The symbol of the catcher in the rye was introduced in chapter 16. One kid was just simply singing a tune “If a body catch a body coming through the rye.”(150). Holden Caulfield couldn’t help, but to be flattered by the ways of this little boy. Holden Caulfield chuckles because he knows that was him one day. This same idea appears again during a conversation between him, and his little sister Phoebe. After his sister Phoebe asked him what he wanted to be his response was, “Anyway, I keep picturing all these little kids playing some game in this big field of rye and all…. And I’m standing on the edge of some crazy cliff. What I have to do, I have to catch everybody if they start to go over the cliff. “ (224). Holden wants to help all the kids that are
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Once the interaction is over Holden finds something to complain about that person. Holden spent a ton of time admiring Sally, and reminiscing on their old memories. He had this whole plan of escaping New York with Sally once she disagreed his response was “ You give a royal pain the ass, if you want to the know the truth. As soon as someone shot down his simplistic idea he went nuts. That’s why he wants to be surrounded by kids. He has the core values of a kid; he’s very naive of the adult world. While referring to his dad’s profession Holden Caulfield said, “ I mean they’re alright if they go around saving innocent guys’ lives all the time, and like that but you don’t do that kind of stuff if you’re a lawyer. All you do is make a lot of dough and play golf... “ (223). He feels like his dad’s profession is a joke; something that requires a great amount of study. He also doesn’t feel like school has any significance either he stated, “ It’s full of phonies, and all you do is study so that you can learn enough to buy a goddam Cadillac one day.” That shows more of his immaturity. The catcher in the rye is significant because Holden Caulfield has the mind of a kid therefore he wants to help kids who think the same as
Once the interaction is over Holden finds something to complain about that person. Holden spent a ton of time admiring Sally, and reminiscing on their old memories. He had this whole plan of escaping New York with Sally once she disagreed his response was “ You give a royal pain the ass, if you want to the know the truth. As soon as someone shot down his simplistic idea he went nuts. That’s why he wants to be surrounded by kids. He has the core values of a kid; he’s very naive of the adult world. While referring to his dad’s profession Holden Caulfield said, “ I mean they’re alright if they go around saving innocent guys’ lives all the time, and like that but you don’t do that kind of stuff if you’re a lawyer. All you do is make a lot of dough and play golf... “ (223). He feels like his dad’s profession is a joke; something that requires a great amount of study. He also doesn’t feel like school has any significance either he stated, “ It’s full of phonies, and all you do is study so that you can learn enough to buy a goddam Cadillac one day.” That shows more of his immaturity. The catcher in the rye is significant because Holden Caulfield has the mind of a kid therefore he wants to help kids who think the same as