Holden's Baseball Mitt Essay

J.D. Salinger, in his novel The Catcher in the Rye, symbolizes Allie’s left-handed fielder’s baseball mitt as Holden’s love for his deceased brother as well as Allie’s authentic uniqueness. J.D. Salinger displays how Allie’s death has had an impact on Holden’s life, Holden feels the loss of his brother’s death when he reminisces about Allie being on the baseball field with his baseball mitt and how Allie wrote poems on his baseball mitt. That memory makes Holden feels depress because that memory reminds Holden of the poems Allie wrote on his glove. Allie dies at age eleven by leukemia, Holden breaks every window in the garage when Allie died. Salinger portrays Allie’s uniqueness as one of a kind, Allie is left-handed with red hair, and he’s a genius everyone that meets Allie knows that he is a fantastic kid. J.D. Salinger uses symbolism to Allie’s baseball mitt as Holden’s love for Allie. First, J.D. Salinger presents Allie’s baseball mitt as a memory for Holden. Allie is left-handed his baseball mitt demonstrates how Allie feels tired of playing baseball, Allie writes poems on his baseball mitt to show how Allie feels bored playing baseball. Salinger states, “My brother Allie had this …show more content…
Holden states, “I slept in the garage the night he died, and I broke all the goddam windows with my fist, just for the hell of it.” Allie dies by leukemia on July 18, 1946; Allie appearing at Holden’s golf tee made Holden’s love for his brother stronger. Salinger states, “I remember once, the summer I was around twelve, teeing off and all, and having a hunch that if I turned around all of a sudden, I'd see Allie. So I did, and sure enough, he was sitting on his bike outside the fence--there was this fence that went all around the course--and he was sitting there, about a hundred and fifty yards behind me, watching me tee