Avidity and Deceitfulness

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Authors

  • Asra Anjum CMJ University

Keywords:

Avidity, Deceitfulness, Holden Caulfield, attitude, dated profanity, madman stuff, Christmas, Pencey Prep School, failing classes, English, ax, recurring theme, Mr. Spencer, future

Abstract

The Catcher in the Rye begins with seventeen-year-oldHolden Caulfield jumping right in – with a lot of attitude and dated profanity– to tell us about "this madman stuff" that happened to him"around last Christmas." His story begins on a December Saturday atPencey Prep School in Pennsylvania, where he's just been given the ax (read: kickedout) for failing all his classes except English. Turns out, getting the ax is arecurring theme in Holden's past. He visits a friendly teacher of his, Mr.Spencer, who lectures him about the "future."

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Published

2011-10-01

How to Cite

[1]
“Avidity and Deceitfulness: -”, JASRAE, vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 0–0, Oct. 2011, Accessed: Aug. 18, 2025. [Online]. Available: https://ignited.in/index.php/jasrae/article/view/4002

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 2 (2011): Journal of Advances and Scholarly Researches in Allied Education (JASRAE)

Section

Articles

How to Cite

[1]
“Avidity and Deceitfulness: -”, JASRAE, vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 0–0, Oct. 2011, Accessed: Aug. 18, 2025. [Online]. Available: https://ignited.in/index.php/jasrae/article/view/4002