This essay will determine the differences between two popular books, The catcher in the rye: by J.D Salanger and Great expectations: by Charles Dickens. Great expectations was first published in serial form in 1861 and is written in standard English with many colloquial and archaic words. As with catcher in the rye, it was first published in 1951 and is written in American English and also has many colloquial words and is also written as if the main character is speaking (first person narrative) directly to you.
The main characters Holden (Catcher in the rye) and Philip Pirrip, referred to as pip because
" My fathers name being Pirrip and my Christian name being Philip my infant tongue could make no more of both names than pip, so I called myself pip and came to be called pip". "Christian" is an example of an archaic word as it is not in common use but it is Standard English. Pip is 7-8 years of age while Holden is 15-16.
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