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The

Thinking Man

The Catcher In The Rye



Margaret Atwood once described the

thinking man as on who resists, believes survival is a necessity, is isolated

and alienated, and who is aware of the elements that make one's psyche and

physical being disappear. Atwood's "thinking person" is exhibited in Holden

Caulfield through the use of character, plot, & symbolism.

To begin with,

the "thinking person" is portrayed through Holden Caulfield's character. One

of the characteristic's of Atwood's "thinking person" is one of being isolated

and alienated. Holden is a very lonely character. An example that shows this

is his direct reference to David Copperfield in the first paragraph of the

novel when he says "...and all that David Copperfield kind of crap."(pg.1)

When David Copperfield was a child he was alienated from his mother, and was

very lonely. This points to the fact that Holden had a very lonely childhood

and, like David Copperfield, his innocence as well.......

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