In this world, there are many attitudes towards life that one can possess. This attitude can range from nihilism to ignorant idealism depending on the human being. The works entitled "Dead Poets' Society" and "The Catcher in the Rye" hold a variety of stances on life. However, the novel, "The Catcher in the Rye" mainly paints the mind-set of idealism because it is about an adolescent named Holden Caulfield who is highly idealistic. The novel …showed first 75 words of 1492 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1492 total…can conclude that both Dead Poets' Society and "The Catcher in the Rye" portray idealism through its main characters, but, "The Catcher in the Rye" illustrates the image of idealism in a more promising light. Therefore, the book in itself is more hopeful about life as it demonstrates that one can be idealistic and survive while the film suggests that one has to be conventional and realistic in order to endure the hardships of life.