In both novels, The Catcher In The Rye and We Need Names the three themes isolation, identity, and disorientation are very prominent. In J.D. Salinger's novel “The Catcher in the Rye” the main character Holden Caulfield he experiences all three of those themes. The main character in NoViolet Bulawayo’s novel “We Need New Names” Darling also experiences these three themes as well.
The theme of isolation occurred quite a bit in both novels. In “We Need New Names” Darling experience with this is quite different from Holdens. For Darling it is more of a change of scenery from Africa to America. Darling says when she goes to America that you would never hear a vender singing on the street and you would never see anyone playing the country game. …show more content…
In “Catcher in The Rye” Holden somewhat knew who he was in the beginning of the book but then completely lost who he was. In the beginning Holden mentions that he comes from a privileged family and he doesn't really like it because rich people are phonies. As Holden loses himself he starts to lose his reasoning as well. Throughout the book Holden was kind of on a journey of self discovery. Holden was like most teenagers he was just lost, he didn't really know what he wanted for himself. I think the whole week Holden took for himself was to help him figure out who he was. For Darling she had two different identities, an identity from when she was in Africa and when she was in America. While she was in Paradise, Darling thought that Bastard was jealous that she had a family member in America, because of this Darling says “... because he is Bastard and I was Darling.” From this statement I took away that she was pretty self aware of who she was and what made her, her. She identified the her family in America made her different from Bastard. In America, Darlings identity did change. For a while after Darling had kids she held on to their birth certificates because she called herself an illegal. I think that Darling felt like she almost didn't belong in America, but she knew she could not go back to Paradise because there was no on there waiting for
The theme of isolation occurred quite a bit in both novels. In “We Need New Names” Darling experience with this is quite different from Holdens. For Darling it is more of a change of scenery from Africa to America. Darling says when she goes to America that you would never hear a vender singing on the street and you would never see anyone playing the country game. …show more content…
In “Catcher in The Rye” Holden somewhat knew who he was in the beginning of the book but then completely lost who he was. In the beginning Holden mentions that he comes from a privileged family and he doesn't really like it because rich people are phonies. As Holden loses himself he starts to lose his reasoning as well. Throughout the book Holden was kind of on a journey of self discovery. Holden was like most teenagers he was just lost, he didn't really know what he wanted for himself. I think the whole week Holden took for himself was to help him figure out who he was. For Darling she had two different identities, an identity from when she was in Africa and when she was in America. While she was in Paradise, Darling thought that Bastard was jealous that she had a family member in America, because of this Darling says “... because he is Bastard and I was Darling.” From this statement I took away that she was pretty self aware of who she was and what made her, her. She identified the her family in America made her different from Bastard. In America, Darlings identity did change. For a while after Darling had kids she held on to their birth certificates because she called herself an illegal. I think that Darling felt like she almost didn't belong in America, but she knew she could not go back to Paradise because there was no on there waiting for