Part one of term paper
In J. D. Salinger’s “The Catcher in the Rye” the protagonist, Holden, is faced with many obstacles. Like most tragic heroes, he is a man who is reasonably happy at the beginning of the tragedy, but as the tragedy develops, some failure in his personality begins to affect events, so that his progress is a movement from happiness to mise ...

Part two of term paper
... general need for female companionship leads him to a reasonably accurate self-analysis: he thinks that he is the “biggest sex maniac you ever saw,” but later admits that he really doesn’t understand sex or know much about it. Holden, however, finds himself feeling rather “horny” and decides to call upon the service of Faith Cavendish. She “wasn’t exactly a whore or anything but she didn’t mind doing it once in a while...” Holden feels this experience will thrust him int ...