“Don’t ever tell anybody anything. If you do, you start missing anybody” (Salinger 234), as Holden said at the end of the novel once he learned that the more you connect to people the more it hurts when they leave. The novel The Catcher In The Rye by J.D. Salinger is about Holden, the main character, who goes through a period in his life that is filled with depression. Twisted by Laurie Anderson which is about the main character Tyler who was sort of a nerd in middle school but he trashed the school and everyone know viewed him differently, and he struggles to deal with those different viewpoints from other people. Unhealthy relationships can impact a person's identity, the most, as shown through Holden and his relationships with Sally and
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Sally and Holden were friends when they were younger, and Holden and her spent time together, but Holden did not like her. One day when Holden was bored he called up Sally and once he hung up he said, “I wasn’t too crazy about her, but I’d known her for years” (Salinger 117). Displaying that he does not even like Sally but he still hangs out with her because he has no one else to talk to. When Holden was on a date with her, they went skating then got something to eat and Holden got mad at her and said, “ You give me a royal pain in the ass, if you want to know the truth” (Salinger 148), demonstrating how Holden will spend time with people that he does not like to talk, and how his unhealthy relationships have left him with barely anyone to spend time with outside of his family. All in all, Holdens unhealthy relationships have impacted him the most because he has been left to spend time with people he does not like because he has pushed everyone away that he cares about and now has no …show more content…
Tyler is the main character in Twisted by Laurie Anderson. Tyler was ignored in middle school, but in highschool he trashed the roof of his school and got arrested and everyone viewed him differently. He became friends with his father's boss's daughter and everything changed in his life. After tyler was accused of taking pictures of bethany naked at a party, then being picked on at school, his sister Hannah told him at lunch, “‘Well, duh. When a non-popular kid tries to cross the line, like ty, bad things happen.”’ (Anderson 154). She tried to explain to Tyler that people from different social groups tend to stay in their own groups and when they intermingle unfortunate events tend to happen. Once event that happened to Tyler was learning that being with Bethany, the girl of his dreams, never would have worked out for either of them. Not only did his relationship with bethany, but the relationship with his dad. After a few day of being bullied about taking pictures of bethany, tyler had suicidal thoughts and almost killed himsef, he told his parents and his dad asked why and his response was, “‘I looked in the mirror and realized that i was already dead’… You killed yourself and then you came after us.” (Anderson 241). Tylers unhealthy relationship with his dad almost ended up with him
Sally and Holden were friends when they were younger, and Holden and her spent time together, but Holden did not like her. One day when Holden was bored he called up Sally and once he hung up he said, “I wasn’t too crazy about her, but I’d known her for years” (Salinger 117). Displaying that he does not even like Sally but he still hangs out with her because he has no one else to talk to. When Holden was on a date with her, they went skating then got something to eat and Holden got mad at her and said, “ You give me a royal pain in the ass, if you want to know the truth” (Salinger 148), demonstrating how Holden will spend time with people that he does not like to talk, and how his unhealthy relationships have left him with barely anyone to spend time with outside of his family. All in all, Holdens unhealthy relationships have impacted him the most because he has been left to spend time with people he does not like because he has pushed everyone away that he cares about and now has no …show more content…
Tyler is the main character in Twisted by Laurie Anderson. Tyler was ignored in middle school, but in highschool he trashed the roof of his school and got arrested and everyone viewed him differently. He became friends with his father's boss's daughter and everything changed in his life. After tyler was accused of taking pictures of bethany naked at a party, then being picked on at school, his sister Hannah told him at lunch, “‘Well, duh. When a non-popular kid tries to cross the line, like ty, bad things happen.”’ (Anderson 154). She tried to explain to Tyler that people from different social groups tend to stay in their own groups and when they intermingle unfortunate events tend to happen. Once event that happened to Tyler was learning that being with Bethany, the girl of his dreams, never would have worked out for either of them. Not only did his relationship with bethany, but the relationship with his dad. After a few day of being bullied about taking pictures of bethany, tyler had suicidal thoughts and almost killed himsef, he told his parents and his dad asked why and his response was, “‘I looked in the mirror and realized that i was already dead’… You killed yourself and then you came after us.” (Anderson 241). Tylers unhealthy relationship with his dad almost ended up with him