Catcher In The Rye Comparison Essay

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Comparison essay of catcher in the Rye and Life of PI According to Helen Hayes “ Every human being on this earth is born with a tragedy, and isn't original sin. He's born with the tragedy that he has to grow up… a lot of people don't have the courage to do it” , Holden decided to try to find a way to keep himself from aging to an adult and trying not to face the fact that when Ali died and he did not want to face that reality while Pi since he lost his whole family and was stranded on an island he did not give up he faced the fact that everyone that he loved was gone but had faith in god and pushed him forward in life while holden was stuck in the past. The characters in the previous sentence are from Catcher in the Rye by J.D Salinger …show more content…
I felt like praying or something when i'm in bed but i couldn’t do it. I can't always pray when i feel like it i'm some sort of atheist i like jesus and all but i don't care for most things” (Salinger chapter 14 page 98-99). Pi said when he knew a girl in toronto she would often talk about god with him. “I know a women in toronto who is very dear to me because she was my foster mother she would talk about the different gods when she first heard hare Krishnas she heard hairless christians when i corrected her i told her that Hindus is that same as christians and muslims in their devotion to god” (Martel chapter 16 page 103-104) Pi is getting more people to believe in god and Pi thinks that believing in god is no joke and must be taken seriously while Holden thinks as if it is a big joke to him. So with this Pi started to have more belief in people. Pi has A strong sense in people unlike Holden who he thinks that everyone is fake and lying all the time. Holden says that “school is full of phonies and that all the boys on the basketball team are all stuck up” (Salinger chapter 17 page 131) with Holden saying this he will not believe A single word a person will say because he will think they are lying. When Pi was talking near
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