He never directly says the meaning of the hat other than its unusual appearance but I can interpret pretty well on what its true meaning is. Holden wants to be the catcher in the rye. He wants to save children from falling off the cliff. With that said the hat might also represent the catcher in the rye and who had the hat was the catcher. After he gave Phoebe the hat, he kept on feeling like he was going to fall when he came to each block and was asking his dead brother Allie to stop him from falling.
By that time Doodle was exhausted and terrified, and so he fainted into a pile of mud, his brother surprisingly helped him up, and decided to go back home. They walked quickly because they knew the lightning was coming behind them. As the rain approached closer Doodle, had fallen and cried out “Brother, Brother, don’t leave me!” Doodle’s brother never came back for him until he heard his voice no more, and the wind had stopped. He found him huddled beneath a red nightshade bush beside the road, bleeding from his mouth, neck, and his shirt. The brother called out “Doodle, Doodle!” but he never answered.
The short story “The Scarlet Ibis” by James Hurst, is about a boy named Doodle who was born with a weak heart so every one thinks he is going to die, but he survives. When Doodle was almost 5 he could only crawl so Brother had to carry him around in a go-cart. Brother was tired of pulling Doodle around so he tries to teach him how to walk. When Doodle finally started walking Brother was very happy that he got doodle to walk, but then he realized even though he did a nice thing it was only because he didn’t want to be embarrassed by his brother. That is when Brother realizes pride is a seed that bears two vines life and death.
There are two very bad decisions that Holden has in this book. One of which is his smoking habits, “I must have smoked about three cartons that day” (p.161). This quote took place when Holden had just come home but his parents did not know he was there. When he was reading Phoebe’s notebook he was starting to miss being home, that is when he started to feel sad and so he smoked, a lot. Only a teenager can really relate to this because Holden was not straight with his parents, every teenager has lied to their parents at some point.
Poems in “Immigrants Chronicle” show that the poet struggles to adapt to changes, in some ways his father also struggles to adapt to changes. Like in “Felix Skrzynecki” when the poet mentions “tried to keep in pace with the Joneses”. It highlights the depth of struggle it had taken for Felix to come to a stage where he no longer feels the need to follow anyone in order to belong. Because he has now found a place to belong his garden. The garden becomes metaphorical as the poem doesn’t just reveal that the father belongs to just the garden but also reveals that the father has found peace in himself, has found peace as he now feels he has found a place in the world around him even though he wasn’t originally from
We are reminded again with the ending to remember that Huck is just a simple boy who just wants to go with the flow of whatever life brings. The journey of life itself is half of the fun. The end of the novel brings Huck full circle almost exactly where he started as to stay consistent with the novel. As Huck made it clear he didn't want to be civilized he says the same about Aunt Sally were he, Jim and Tom are at the end of the novel. Aunt Sally is Tom’s Sawyers family where Tom and Huck rescue
Holden's PTSD In The Catcher in the Rye Holden shows self destructive behavior as a result of PTSD. PTSD(post traumatic stress disorder) is caused from traumatic events that happen to a person, and that person not fully recovering from it. The traumatic event that Holden experiences was his brother allie dying, and on top of his death Holden wasn't able to attend the funeral. So he was never able to get the closure he needed and continues to suffer because of it. Holden Caulfeild has PTSD as seen through is loss of Allie, trouble with relationships, and alcohol abuse.
It’s about a young adult named Holden Caulfield who never finds anything appealing. Holden always feels depressed and lonely, but always tries to hold it in. In the beginning Holden gets kicked out school, and then just aimlessly goes around New York City. This book appeals to a mass population for its complexity and relates to anyone who has ever gone through emotional trauma in their lives. Many believe that the most significant themes of the book include phoniness, death/suicide, and “The Catcher in the Rye.” Phoniness is a tremendous structure of The Catcher in the Rye.
Whenever his dad got a yellow card from school informing about his absence, Sonny got punished; his dad would beat him as hard as he could. Sonny hated his dad so much that he wanted to kill that “evil mean man”. But, before he could do such a thing, he preferred to “cat out”, to escape from his dad for a few days. He slept in every comfortable place that he could find in the city and stayed there as long as he wanted to or until he got sent to the Children’s Center. When it came to winter, Sonny usually decided to stay home or stay in school to be warm.
In the novel The Catcher in the Rye by J.D Salinger, the main character Holden alienates himself due to his refusal to take responsibility of his life as he is growing up. Holden Caulfeild struggles through his teenage life, has been kicked out of several schools, is disgusted by society, and is naively fixated on childhood. Holden continually envies the innocence that children possess as he finds the adult world repulsive. Holden’s fear of growing up was so subconsciously intense that he yet again ruined another chance to turn his life around. He failed all of his classes except for English when enrolled in Pencey Prep; Thus proving that he is capable of maintaining some substantial grades… yet he single handily got himself kicked out of