How New York City Represents Holden Caulfield in The Catcher in the Rye

In this unfinished analytical essay, a writer attempts to argue that the setting of The Catcher in the Rye reflects Holden Caulfield's eagerness to change his life and his ensuing disappointment in his inability to do so.

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"This essay does a good job comparing the specific places in New York City to Holden's emotional or psychological state. The opening is good and clearly states what the paper intends to argue, though later in the paragraph, the thesis is underdeveloped. Your paragraphs stay focused on the specific place, and they've got great topic and concluding sentences. However, the ideas and arguments seem to veer off in the middle of the paragraph and don't always seem connected to the original claim of the paragraph. The textual evidence is helpful to understand your claim, but the analysis of the evidence (i.e., *how* the text supports the claim) lacks cohesion. I think developing the thesis statement to be clear and straightforward will give you something that you can tie your ideas to better to help you strengthen the analysis in the middle of the paragraphs. "

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("How New York City Represents Holden Caulfield in The Catcher in the Rye.")

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