His Last Walk

innocent children lose their innocence. This expresses the theme, the painfulness of growing up and phoniness of the adult world. Holden hates the phony adult world, so he wants to save every child from stepping into it. Therefore, Holden expresses his feelings to Phoebe that he wants to be the Catcher in the Rye. Holden says, “I keep picturing all these little kids…. I know its crazy” (Pg. 173). Holden proclaims that the only job he wants to do is to save children from adulthood. He imagines…

going to one of his teacher’s house because he asked him. The teacher just kept nagging him because he knew that Holden could do so much better if he just applied himself. Then the guy who lives beside Holden and his roommate comes over and talks to him. His roommate, Stradlater told Holden that he was going out with a girl named Jane who said that she knew Holden. After Stradlater came back from his date him and Holden got into a big fight which left Holden with blood all over his face. Later…

assessment of his abilities and his personality that also reflect a larger view of the archetype: the innocent youth. Milne offers his reader subtle hints of Pooh’s personality when he says, “He could see the honey. He could smell the honey. But he couldn’t reach the honey.” (Milne 14) Milne’s repetition and use of the anaphora is key to understanding Pooh and his charisma. Milne uses the ambiguous pronoun “he” in all three sentences, which serves to show that Milne points to Pooh and his…

about. This is how Holden sees the world around him. He views others by describing them as putting on a facade, and that truly disgust's him. It’s no longer what he remembers in his memories rather he sees them as their true nature, and that's to be phony. In this essay, we’ll be exploring how Holden views the world with his ambivalence towards people. Holden is having an ambivalence towards adulthood. He can’t take the fact that…

Many individuals believe that one’s mood affects the way that they perceive things. Others feel that predetermined beliefs and surroundings are what affects how items, such as movies and music, are understood. However, both mood and surroundings influence the way one evaluates items, such as films. Mood and surroundings can have an affect on the way one comprehends films since they allow individuals to influence others, to be open-minded, and to create bonds. In the literary piece,…

and try’s to take care of himself and hoping his parents get the letter, stating that he got kicked out, before he comes home for the holidays. Holden’s parents don’t realize that he might need a break for a little while because of the death of his brother, Allie. First, the following quote is from ‘Sibling Death and Childhood Traumatic Grief’, “they may regress to earlier behavior, or develop new…

goes. Constantly complaining about the phoniness and similarities of others, Holden himself is a hypocrite. However, there’s a slow but gradual change in weather from snow and ice that represents Holden’s fixation with the phoniness of society, to his acceptance of reality’s lost innocence when it finally rains. Throughout the majority of the story, Holden wants to avoid being affected by the imperfections of society as he strives to protect those who are falling from innocence. Salinger uses…

did not see any point in trying to do or be something if his brother was not there to see it either. This is the reason for all the destructive choices and decisions Holden makes throughout the story. Even though getting drunk and finding prostitutes came off as fun and entertaining to Holden, it was really a cry for help with the downward spiral into which he was getting himself. In one case, very late at night, Holden had arrived back at his hotel. As he was heading toward the elevator, the…

In act one Linda says of Willy “He is not the finest character that ever lived. But he is a human being, and a terrible thing is happening to him” How sympathetic are you with her view of Willy’s plight? Throughout the play we see many of Willy’s qualities; some good, some bad. We’re introduced to Willy in a negative way, within the first few pages it becomes clear that Willy is very short tempered; for example, when he says “I don't want a change, I want swiss cheese. Why am I always…

jock” which is evident by Stradlater going on a date with Jane Gallagher which happens to be his childhood crush. However he is failing a lot of his classes so he is expelled from the school. He decides to go home early and not tell anybody he has arrived though. He tries to set up a date but hangs up whenever she can’t do it that night. Later that night he finds Maurice the pimp and he sends a prostitute his way but he is way too innocent for a prostitute and they don’t have sex and they even…