Allie, Holden's young brother who died several years beforehand is a major symbol throughout the novel. When Holden remembers incidents from his past involving him, his attitude changes, such as when he writes the composition about Allie's baseball glove or when Holden remembers breaking his hand after punching all of the windows after Allie’s passing. "I slept in the garage the night he died, and I broke all the goddamn windows with my fist, just for the hell of it”, (Salinger 39). He feels that Allie was one of the few people who was normal in a world full of phonies. More importantly, Allie represents the innocence and childhood that Holden strives to find throughout his three-day journey.
How does J. D. Salinger use symbolic imagery to enhance the characters and/or purpose of the text? In the novel The Catcher in the Rye, J. D. Salinger introduces a young boy named Holden who is expelled from school and wanders the streets of New York for 3 days. Holden fears change in the world and seeks company which he constantly drives away with his own self isolation. J. D. Salinger uses symbolic imagery to allow the reader access into Holden’s thoughts which in turn reinforces the underlying purpose of the text. The author uses the symbolic imagery of the red hat, ducks and carrousel to link to the novel’s themes of innocence, grief and change.
He then quits the military because his company requires his care. In 1910, Benjamin turns over control of his company to his son, Roscoe, and enrolls at Harvard University, having the appearance of a twenty-year-old. His first year at Harvard is a great success, and he is dominant in American football, notably obtaining revenge against Yale for his earlier unpleasant experience. However, by the time Benjamin reaches his last 2 years, he is a weak sixteen-year-old, unable to play football and barely
Chad Fitzgerald Mr. Kester English 102 11/19/12 Character Analysis of Holden Caulfield in "The Catcher in the Rye" J.D. Salinger was born on January 1, 1919, in New York City. Salinger was the youngest of two and the only boy born to his parents, Sol and Miriam Salinger. Salinger was always considered intelligent, however he flunked out of the McBurney School near his home in upper west New York. After flunking out of school, his parents decided to send him to Valley Forge Military Academy in Wayne, Pennsylvania (Haudgruff; Salinger).
I sit for two hours aimlessly and look up to see my Father for the first time in three months. I feel my tear ducts fill and empty just at the sight of my Father. I had been putting up a wall between who I was and what was going on. The only thoughts that pass through my mind are questions I kept asking myself such as, why is it that no matter what I do, or say it will never be enough? Why is it so, that the correlation between relapse and my birthday seem to go hand and hand in a solid partnership.
Empathic Writing Portfolio task: The Catcher in the Rye: Imagine that Holden’s psychiatrist suggests that he write a letter to Allie to provide some sort of ‘closure on his grief. Write Holden’s letter to his dead brother. Dear Allie, You can’t believe what I’ve been up to lately. In the first place, before they gave me the ax and all, I got the hell out of old Pencey. I just wish you’d been there, You’d know how I felt to leave.
This may be seen as lying, but he made someone’s day. Holden loves his sister because she’s not a phony like the others. I don’t think it was Salinger’s intention to make Holden a Christ like figure because Holden mostly talks about his issues with
Seeing how Holden values the glove so much shows the audience how he values youth and innocence. This glove makes Holden remember how he and Allie used to share their time together. An object that plays an important role in my life is my mom’s Uganda flag. It is just a normal flag with nothing really special about it except for what it symbolizes. The journey which my mom and her family had to get to Canada was difficult to say the least, but one thing they always kept with them was this small Uganda flag.
Why Meaningful Prayers Involve More Than Words (Ps. 145:18; Matt 22:37) You know that the basis of any real friendship is good communication. Being able to share your thoughts, concerns and feelings with a close friend, parent or spouse. The stronger our friendship, the more meaningful our communication is. Through prayer we are able communicate the same with our loving father, Jehovah.
Lucky seems happy to be working for Dove as well as living with him and there seem to be a light ahead for him. Yet after a couple of deals gone wrong, and the breaking of a rule Dove had made, Lucky is shot in the head. Firstly I want to discuss if his lifestyle was chosen by himself or if it just was a path he was set upon. Lucky is only fifteen years old. He’s living at home in the beginning, but gets kicked out by his parents because of his drug addiction.