Catcher in the rye

Senior Seminar presentation

Maiko Yoshida

Catcher in the ryeMy favorite books among what I’ve

learned in high schoolHolden became like my friendInterested in human relationships and value of educationFelt connection with the character

Ways of knowing

-Emotion

-Perception

-Language

-Reason

EmotionHolden has serious emotional problem 　 his feeling of isolation and his

thinking, everything is phony

Understand his emotion about innocence

The person behind the mask

PerceptionHolden’s expectation: Everything is

phony The danger of skepticism

Curious about Salinger’s idea of perception

He does not want anything to change

LanguageSometimes his grammar is wrong

a lot of slang

He always gives good example Phoniness, loss of innocence

ConclusionThinking about my own life

I can never lie to myself about me

Integrity and being true to myself most important way: how my heart

reacts