This quality can be seen in many instances, such as his walk through the Museum of Natural History where he notes the way the exhibits have remained unchanged through the years, something which seems to keep him at peace. As an alternative to accepting his fear of transitioning into adulthood, Holden instead convinces himself that adulthood is full of deceit and shallowness, or what he would call it, “phoniness.” Holden also creates a universe about being the catcher in the rye. The field of rye would represent childhood, the children themselves would represent innocence, the act of children falling over the cliff would be the transition into adulthood and Holden is to be the one who saves the children from losing their innocence by keeping them in the field of rye forever. Holden idolizes Allie, as one usually does with the death of a loved one. He now views Allie as essentially the poster child for the innocence of childhood because he died so young and naïve and possessed many positive qualities.
The migration of the ducks is most likely a symbol for Holden’s trauma from the death of his little brother, Allie, and to a lesser extent, the suicide of his old classmate, James Castle. The ducks always come back from migration, symbolizing that the trauma is only temporary. The ducks can also be understood in a different way: when the harsh winter comes, the ducks leave for somewhere warmer, and more hospitable. Holden is looking for a safe haven from the harsh and nasty world he lives in, and he wonders where he should go. No matter how it is interpreted, this symbol gives the reader a better understanding of Holden and how he thinks.
Imagination Leads to Success Imagination is the ability to form new images and sensation that are not perceived through senses such as sight, and hearing. Imagination helps make knowledge applicable in solving problems, allows to get the hopes up, and create future. In the story The Catbird Sit by James Thurber, Mr. Martin uses imagination to achieve desired outcome without suspicion of others. Mr. Martin is working at a firm called F & S for twenty-two years. He is known to be a very concentrated and efficient worker, who never smokes nor drinks.
A never changing scene is displayed when Holden describes an advantage of the atmosphere in the museum “Nobody’d move”; the strategic word combination creates a still picture that warms Holden to the scene. The characteristics of the museum seem to be never changing according to Holden “Nobody’d be different”; the word choice aswell as the repeated sentence technique demonstrates the inexistent change in the episode that relieves Holden from the aspect that he fears. In specific detail Holden connects the main concept of stability with ornaments and displays in the museum, he mentions the Eskimo “would still be” finished catching those two fish; the image paints a still picture that is contributed to Holden satisfying feeling of security in stillness. He continues to capture the freezed setting when he says the deers “would still be” drinking out of that water hole; the emphasis of repitition magnifies the complete picture of stability that contents Holden and connects him to the scene. Holden doesn’t subconsciously hint you of the purpose to his comfort with the atmosphere, he directly states that everything “always stayed” right where it was;
Ultimately, Holden’s willingness to allow his sister Phoebe to reach for the gold ring on the Merry-Go-Round symbolizes his transition from a “duck” that escapes the winter because of reluctance to face responsibilities to a “fish” that embraces the process of coming of age because it is inevitable. In the beginning of the novel, Salinger employs Holden’s obsession with how the ducks cope with the winter to symbolize Holden’s unwillingness to become an adult. After arriving in New York, Holden sat in the backseat of a cab debating where to go. Holden had asked the cabdriver to turn around, but then [Holden] thought of something, all of a sudden. ‘Hey, listen,’ [Holden] said.
His family got closer together while they were not busy in front of the TV, reading news or magazine. Through the book, Colin Beavan sends us the message that: “Together, we can make the difference for a better future, for a better life, and a better environment.” I admired Colin Beavan because he tried his best to help the environment even though it is so hard to go through a year with so many rules. I admired him because he knew that individually, he and his family could not change anything at all, but I believe that he sent a powerful
In the short story Cathedral by Raymond Carver the narrator and protagonist of the story has a mind firmly unreceptive to new ideas. He seems to be comfortable with who he is and his surroundings. Because he is content and conformed with his life, he wants no one to bother this everyday life he lives. He even shows to be cold to what others may consider an act of love. An example is his response to the half of a twenty-peso Mexican coin Robert kept after the other half went in the coffin with his wife.
My Definition: Transcendentalism I would define transcendentalism as an overwhelming sense of being independent, by practicing free thought, not being influenced by anything or anybody to make your own decisions, and the serenity of nature being a divine presence in your spiritual well-being. A person who is transcendental should be able to awaken every morning and look outside and see past the everyday outside objects such as the trees or the clouds. This person should be able to feel the calmness and peace that these simple wonders provide. It is almost a curiosity that the observer should experience, with losing themselves in such magnificent elements. When Ralph Waldo Emerson observed nature, he states that, “nothing can befall him in life, no disgrace or calamity, when he is observing nature.” He is speaking of almost being absorbed into nature and becoming a part of it.
It is notable that Holden never directly mentioned that he disliked sex; He merely says that he was ‘feeling so damn peculiar.’ His thoughts about the museum of Natural History demonstrate his fear of change. That is, he likes how ‘everything always stayed right where it was. The museum represents his desire for things to stay the same. Ultimately, he does not want to transform into an adult, because he is fearful of the adult world and how different it is to the childhood. Also, he does not want other children to ‘grow up’.
There is no competition within castes because each member receives the same food, housing and soma rationing as everyone else of that caste, so there is no jealousy within the society. There is also no desire to change one’s caste, largely because a person’s sleep-learning teaches that his or her caste is superior to the other four. Since there is no jealousy and competition, Brave New World remains stable and everybody is satisfied with their lives and hence, they are living happily and peacefully. Citizens, however, are living without freedom. Freedom in the society has been sacrificed for what Mustapha Mond calls happiness.