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Exam Essay - Catcher In The Rye Flashcards

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What techniques were used to portray the theme of sexuality?

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Stream of consciousness

Paradox

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What is Salinger saying about the theme of sexuality?

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Holden fears intimacy
It's secretive and shameful
Perverted, confused, deeply discomforting
rite of passage, has to be done
Struggles with sex & his sexuality
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Quotes: sexuality: stream of consciousness

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Sex is something I don’t understand too hot
Anyway, I kept walking around the room, waiting for this prostitute to show up…I sort of just wanted to get it over with

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Quotes: sexuality: paradox

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In my mind, I’m probably the biggest sex manic you ever saw

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Who is the author of The Catcher in the Rye

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J. D. Salinger

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What techniques were used to portray the theme of youth vs phoniness

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Symbolism

Imagery

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What is Salinger saying about youth vs phoniness

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Children= genuine and caring
Adults= phony and shallow
Phony adults are what is wrong with the world
Adolescence= learning to be fake
Has to save everyone from phonies
Fears for all leaving oblivious to join phony

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Quotes: youth vs phoniness: symbolism

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…little kids playing some games in the i big field of rye and all. Thousands of little kids…I’m standing on the edge of some crazy cliff. What I have to do, I have to catch everybody if they stay to go over the cliff…

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Quotes: youth vs phoniness: imagery

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I was surrounded by phonies…they were coming in the goddamn window

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What three themes were demonstrated in the catcher in the rye

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Sexuality
Youth vs phoniness
Loss of innocence

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What was Salinger saying about the theme of loss of innocence

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Growing up = losing innocence
Holden incapable of maturing
Avoid maturity and adulthood
Emotional stunted

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What techniques were used to portray the theme of loss of innocence

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Symbolism

Metaphor

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Quotes: loss of innocence: symbolism

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The best thing though, in that museum was that everything always stayed right where it was… The only thing that would be different would be you

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Quotes: loss of innocence: metaphor

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The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of a mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one

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