Thesis: After experiencing the harshness of the adult world, Holden embarks on a journey to become the Catcher In the Rye and preserve children's’ innocence. He goes through a numerous amount of different trials that end in failure; which leads to him realizing that innocence is not something that can be obtained forever.
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Holden develops a dream job that entails of him trying to preserve children’s innocence. His idea for his job came about after experiencing loosing his own innocence following a tragic event
Salinger's purpose for including Holden’s dream job is to show Holden’s false sense of reality as well as how his past experiences lead him to his conclusion on innocence.
Holden feels as though children are the only ones left with their innocence and he must do everything in his power to protect them. During this …show more content…
He saw the effect it had on him and did not want others to experience the same thing. Allie’s death was the price Holden had to pay to be the catcher in the rye.
In terms of his emotions, Holden did not hold back in expressing how he felt. That night, “I broke all the goddam windows with my fist, just for the hell of it.” He did this in an effort to gain attention from his family and show them how upset he was about the death.
With the secondary source, it supports the idea of Allie’s death being the price Holden had to pay to fulfill his dream job.
The article stated, “To be the catcher in the rye in this world is only possible only at the price of leaving it. To be good is to be “case” a”bad boy” who confonds the society of men . So Holden seeks that one role which would allow him to be a catcher , and that is the role of children,” ( Article 1- Heiserman and Miller).
For Holden, being the catcher “ is only possible only at the price of leaving it.” This price was the death of Allie as well as James
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Holden develops a dream job that entails of him trying to preserve children’s innocence. His idea for his job came about after experiencing loosing his own innocence following a tragic event
Salinger's purpose for including Holden’s dream job is to show Holden’s false sense of reality as well as how his past experiences lead him to his conclusion on innocence.
Holden feels as though children are the only ones left with their innocence and he must do everything in his power to protect them. During this …show more content…
He saw the effect it had on him and did not want others to experience the same thing. Allie’s death was the price Holden had to pay to be the catcher in the rye.
In terms of his emotions, Holden did not hold back in expressing how he felt. That night, “I broke all the goddam windows with my fist, just for the hell of it.” He did this in an effort to gain attention from his family and show them how upset he was about the death.
With the secondary source, it supports the idea of Allie’s death being the price Holden had to pay to fulfill his dream job.
The article stated, “To be the catcher in the rye in this world is only possible only at the price of leaving it. To be good is to be “case” a”bad boy” who confonds the society of men . So Holden seeks that one role which would allow him to be a catcher , and that is the role of children,” ( Article 1- Heiserman and Miller).
For Holden, being the catcher “ is only possible only at the price of leaving it.” This price was the death of Allie as well as James