Each of them represents a different perspective or feeling Holden has towards people or usually a customary or “phony” way of living. Throughout the novel the narrator refers back to the certain symbols on multiple occasions. Among other symbols, Salinger makes it obvious that the museum, the ducks and Allie all have made a big impact on Holden’s life. The novel takes place in New York City during the 1950’s as one could assume by the various outdated slang words in Holden’s vocabulary. Allie, Holden's young brother who died several years beforehand is a major symbol throughout the novel.
Holden has been kicked out of many of the best boarding schools, and thinks that the everyone is phony. Holden’s problem is that he is always hiding his feelings and mood. Holden is always judging people and calls them phony. Sine the beginning of the book Holden has showed us that a red hunting hat the he wears most of the time is significant to him and has value on his opines, for the reason that its always on his possession. Holden’s red hunting hat represents has feelings and mood, and without that hat the parts were Holden feels that his emotions change are not indicated in this way then the reader would lose a major part of what creates Holden.
Holden’s views on the innocence of kids and innocence in general, is greatly altered by the profanity he finds on the walls. There are two contrasting details to the profanity; who wrote it and its erasability. At first, Holden is able to erase the curse word and believes a “perverty bum” wrote it, but by the end he understands that it was indeed a child and that even “if you had a million years to do it in, you couldn't rub out even half the "Fuck
Holden is afraid of growing up and becoming an adult – Discuss J.D. Salinger’s unique novel ‘The catcher in the Rye’ explores the life of a cynical teenager, Holden Caulfield, who is stuck between childhood and adulthood. Salinger highlights that Holden’s goal is to resist the process of maturity and entering adulthood. This is evidenced and demonstrated by Holden’s persistent fear of change, his strong opinion on the ‘phonies’ of adult world, his difficulty of moving on from the past and his impulsive personality. Holden’s fear of change contributes to his resistance of the process of maturity.
Since the boys are still relatively young when they crash on the island they lack a certain level of adult maturity; without any sort of adult authority figure, they are more inclined to be out of control. One thing Simon realizes towards the end of the novel is that the beast and the fear and evil it represents is actually a product of the boys’ own minds. This shows that it is not evil which is inside them, but a manufactured evil and fear towards a figure - in this case the “beast”. At the end of the day, they are still boys and the evil which Golding talks about is really just the boys’ minds corrupted by the island and the beast inside them. At the beginning of the novel the boys assemble and decide on the sort of society they want to build.
Bias- Holden/25 - “No your not .“Boy,he could really be aggravating sometimes. He never missed a chance to let you know that you were sixteen and he was eighteen. In the first place I wouldn't let you in my family. Explanation- Holden tries to explain how he has a very particular bias to individuals that try to act as if they are adults, but really they were just kids. Irony-Holden/13- “One of the biggest reasons I left Elton Hills was because I was surrounded by phonies” Explanation- Holden constantly calls everyone in his life a phony, when in reality, Holden is the real phony.
Looking weak in front of surrounding gang members can be humiliating for Steve, so he acts tough. Basically, Steve a normal kid who is influenced by bad stuff that surround him, contributed to making him bad. Being influenced by bad or good concepts can make a person good or bad. Like any other kid, who upon notices that they made a mistake due to their reactions to sudden, rash questions which can make any teenager land in big trouble due to bad influences around them can later start regretting, wishing they never agreed to the deal because they were afraid
Death of a Salesman Coursework : To what extent is Willy Loman a victim of his Social/Economic influence/pressures ? In the book the Death of a Salesman, Miller addresses the painful state of a family in post-war America and also addresses more important issues such as the blind faith in the American dream. He exposes how many Americans could not achieve the degree of social conformity and the ideal that a prosperous , suburban middle-class family championed at the time. During this period, America experienced a rapid cultural change, with many people moving from rural areas to the cities,’’the people had to go somewhere’’(Linda) and the rapid increase in industry and manufacturing leading to high rise apartment blocks. Furthermore during this time Americans had a surplus of goods and services from which to choose, and the money with which to purchase them.
During this meeting, they discussed Holden’s academic failure and his unwillingness to conform to society and apply himself to his studies. Antolini has a paternal attitude towards Holden. He seems genuinely concerned about the boy and tries to help him realise that his irresponsible behaviour is spiralling out of control. He tells him he is headed for a fall and “the man falling isn’t permitted to feel or hear himself hit the bottom.”(Chapter 24, The Catcher in the Rye) He offers advice: “The mark of an immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of a mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one.” (Chapter 24, The Catcher in the Rye) The visit is relaxed and friendly. He doesn’t question Holden too much.
Isn’t today’s “American Dream” to also be comfortable with elaborate and fancy material possessions? Both decades had many concepts and techniques towards accomplishing their dream, but they were both aiming for the same goal: to live the high life prosperously. In the 1980s the incomes for many middle-class people stayed stagnant, but high prices began to rise. This affected families financially. Wealthier families could afford to pay the rising prices, but the middle-class society started to have problems with ascending rates.