disturbed by the adult phonies who cover their real face with a mask and believe they are doing the right thing. Holden hates to grow up and live with those phonies in the society. In the novel, Holden says that sex is something he doesn’t understand.
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