The Catcher In The Rye by J.D Salinger tells a story about a troubled teenager named, Holden Caulfield, who struggles with the fact that everyone has to change and grow up. Holden Caulfield has changed his perspectives in a few areas throughout the novel. He struggles with change, growing up, and expressing his feelings to other people. From the beginning of the novel, Holden isolates himself from society by ignoring helpful advice and holding on to his desire that everything in the world must remain unchanged. In the second chapter of the novel, Holden intentionally ignores Mr. Spencer’s advice, “life is a game, boy. Life is a game that one plays according to the rules,” thinking to himself, “Game, my ass” (8). Holden does not agree with
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In chapter 24, when Holden visits his former teacher, Mr. Antolini is very worried and suggests that he thinks Holden is “...riding for some kind of terrible fall” (186). Holden ignored the helpful advice that was given by Mr. Antolini and found something negative to complain about. Holden’s ignorant behavior stops him from changing his life, but later in the novel, Holden thinks about going back to school and doing better than before. In chapter 25, Holden sends Phoebe a message to meet him at the museum. Holden tells her to ride the carousel and as Holden watches Phoebe, he sees her grab for the gold ring, and he becomes terrified she will get hurt. But Holden realizes, “the thing is with kids is, if they want to grab for the gold ring, you just have to let them do it, and not say anything…” (211). At this point, Holden realizes he needs to move on and go into adulthood. He realizes that Phoebe will have to move on from her childhood soon as well because she is already willing to take risks. In this chapter, Holden learns that life continues. He cannot do anything to prevent everything from changing. In this chapter, this is where he starts to think about getting his life straight and realizes he needs to change for the …show more content…
Holden’s interest in the ducks shows his curiosity about what will happen to him when he moves on to adulthood. Holden tells the cab driver, “they can’t just ignore the ice. They can’t just ignore it.” (82). The reason that Holden urges the cab driver to tell him about the ducks is that Holden truly thinks what happens to the ducks will happen to him. This relates to Holden because he is afraid he will not survive through the conflicts in life. When Holden did not feel well, he went to the bathroom in the Museum and tells the reader, “I mean I could’ve killed myself when I hit the floor, but all I did was land of my side. It was a funny thing, though. I felt better after I passed out…” (204). This event was important because after his fall he realizes how important life really is to him. Holden starts to worry about his future and what his life will look like. He compares the ducks with his life because he believes what happens to the ducks will certainly happen to him. Now he is afraid because he thinks he cannot go survive the troubles in his
In chapter 24, when Holden visits his former teacher, Mr. Antolini is very worried and suggests that he thinks Holden is “...riding for some kind of terrible fall” (186). Holden ignored the helpful advice that was given by Mr. Antolini and found something negative to complain about. Holden’s ignorant behavior stops him from changing his life, but later in the novel, Holden thinks about going back to school and doing better than before. In chapter 25, Holden sends Phoebe a message to meet him at the museum. Holden tells her to ride the carousel and as Holden watches Phoebe, he sees her grab for the gold ring, and he becomes terrified she will get hurt. But Holden realizes, “the thing is with kids is, if they want to grab for the gold ring, you just have to let them do it, and not say anything…” (211). At this point, Holden realizes he needs to move on and go into adulthood. He realizes that Phoebe will have to move on from her childhood soon as well because she is already willing to take risks. In this chapter, Holden learns that life continues. He cannot do anything to prevent everything from changing. In this chapter, this is where he starts to think about getting his life straight and realizes he needs to change for the …show more content…
Holden’s interest in the ducks shows his curiosity about what will happen to him when he moves on to adulthood. Holden tells the cab driver, “they can’t just ignore the ice. They can’t just ignore it.” (82). The reason that Holden urges the cab driver to tell him about the ducks is that Holden truly thinks what happens to the ducks will happen to him. This relates to Holden because he is afraid he will not survive through the conflicts in life. When Holden did not feel well, he went to the bathroom in the Museum and tells the reader, “I mean I could’ve killed myself when I hit the floor, but all I did was land of my side. It was a funny thing, though. I felt better after I passed out…” (204). This event was important because after his fall he realizes how important life really is to him. Holden starts to worry about his future and what his life will look like. He compares the ducks with his life because he believes what happens to the ducks will certainly happen to him. Now he is afraid because he thinks he cannot go survive the troubles in his