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... J.D Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye, brings a unique sense of language for one of the first times in history by using basic curse words which come across as intelligent and symbolic rather then ignorant or lack of better words. ... As the novel progresses, the reader notices a primitive sense of language, coming from Holden Caulfield who narrates and tells his story of struggles. ... Whereas his roommates at his private school use the more offensive slang’s such as Jesus, Christ sake and Jesus Christ almost routinely, and Holden rarely uses them unless he is extremely emotional in a situation. ... ”
The use of crude language in Catcher in the Rye increase when Holden is reporting schoolboy dialogue. When he is directly addressing the reader, Holden’s use of such language drops off almost entirely. There is also an increase in this language when characters become either excited or angry, such as when Holden is apprehensive over Stradlaters treatment of Jane Gallagher his godamns increase to suddenly seven on a single page (39). ... As always Salinger’s Holden is basically typical, with a strong over lay of an individual:
“He started handling my exam paper like it was a turd or something” (13)
“He put my goddamn paper down and then looked at me like he’d just beaten the hell out of me in ping-pong or something” (14)
“That guy morrow was about as sensitive as a toilet bowl” (14)
At one point of the Catcher in the Rye, Holden’s crude language disappears instantly, but only when he is describing the innocence of a young boy he sees walking down the street, as well as when Holden is speaking with his sister who he believes he the most innocent child, and only at one time does he cry in the book and that is when his little sister Phoebe, is ridding the carrousel around and around, does he begin to cry because he never wants her to be hurt by the outside world.
Approximate Word count = 1165
Approximate Pages = 4.7
(250 words per page double spaced)
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