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... D Salinger uses The Catcher in the Rye to express his views on life, as he does in his other novels.
Holden Caulfield’s dismal out look on life and disgust of what he constantly refers to as, “phonies,” shows J.D Salinger’s contempt of materialism and people who are fake. ... Salinger clearly showed his antipathy of fake and materialistic people by who Holden did not like. ... Holden’s other kid sibling, Phoebe, is extremely similar to Allie, “You never saw a kid so pretty and smart in your whole life. ... D Salinger’s views are based on his life experiences and are shown in a plethora of his literary works. ... While Salinger uses Holden and Seymour to criticize greed, and being fake, the lesson is also that living one’s life by being to critical is not the way either. Holden got nowhere and had few true friends in the end and Seymour took the path of no return and took his own life, both endings solved nothing. ... D Salinger writes his novels in hope to discourage greed and being over critical, and to encourage sincerity and love. ... On the other side of the table, he shows how pointless it is to be overly critical of everyone and that suicide can not solve anything. ... ”(Salinger, pg188) Clearly, based on his own life lessons, Salinger has used his stories to teach the audience a lesson or two on what really matters and the importance of one’s life choices. ... Being a “phony” and not being true to one self is detrimental as well. Life is too short to spend it alone, bitter and criticizing others, doing that can only hurt one self.
Approximate Word count = 1344
Approximate Pages = 5.4
(250 words per page double spaced)
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