Catcher

“Catcher in The Rye” One instance in which the author uses symbolism to show a deeper meaning is when the record “The Little Shirley Beans” is used to show Holden’s desire to hold on to his innocence. Holden wants to find this record that he heard at Pencey for Phoebe. It’s a children's record that holden spends 5 dollars on, only for it to be “broken into 50 pieces”(118). Since the record was for children, it symbolised the innocence of a child. When the book is broken it is showing Holden's

presented very clearly in the novel. This novel is predominantly about showing Holden’s attempts at achieving his goals in life only to fall flat on his face to fail. A first time reader of The Catcher in the Rye might not know what to think after reading the novel. It is not the typical novel. The Catcher in the Rye, a

with Phoebe and states what his dream profession really is. Holden tells Phoebe that he would like to be a ‘catcher in the rye’; ‘I keep picturing all these little kids playing some game in this big field of rye and… I have to catch everybody if they start to go over the cliff’. Salinger effectively uses symbolism in this reference, in order to portray Holden’s desire of becoming a ‘Catcher in the Rye’, and ultimately the symbolic connotation,

The Controversy With Catcher Johann Lorenz Schmidt, an eighteenth- century German theologist, states that “[Confiscating a book and punishing its author] is a sign that one does not have a good case, or at least doesn't trust it enough to defend it with reasons and refute the objections. Some people even go so far as to consider prohibited or confiscated books to be the best ones of all, for the prohibition indicates that their authors wrote what they really thought rather than what they were supposed

In J.D Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye, Holden is a hero that wants to protect the innocence and health of young children. He is constantly helping other people, whether it is by preserving children from adulthood or protecting their physical well-being; yet Holden never really helps himself, even in the worst times. He takes care of other people more than he takes care of himself, showing that he would risk his own health in order to save other people. Holden protects the innocence and childhood

the cliff—I mean if they're running and they don't look where they're going I have to come out from somewhere and catch them. That's all I'd do all day. I'd just be the catcher in the rye and all. I know it's crazy, but that's the only thing I'd really like to be. I know it's crazy." (Salinger 224-225). In the novel, The Catcher in the Rye written by J.D Salinger. Holden is getting ready to get kicked out of Pency Prep School for failing all of his classes except for English but he isn't reluctant

Christmas” (Salinger 3). Published in the 1950s, The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger depicts a three-day journey of Holden as he tries to find out more about himself. Through his struggle, Holden experiences many obstacles and events that occur in most teenager’s lives, making the book a primary target for banning due to offensive language, suicidal tendencies, sexual content, violence, and outright negativity (Information). Though The Catcher in the Rye contains numerous controversial topics,

In The Catcher in the Rye, by J. D. Salinger, Holden embodies an anxious, confused teenager who can’t figure out what his future will hold – usually stories like this involve some sort of growth, and result in a coming of age. Ironically, Holden’s only purpose is to resist maturity; throughout the book he grows and changes minimally, as a result of little to no success. Stuck in the middle of innocence and maturity, he is not able to apply himself to accomplish anything. In The Catcher in the Rye

one’s childhood; their state of innocence. In J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye the main character, who is 17 years old and named Holden, is facing an awkward, challenging shift from childhood to adulthood. Holden is struggling with this transition, and it hasn’t been pleasant. Holden is a kind-hearted, compassionate person, who doesn’t wish the depression he is facing during this transition upon anyone. He wishes to be “The Catcher in the Rye”. Salinger portrays the “Rye” as childhood, and at the

J.D. Salinger uses many symbols in The Catcher in the Rye that enhance the meaning of his novel. The first symbol is Allie’s baseball mitt. Throughout the book, Holden seems to be lagged behind in his emotions and his reactions to others. Allie, who is Holden's younger brother died of leukemia at a younger age and has seemed to have forged a large mark in Holden's life emotionally. From the day that Allie died, it was the beginning of Holden's rejection of society and the traumatic experience changed