The author J.D Salinger published his book “Catcher in the Rye” in 1951. The story mostly takes place in New York city over a short period of time. The main character of the novel is Holden. At the beginning of the book, we see Holden get emotionally unstable that he gets kick out from prep school.From that moment on he decided to go on an adventure to clear his head and find out what he's going to do with his life.Most of the time he’s depressed and has a hard time connecting with others except for Phobe his small sister, Allie his brother who die from cancer, and lastly Jane who he has a crush on. Throughout the whole novel, we see two very imported symbols.The first symbols is the ducks and the lake, and the second one is the natural history museum.
The major symbols in the novel are the lake and the ducks. In chapter nine …show more content…
Thords the end of the novel Holden goes to the national museum of history and says ”The best thing, though, in that museum was that everything always stayed right where it was...The only thing that would be different would be you. Not that you'd be so much older or anything. It wouldn't be that exactly. You'd just be different, that's all... I mean you'd be different in some way – I can't explain what I mean. And even if I could, I'm not sure I'd feel like it”(121).The museum represents a place of comfort because no matter what changes in his life it will always be the same. For holden, it was a safe spot he could always go back to. To conclude the ducks and the lake are very important because they represent the life and struggles of Holden. The national museum of history is also very important because it's a comfort spot for Holden. Saliger wanted to show the society with this symbols that no matter how many times you want to run away from your problems there will always be that safe space that helps you set your main strategy and helps you go on with
The major symbols in the novel are the lake and the ducks. In chapter nine …show more content…
Thords the end of the novel Holden goes to the national museum of history and says ”The best thing, though, in that museum was that everything always stayed right where it was...The only thing that would be different would be you. Not that you'd be so much older or anything. It wouldn't be that exactly. You'd just be different, that's all... I mean you'd be different in some way – I can't explain what I mean. And even if I could, I'm not sure I'd feel like it”(121).The museum represents a place of comfort because no matter what changes in his life it will always be the same. For holden, it was a safe spot he could always go back to. To conclude the ducks and the lake are very important because they represent the life and struggles of Holden. The national museum of history is also very important because it's a comfort spot for Holden. Saliger wanted to show the society with this symbols that no matter how many times you want to run away from your problems there will always be that safe space that helps you set your main strategy and helps you go on with