Analyzing Themes In The Story 'After 20 Years' By Jimmy Wells

Reading books was the last thing I would do in my whole life. Notwithstanding, “American Crime Stories” retold by John Escott has changed my mind. The 7 stories in this stunning book are astonishing and stunning in view of the fact that this is not only a simple thriller book but also a reflection of the corrupt world.

Paper by Megan Gamble. ​J.D. Salinger's novel The Catcher in the Rye uses literary elements to create the alienated main character Holden Caulfield. When the novel begins Holden has just been expelled from his prestigious boarding school and is headed to New York City. Salinger used certain literary elements throughout the novel to develop his lead character in way that is understandable to the readers. Salinger uses literary elements such as setting, characters, and the theme of innocence to bring to life the alienation of Holden Caulfield.

Two novels the first is The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger and The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien both published 4 decades away from each other. One is a Historical Fiction and on is Realistic fiction coming-of-age that is going to show how the both novel is gonna differentiate in this essay. The Catcher in The Rye compared to The Things They Carried have different method on how to tackle the characters and objects with going on a different phase

“I was surrounded by phonies. . . They were coming in the goddam window. “ “The Catcher In The Rye”s , novel by J.D Salinger is about a struggled teenager named Holden Caulfield struggling with the fact that everyone has to grow up , having a concern with the loss of innocence. J.D Salinger’s purpose in writing The Catcher In The Rye was an act of liberation reflecting on Holden’s faith . He wrote this to get closure and to put words in his feelings in a way that others can relate to.

In The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger, as Holden interacts with Allie, Jane, and Phoebe he reflects on his perspective on adulthood and carves it to match the development of these characters. Holden originally felt that because his younger brother, Allie, can not grow up and move into adulthood, so too he also should not progress into adulthood. Eventually, Holden finds Jane, who becomes his new symbol of childhood, but becomes confused when she too starts to mature. Finally, his younger sister, Phoebe, becomes the last straw that makes him realize he needs to move on in life; he comes to the realization that adulthood is not as daunting as he originally thought. Holden's perspective of adulthood develops initially through Allie and Jane,

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger is a novel about a boy named Holden Caulfield who struggles with many problems in his life that we learn about all in a short span of time. The stories starts with Holden leaving Pencey, another school he has been kicked out of, and his small journey before he needs to return home. There are four major symbols that are shown in the book to help the reader fully understand the theme of the story. The four themes are Holden’s loss of innocence, his preoccupation with death, his struggles with depression, and finally his inability to transition. These four themes have numerous symbols that reflect why they are important into explaining Holden’s story.

The way I interpreted the story, the themes are choices and what the consequences or advantages of those choices are. He keeps choosing to go from one job to another, and one state to another etc. and we later find out that it was either smart or dumb.

The Catcher in the Rye is often regarded as a book about coming of age and what it truly means to be an adult. Although coming of age is repeatedly advertised as a positive event in one’s life, the steps before fully maturing often come with obstacles. The author of the novel, J.D. Salinger, follows the story of Holden Caulfield, a boy who is seemingly afraid of his upcoming transition to adulthood. Throughout the novel, there are instances of Holden holding on to innocence. He uses the past as a way to prevent himself from ever truly transitioning to an adult. All of the aforementioned instances are demonstrated through symbols, whether they are in the form of objects or actions. Overall, Salinger’s use of symbolism depicts that Holden holds on to innocence to compensate for his fear of his shift to adulthood.

Twenty years ago tonight, my best friend, Jimmy Wells, and I dined at a restaurant called “Big Joe” Brady’s. Jimmy and I were just like brothers, but the next day I headed for the West. Jimmy stayed here in New York, though. So we decided, exactly twenty years from that day we would meet in that exact spot. I was there, but he wasn’t. So for about ten minutes I waited for him, then an officer came by.

Loss is hard. Whether a family member or a friend, death finds a way to reach us all. No matter how we decide to cope with it, weak or strong, death can consume us, and if we’re not careful, it is able to change us to the point where you not only lose someone you loved or knew but to the point where you begin to lose yourself entirely. In the novel, The Summer of Letting Go, written by Gae Polisner, we follow the main protagonist Francesca Schnell on her journey to overcome the grief and the guilt of the loss of her younger brother.

It's about a man who finds himself entering a life of crime without any idea of how that life works.

The three real apparent themes in this story is justice is served, how guilt makes you feel and the Ten Little Indians poem. I really enjoyed this book because of

The past always has a way coming back to find you, no matter if it is a good thing or even a bad thing that can haunt you for the rest of your life. Life can always have a turning point for you. With this being said, you may not even know when it can happen to you. Reading the novel The Catcher in the Rye, it has shown that Holden has experienced and encountered people that have found ways to come back and takes his life on a turn. The saying history repeats itself, is true, because it always finds a way back to you and there are always life lessons to learn from your own mistakes.

The poem “A Well-Worn Story” (Parker, 1924) is expressing a bad feeling that is the narrator, a young girl was heartbroken. In this poem, it showed us two side of love. Both the good side and the bad side. The good sides is the young girl was falling in the love with her lover. The bad side is she is heartbroken.

In Book XVI we have discovered the main plots of the story, which were Patroclus killing Zeus’s son, Sarpedon and at the end of the story when Hector fights and kills Patroclus, Achilles best friend and brother.