At the beginning of the novel, Holden has an epiphany when he hears a young boy singing, “Comin’ through the Rye” and the boy is walking too close to the cars along a street because his parents are not attentive. Repeatedly, Holden comes back to this central image of believing he needs to act as a “catcher” for someone like this boy. When Holden sees vulnerability he thinks it is his job to “catch everybody if they start to go over the cliff” (173). Imagining himself as capable in a world where he does not feel capable helps him convince himself that he can be a protector of others and even himself. Holden makes it clear that it is children he wants to protect: “I keep picturing all these little kids playing some game in the big field of rye…and nobody’s around-nobody big” (173).
But he doesn t know what baseball team and he knows it will be tough to join a team when he didn t play his senior year of baseball. Bo starts to visit many baseball clubs. He eventually visits the world champions (1986.) That team is the Kansas City Royals. Bo really enjoys the Royals and would really like to join them.
Americans think differently from Chinese people because we have more independence than them. In the book the Brave Dragons, the team had to go through these difficult and extensive training sessions that were supposed to get them better. Derek Jeter is an example, in his career he had to become a better player because he was doing too many mistakes. To get better he went to a training camp where he practice his catching skills and also his batting skills. When we talk about the different paradigm between the American and the Chinese, Derek Jeter accomplishment apply to the American paradigm because Jeter loved baseball since he was a little boy and always knew he was going to join the New York Yankees.
It tells a story of how Casey gets behind in the count because he does not swing at the first two pitches. He swings at the third pitch and strikes out. This poem is stating that no matter how good you are you could still fail. The speaker in “Casey at the Bat” is the narrator. In the beginning the narrators tone is serious because they are losing the game.
Although he played brilliantly for the "Negro Leagues," he was not allowed to on the "white" teams, unlike Jackie Robinson. The success of Robinson and other black players is a sore subject for Troy. Because he was "born at the wrong time," he never earned the recognition or the money which he felt he deserved - and discussion of professional sports will often send him into a tirade. Baseball serves as Troy's main way of explaining his actions. When he talks about facing death, he uses baseball terminology, comparing a face-off with the grim reaper to a duel between a pitcher and a batter.
Cherry is smart and dreamy like Ponyboy, and they have a good conversation. Seven Excerpt Responses “You cant win against them no matter how hard you try because they’ve got all the breaks and even whipping them isn't going to change the fact.” Chapter 1, Page 11 In this scene in the story, Ponyboy is asking His older brother Darry if he can participate int he gang rumble. Ponyboy recently got hurt in a church fire so Darry thinks it would be good for him to stay out of the fight but Ponyboy still really wants to. I think this excerpt is important to the story because it shows how daring and how Darry is telling Ponyboy with all mighty. It is a form of hyperbole because it is exaggerating what is going to happen.
Josh Kraskin English 9R Period 1 Catching Innocence People who are fearful of growing up often have a need to keep things and those around them linear and innocent. Holden Caufield, the main in The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger, has an obsession with retaining innocence. Holden is fearful of growing up, and feels that by keeping children unknown to the realities of life, he may be able to avoid them. Innocence is a theme that is portrayed through out the novel as an insecure and almost immature need of Holden’s to protect not only those he cares about, but also himself.
81.). He feels he is not as “brilliant as his father. His frustration lies in explaining his perceived shortcomings to his father. The direct definition his parents are communicating is that Jim is smart, but just does not apply himself and it is as simple as studying harder. If this keeps up Jim may just start to believe it.
The boy is feeling compassion toward Ely. The feeling the boy has toward Ely is helping the father feel maybe some compassion for him too. He doesn’t trust anyone but the way his son is acting with the old man seems to be changing the way the father feels. The boy also encounters the feeling of being scared. He doesn’t want to be into danger or have his father in danger.
Holden cannot think straight. He has become a liar as well as a hypocrite. Holden’s red hunting hat shows his sense of individuality and his diversity from everyone else. Holden is very self conscience of his hat, and he doesn’t wear it around people he knows. Holden’s fear of becoming an adult may have been caused by his parents because they pressure him to get good grades and be successful.