The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger examines the norms of the society through main character Holden’s relationship and communication with the people around him. Similarly, the movie the Breakfast Club (1985), focuses on five high school students struggling to fit in and find their places in the variety of cliques. Of all of these students, John Bender is the one struggling to find his place in life and to fit in any of the norms that the society has set for him similarly to Holden, who is in search of his true self and his place in society. Both Bender from the Breakfast Club and Holden from the Catcher in the Rye are isolated from the society because they haven’t received enough love and affection from their families therefore
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However, compared with Bender, Holden also doesn’t share most of his deeper ideas and thoughts with other people, because he’s afraid that nobody will understand them. “People are always ruining things for you,” (Salinger 47) he says, showing how frightened he is that other people won’t understand his advanced and deep thoughts and even judge him based upon them. So he doesn’t much often share his real thoughts and that prevents him from forming honest relationships and properly communicating with people. They both are struggling to properly communicate with people and often insult them, but in addition to that Holden also keeps some of his deeper thoughts to himself because he’s afraid to be …show more content…
They are just not there, however, there are some hints that leads to our understanding of the relationship between Holden and his parents. They most of the time neglect him. They apparently care for him, they pay for the expensive schools and clothes, but they show no sign of emotional support and affection. “She bought me the wrong kind of skates--I wanted racing skates and she bought hockey--but it made me sad anyway” (Salinger 28). The fact that his mother got the wrong present shows how they don’t closely listen to their child and deeply care. They are willing to pay the money, but they fail to pay attention to him in an immaterial matter or support him emotionally, which perhaps is the only thing they should have done. His parents failed to show him affection and love, which is one of the reasons why he fails to do the same with the people around him and can’t form strong relationships. Although Holden doesn’t have a violent home environment as Bender, he is more deeply scarred by his parents’
However, compared with Bender, Holden also doesn’t share most of his deeper ideas and thoughts with other people, because he’s afraid that nobody will understand them. “People are always ruining things for you,” (Salinger 47) he says, showing how frightened he is that other people won’t understand his advanced and deep thoughts and even judge him based upon them. So he doesn’t much often share his real thoughts and that prevents him from forming honest relationships and properly communicating with people. They both are struggling to properly communicate with people and often insult them, but in addition to that Holden also keeps some of his deeper thoughts to himself because he’s afraid to be …show more content…
They are just not there, however, there are some hints that leads to our understanding of the relationship between Holden and his parents. They most of the time neglect him. They apparently care for him, they pay for the expensive schools and clothes, but they show no sign of emotional support and affection. “She bought me the wrong kind of skates--I wanted racing skates and she bought hockey--but it made me sad anyway” (Salinger 28). The fact that his mother got the wrong present shows how they don’t closely listen to their child and deeply care. They are willing to pay the money, but they fail to pay attention to him in an immaterial matter or support him emotionally, which perhaps is the only thing they should have done. His parents failed to show him affection and love, which is one of the reasons why he fails to do the same with the people around him and can’t form strong relationships. Although Holden doesn’t have a violent home environment as Bender, he is more deeply scarred by his parents’