A compaixão em O apanhador no campo de centeio, de J. D. Salinger

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Ano de defesa: 2005
Autor(a) principal: Buarque, Adriana lattes
Orientador(a): Lima, Waldecy Tenório de
Banca de defesa: Não Informado pela instituição
Tipo de documento: Dissertação
Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
Idioma: por
Instituição de defesa: Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo
Programa de Pós-Graduação: Programa de Estudos Pós-Graduados em Ciência da Religião
Departamento: Ciências da Religião
País: BR
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Link de acesso: https://tede2.pucsp.br/handle/handle/2100
Resumo: Compassion as redemption of the human being. The aim of this work is to show how Holden Caulfield, the character of The catcher in the rye, returns from his isolation of the world by means of his altruistic love, considering 'the other' more important than himself. From the hypothesis that Holden's grief in maintaining innocence leads him to depression, as compassion leads him to the answer for such conflict, the methodological procedures were based on the inductive method for elaborating theses: historical procedures, such as contextualizing the novel, bibliographical research, text selection, analysis, interpretation, organization and composition of the theoretical approach. Contextualizing J. D. Salinger and his narrative leads to a more accurate comprehension of Holden Caulfield. The anguish of being lonely makes him want to die, something that changes when he realizes, benevolently, that the answer to his question is to seek 'the other'. Then, compassion, the need to love, silences his inner pain