In the process of breaking the windows Holden also breaks his fist and is forced to visit the hospital. Since Allie died so young, Holden felt that his innocence was being taken away from him. Once Allie died, Holden believed that it was his responsibility to protect childhood. Holden says, “I’d just be the catcher in the rye” (Salinger 173), Holden believes he must prevent children from falling of the cliffs of childhood and losing their innocence as they fall into the pits of adulthood. Holden is chasing a dream that he cannot accomplish.
Holden feels depressed from the prior events in his family, and no longer has the desire to learn or strive to be successful. Holden feels distant from his family, and needs their loving care. After a rough childhood, Holden just needs someone, like Phoebe, there for him. He needs love and support from his family, and their sending him to boarding school to fend for himself is not a good idea. Holden can’t find a true friend in anyone, and he is trying to fill the hole that his brother’s death left in his life.
Up to this chapter Christopher’s story had began to fade out and It had hit a dead end. This chapter is more of a ‘get out jail free card’ than an actual planned chapter. We get to find more out about Christopher’s condition in this chapter too and how insecure and scared he is about meeting or talking to new people. When he first meets Mrs Alexander he tries to ignore here because he cant do ‘chat’ and describes it as ‘boring’. Like I said before, this chapter is mainly to bring the story back to life.
His lack of education, as well as his attitude toward women, and his steadfast grip on old traditions does not allow him to work and thus he cannot provide a steady income for his family. Being an immigrant and stuck in his old life, he is not able to get used to the ideas of American business and life. He spends his whole life living off his children rather than trying to create a life of his own. He knows if all of his children try to leave him he will have no one to take care of him, so he desperately sabotages every attempt they make for a new independent life such as marriage or moving out. On the other hand, Sara, referred to as the “Daughter of the new world,” embraces the ideals of Americanized Jews, which quickly
Madness and Mayhem are very much represented in Macbeth. The Madness comes to life in Macbeth and Lady Macbeth’s minds and is significantly exposed to the outside, where Mayhem has erupted and caused chaos and violent confusion. Madness and Mayhem is shown differently again in the text Firestorm. The Madness is revealed when Ben Masters has a life threatening decision to make, whether to stay and fight or flee and survive. The Mayhem is what the fire is doing to his house, his family and his livelihood.
These layers of suspense greatly add in looking into Tom’s head and understanding if Tom can comprehends the peril he put himself into. In the end, Tom brought the entire ordeal upon himself. Had he decided to not be so greedy and selfish, he would have gone out with his wife and enjoyed the night, rather than experiencing one of the most horrific events of his life. Instead, he finds himself on this narrow little ledge, very much regretting the past few decisions he had made. The author does a great job of making this apparent, and chooses to show it through irony, cause and effect, and suspense.
Another example of this concept can be shown through the novel Shane where he has trouble fitting with his family as his beliefs differ from what his parents believe in. The idea that a sense of not belonging can emerge with
In the novel All Quiet on the Western Front the reader can infer that the narrator Paul Baumer as we know him in the novel is very different from Paul Baumer before he experienced war. He had plans to write a play and a love of literature that was lost after experiencing the horror of life in the trenches. It is shown in his apparent aestheticism, inability to fantasize beyond reality, and his lack of faith in the human race. The things Paul experienced truly changed his life. Throughout the novel Paul seems to leave his emotions behind in order to survive.
Pilgrim has a hard time adjusting after he gets home from the war. He marries for comfort and security, with no true feelings of love. He follows in his father-in-laws footsteps as an optometrist because the road to success in that field was paved with ease for him. His father-in-law put in most of the effort for him to be successful. Billy Pilgrim is traumatized, stressed and seems to be a very pathetic individual.
Whether Victor is faking his ailment or has a mental illness, his sickness allows him to run away or hide from his problems. This gives Frankenstein the ability to forget his mistakes, and obscure himself from confrontation. Doing this, being in bed for months, provides Frankenstein a striving effort to escape reality and all the uncomfortable situations that may