The Catcher In The Rye Analysis

Mary is partially responsible for the way Wes is acting out. Mary does care for her son Wes and she takes care of him well, she's just not as good of a role model as she should have been for Wes and his older brother Tony. On the one hand, I agree that Wes's friends have some responsibility of how Wes is. For the reason that he hangs out with those kind of people, they're showing him those bad things. But on the other hand I insist that his mother is more responsible. She shouldn't allow him to associate with these types of kids at school. The way Wes acts is way too young for someone his age to be getting into drugs and into such trouble. His mother, Mary was very oblivios to the things that were going on in his life.She never disaplined him as hard as she should have because he wasn't a good child. "Well at least you know how bad it feels." (Moore 61.) By saying this she was kind of laughing it off, she doesn't tell him that he shouldn't be doing those kind of things. As his mother Mary shouldn't allow him to be friends with those kids. …show more content…
Wes says, "besides watching Tony" (Moore 59.) Wes learned about the use of drugs from his brother Tony, if he wouldn't have had to see and be around this so much he wouldn't have wanted to try it. From watching Tony he got the idea in his head that it was an okay thing to do at first, and his mom never really disaplined Tony for it so he knew it'd be the same for him. Mary should've protected Wes from seeing that happening. "She knew what her older son was into but didn't think there was anything she could do for him now. She hoped that Wes would be different." (Moore 71.) By this, all she is doing is hoping she's not trying to make a difference in either one of her sons life. She doesn't help Tony, and that sets such a bad example for Wes and for