“Little Shirley Beans” In The Catcher in the Rye, there are many symbols to represent something with a much greater meaning. “Little Shirley Beans” could be an example of a symbol in this novel by J.D Salinger. “Little Shirley Beans” is a record Holden wanted to buy for his younger sister Phoebe. Holden heard this album while he was at Pencey and he just knew Phoebe would ‘get a kick out of it’. The record was hard to get, but he just had to get it for Phoebe. The record costed him five dollars because it was so hard to get. Holden ended up dropping the record, shattering it to pieces. Although it was broken, Phoebe didn’t mind and just kept the pieces anyway. The “Little Shirley Beans” record contributes to the story because it shows how
