Carousel

Ever on and on I continue circling With nothing but my hate in a carousel of agony Till slowly I forget and my heart starts vanishing And suddenly I see that I can't break free— I'm Slipping through the cracks of a dark eternity With nothing but my pain and the paralyzing agony To tell me who I am, who I was Uncertainty enveloping my mind Till I can't break free And Maybe it's a dream; maybe nothing else is real But it wouldn't mean a thing if I told you how I feel So I'm tired of all the pain…

fish either. Being able to hunt animals like whales and seals by itself sounds like an impressive feat. But what is actually impressive are the various techniques that they use to acquire their meals. One of these techniques is referred to as ‘carousel feeding.’ With this technique,…

story even though Holden realizes innocence is not permanent he still yearns to maintain his own innocence. This is symbolized when he takes his sister Phoebe to her favorite ride, the carousel. The carousel is the symbol of youth and the golden ring is adulthood. Even though he takes comfort in Phoebe riding the carousel he still feels the need to protect her from falling as she reaches for the ring symbolizing he still views adulthood as a threat to innocence. (Salinger…

symbolism, Salinger is able to give additional meaning to the plot beyond what is being described by Holden. Through Holden 's desire to be a catcher in the rye, his goal of protecting the innocence of children is conveyed, but the golden rings on the carousel represents his realization that this is an unrealistic goal and also unfair to the children. Holden’s reaction to the profanity he sees on the walls at Phoebe’s school and at the museum also represents his desire to protect the innocence…

simply breathed her amazement. With nose pressed against the window of the Ferris wheel carriage, she continued her awed narration as we began our final, rounded descent. Lollipop roofs on canvas tents. Sun glinting off the polished brass poles of the carousel. People darting about, miniature, with all the frenzy of a colony of ants. The huge, manic mouth of Luna Park was ever hungry, greedily swallowing the frantic flow of families. It was then, as we drew closer to the ground, that I noticed a…

homeless, frozen out”. Holden wants to be the idealistic “Catcher in the Rye” to save children’s innocence but we can see this is an impossible dream. It is only at the end Holden realises his dream is unrealistic as he is watching Phoebe on the carousel and allows her to reach for the golden ring representing the cyclic nature of the novel and Holden’s thoughts. “I was sort of afraid (Phoebe) she’d fall off the goddam horse, but i didn’t say anything or do anything.” At this point Holden…

When I first saw him, I was shocked. He sat there, smiling and crying while the rain fell. His eyes stayed on the little girl riding the carousel, probably his sister. I could see what my brother saw in him. He was cute in a plain kind of way. Short brown hair peeking out under his weird hat, sparkling hazel eyes, and a smile that could rival Frank Sinatra’s. “He has the best smile Mary.” As I walked up to him, I noticed worry lines permeate his face. His sparkling eyes contained a sense of…

Holden talks many times throughout the book about children losing their innocence to the cruel adult world. For example, when Holden orders a prostitute to his hotel room in New York, he hangs up Sunny’s dress and describes how he feels. “I took her dress over to the closet and hung it up for her. It was funny, It made me feel sort of sad when I hung it up. I thought of her going in a store and buying it, and nobody in the store knowing she was a prostitute and all. The salesman probably just…

Green Town, Illinois is a small town where where life for Will and Jim is extremely mundane. However, on a night in late October, they are called to something much greater when the carnival comes to town. In the novel Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury, it is up to Will Halloway, Jim Nightshade and Charles Halloway to save the town from the carnival. In Something Wicked This Way Comes, Ray Bradbury uses character archetypes to help the characters overcome their fears and weaknesses…

The children in the 1980’s Toys R Us’s commercial expressively repeated the phrase: “I don’t wanna’ grow up, I’m a Toys R Us kid.” Although the company Toys R Us was not founded until 1948 (About Toys"R" Us), Holden Caulfield, the protagonist in J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye has the same mentality: he does not want to grow up. His bias towards innocence and fear of adulthood leaves him with one purpose in life: to save those from enduring the pain of maturing. Due to a mishearing of…