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ARRoGANT CoURiERS WiTH ESSaYS
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Grade Level: Type of Work Subject/Topic is on:
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[ ]6-8 [ ]Class Notes [How we can relate to ]
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[ ]9-10 [ ]Cliff Notes [Holden in Catcher in the]
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[x]11-12 [x]Essay/Report [Rye ]
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[ ]College [ ]Misc [ ]
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Dizzed: 08/94 # of Words:856 School: Prep/All Boys State:CT
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ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>Chop Here>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
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"Catcher in the Rye"
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The book Catcher in the Rye tells of Holden Caulfield's insight about
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life and the world around him. Holden shares many of his opinions about
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people and leads the reader on a 5 day visit into his mind. Holden,
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throughout the book, made other people feel inferior to his own. I can
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partially relate because i do view people higher or lower depending on
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their knowledge about a particular subject. I never judge all equally.
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Holden and I both have similar judgements of people from the way they act
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and behave. We also share feelings about motivation and the lack thereof.
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After reading this book, I came to the conclusion that Holden and I are
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much more similar than I initially believed.
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Holden portrayed others to be inferior to his own kind all throughout
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the book. He made several references as to how people aren't as perfect as
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he was. "The reason he [Stradlater] fixed himself up to look good was
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because he was madly in love with himself." (pg. 27) Holden had an
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inferiority complex. He was afraid of not having any special talents or
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abilities and used other methods to make him out to be a rough tough boy.
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"Boy, I sat at that goddam bar till around one o'clock or so, getting drunk
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as a bastard. I could hardly see straight." (pg. 150) Holden tried all he
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could to fit in, he drank, cursed and criticized life in general to make it
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seem he was very knowing of all. I myself have found me doing this too at
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times. I at times feel the need to fit in to a group and do things similar
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to what others do in order to gain acceptance by them. I smoked a cigar
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once with two friends of mine because they kept going on and on about how
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great cigars were, but that was only once. Holden and I both place people
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on levels other than our own for amount of knowledge and likeness to
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ourselves.
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Holden used the term 'phonies' to describe more than a few people in
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this book. He used the term to be what a person is if they don't act
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naturally and follow other people's manners and grace. Holden didn't like
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phonies, he thought of them as if they were trying to show off. He didn't
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like it when they showed off because it seemed so fake and unnatural every
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time they'd do so.
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"At the end of the first act we went out with all
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the other jerks for a cigarette. What a deal that
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was. You never saw so many phonies in all your life,
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everybody smoking their ears off and talking about
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the play so that everybody could hear how sharp they
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were." (pg. 126)
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I know many people like this as well. I do not like phonies either. I
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have many friends who talk using full vocabulary just to try to impress
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you, and others who do make note of everything they see to show you how
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perceptible they are. People do this when they have a fear of their own
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individuality and feel that they need to ace different to get people to
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like them. Holden and I both dislike phonies. We do not like people who
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take on roles of others to seem more likeable because they are insecure.
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Throughout the book Holden displays a lack of motivation for many
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things in which he should do. Holden couldn't even call up an old
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girlfriend whom he knew a long time ago.
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"But when i got inside this phone booth, I
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wasn't much in the mood any more to give old
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Jane a buzz." (Pg. 150)
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Holden also had a problem getting his motivation together in order to
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complete schoolwork and succeed in his prep school. I have similar problems
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with my motivation and find at times I must be in the mood to do something
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in order for me to accomplish it. This stems from our experience in the
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past being that we can get through life, or the part we've been through
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already, with minimal effort. Holden has had this opportunity to notice
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this as his parents have been shuffling him around to different schools
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every time he flunks. He feels his parents will be there to move him
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somewhere else and take care of him every time something goes wrong. I
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found out in eighth grade that the schoolwork i had was far less than the
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schoolwork I did and I began to slack off, this caused me to believe that I
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could get away with minimal true effort in my schoolwork and it has also
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followed me into other courses of my daily routine. I find my forgetting
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to do things and having my parents doing them for me. I find I am
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basically pampered to my every will and need at home. This is a bad habit
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though and I am trying to get out of this lifestyle because I realize I
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won't always have someone to fall back on. Holden and I both have similar
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motivational problems stemming from our childhood.
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Holden Caulfield and I are very similar in many ways. We tend to judge
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different people similar ways. We both dislike people whom act with
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insecurity. We also both lack motivation because of previous childhood
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experiences which have shaped our lives. Holden Caulfield and I have began
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our great journey through life with similar ideas to each other.
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