The Catcher in the Rye is a story about a boy who is named Holden who struggles in life and making his own decisions but, he finally gets his life straightened out after he’s in a mental hospital. The Catcher In the Rye By: J.D. Salinger is a story about a teenager who is explaining his life story while he is in an Asylum. He has three things besides Phoebe that helps him get through his struggles including, The red hunting Cap, Allie’s Baseball Mitt and the Carousel these all represent different things. The Red Hunting Cap is a Symbol for Comfort as well as The baseball mitt. The Carousel represents Innocence throughout the book where Phoebe occurs to be acting more mature than she is.
The Red Hunting Cap is a hat that Holden bought for one dollar and he bought it in New York. Holden loves this hat because he believes he looks good in it. The Hat is a sign of Comfort because it makes him positive. Even though this hat is cheap it has an expensive impact on Holden throughout the story, “I put on this hat that i’d bought in New York that morning. It was this red hunting hat, with one of those very, very long peaks. I saw it in the window of this sports store when we got out of the subway, just after I noticed I’d lost all of the goddamn foils. It only cost me a buck. The way I wore it, I swung the …show more content…
In the catcher in the Rye Phoebe is ten years old but at times acts older than she is. But at times she does act her age for example the Carousel ride. Now the Carousel is for little kids but Phoebe still enjoys it. Phoebe enjoys the Carousel just as much as the little kids do. “Then the Carousel started and I watched her go round and round… All the kids tried to grab for the gold ring, and so was old phoebe”(Salinger 211). Phoebe is mature for her age but at the same time she has fun when she has the opportunity. The Carousel shows that phoebe is still a child and still has much to learn about being
The Red Hunting Cap is a hat that Holden bought for one dollar and he bought it in New York. Holden loves this hat because he believes he looks good in it. The Hat is a sign of Comfort because it makes him positive. Even though this hat is cheap it has an expensive impact on Holden throughout the story, “I put on this hat that i’d bought in New York that morning. It was this red hunting hat, with one of those very, very long peaks. I saw it in the window of this sports store when we got out of the subway, just after I noticed I’d lost all of the goddamn foils. It only cost me a buck. The way I wore it, I swung the …show more content…
In the catcher in the Rye Phoebe is ten years old but at times acts older than she is. But at times she does act her age for example the Carousel ride. Now the Carousel is for little kids but Phoebe still enjoys it. Phoebe enjoys the Carousel just as much as the little kids do. “Then the Carousel started and I watched her go round and round… All the kids tried to grab for the gold ring, and so was old phoebe”(Salinger 211). Phoebe is mature for her age but at the same time she has fun when she has the opportunity. The Carousel shows that phoebe is still a child and still has much to learn about being