Catcher In The Rye Identity

The theme of identity is a regular topic which is interesting to a host of writers and scholars. The process deals with one’s self-discovery about who they are and what their position is in the world. In many different literary books and films, the search of self-identity is widely addressed and explored. For instance, in Sophie's World, the main character Sophie used her intelligence and experience to find answers to the two famous questions of philosophy “Who you are?” and “Where you are from?”. In Forrest Gump, throughout the whole movie, the protagonist Forrest was making his destiny by searching for his identity in the world. However, in The Catcher in the Rye, Holden Caulfield, the leading character, was lost in finding his identity as …show more content…
He was offered scholarship to the university with his good performance in American football, behaved like a hero in the American-Vietnam War, made good business with Shrimps, etc. Just as his mother told him “Life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get.”, his life was full of efforts and miracles.

The Catcher in the Rye and Forrest Gump have a lot in common. In the first place, both the novel and the film have captured the hearts of a great deal of readers and audiences. It was reported that the novel The Catcher in the Rye was among one of the best American novels in the 20th Century and the main character Holden Caulfield was regarded as a representative of teenage rebellion. For Forrest Gump, it was a great commercial success which won six Academy Awards, including awards for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, etc. Forrest became an American Romantic Hero in people’s