Playbill
Holden receives the playbill while on a date with Sally at the Lunts play. This scene is significant because it is one of the first times Holden truly interacts with someone after being kicked out of Penecy. He claims that the play “wasn’t as bad as some” shows that he is becoming slightly less negative on everything (125). Holden’s comment that he “sort of hated old Sally by the time [they] got in the cab” show one of the last friendships of Holden’s coming to an end (128). Sally was one of Holden’s childhood friends and he is amazed by how much Sally has changed from their youth. This is significant because Holden want’s to preserve his youth and after this experience with Sally, Holden learns that things and people change.
Info on pgs. 125-128 Little Shirley Beans Record Holden buys this record for his sister Phoebe at a record store on Broadway. The record is a symbol of youth and innocence of which Holden has a difficult time letting go of. The “little kid” that the record is about is similar in a way because they both abhor changes that come with growing up (114). In a way, Holden buys the record to symbolically keep himself innocent. When the record breaks “into …show more content…
Holden’s fond memories of going to the museum “near every Saturday”, symbolizes Holden’s youth which he is trying to preserve (119). Holden likes the museum because everything remains frozen in time which Holden wants to do with his innocence. To illustrate how only aspects of the museum Holden says, “The only thing that would be different is you” (121). Holden explains that although the displays stay the same, changes occur not necessarily age, but the ones that are gone through to become an
Holden receives the playbill while on a date with Sally at the Lunts play. This scene is significant because it is one of the first times Holden truly interacts with someone after being kicked out of Penecy. He claims that the play “wasn’t as bad as some” shows that he is becoming slightly less negative on everything (125). Holden’s comment that he “sort of hated old Sally by the time [they] got in the cab” show one of the last friendships of Holden’s coming to an end (128). Sally was one of Holden’s childhood friends and he is amazed by how much Sally has changed from their youth. This is significant because Holden want’s to preserve his youth and after this experience with Sally, Holden learns that things and people change.
Info on pgs. 125-128 Little Shirley Beans Record Holden buys this record for his sister Phoebe at a record store on Broadway. The record is a symbol of youth and innocence of which Holden has a difficult time letting go of. The “little kid” that the record is about is similar in a way because they both abhor changes that come with growing up (114). In a way, Holden buys the record to symbolically keep himself innocent. When the record breaks “into …show more content…
Holden’s fond memories of going to the museum “near every Saturday”, symbolizes Holden’s youth which he is trying to preserve (119). Holden likes the museum because everything remains frozen in time which Holden wants to do with his innocence. To illustrate how only aspects of the museum Holden says, “The only thing that would be different is you” (121). Holden explains that although the displays stay the same, changes occur not necessarily age, but the ones that are gone through to become an