Imagination Paralysis in Six Degrees of Separation by John Guare This paper compares and contrasts two adolescent protagonists, Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn and J.D. Professionally written essays on this topic:Ī Comparison of Two Literary Protagonists He believes he will succeed and it is the successful. As a sort of compromise Holden imagines himself as "the catcher in the rye," a protector of childhood innocence exempt from movement into adulthood, which is neither possible nor sane." (Bloom's Notes 22)Įven Gerald Rosen states that, "It is important to note here that Holden's rejection of an adult role is not a case of sour grapes. His central dilemma is that he wants to retain a child's innocence., but because of biology he must move either into adulthood or madness. He does not know what road to follow and he uses others as the scapegoat for his puzzlement in life. A prep school student who has just been kicked out of his second school, Holden struggles to find the right path into adulthood. Holden Caufield the 16 year old protagonist and main character of The Catcher in the Rye narrates the story and explains all the events throughout three influential days of Holden Caufield, a character who always jumps to conclusions about people and their phoniness, can be labeled as a hypocrite because he exemplifies a phony himself. However the most important aspect of Holden Caufield's character can be attributed to his judgment of people. He wants to retain everything, in short he wants everything to always remain the same, and when changes occur Holden reacts. Holden becomes a character portrayed by Salinger that disagrees with things changing. Holden believes throughout the novel that certain things should stay the same. He remembers all the good and bad, until distinctions between the two disappear. This causes Holden to end the novel missing everyone and every experience. Experiences at Whooten, Pency, and Elkton Hills combine and no levels of time separate them. Salinger indicates this through Holden's confusion of time throughout the novel. His principle difficulty is not that he is a rebel, or a coward, nor that he hates society, it is that he has had many experiences and he remembers everything. However, this is not his principle difficulty. His moral system and his sense of justice force him to detect horrifying flaws in the society in which he lives. The Catcher in the Rye can be strongly considered as one of the greatest novels of all time and Holden Caufield distinguishes himself as one of the greatest and most diverse characters.
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