Catcher In The Rye Persuasive Essay
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4. At this part of The Catcher In the Rye, Holden is talking to Phoebe about his possible future careers, however his choice in career reflects Holden's affinity for all things innocent and his will to a protector of them. Holden remembers a part of a Robert Burns poem incorrectly as "if a body catch a body coming through the rye" this causes him to imagine himself saving children by "catch[ing] them" before they "go over the cliff." Ironically, the poem itself is about casual sex, yet Holden interprets it differently in a much more innocent manner. He believes that someone must save the children before they fall off the cliff. The children represent innocence and Holden wants to save the children before they fall off the cliff and enter into the pit of adulthood and a world full of phonies. As Holden himself struggles with realizing his own future, he does not realize that he also wants to be saved from the …show more content…
In this scene of Catcher in The Rye, Holden has gone to visit Mr. Spencer who lectures him about playing by the rules of life; however, through the characterization that occurs Mr. Spencer's statement, it is clear Holden would rather not play by the rules of life and become a phony and feels alienated by the world around him. After Mr. Spencer says that life must be "played by the rules." Holden thinks that those who play by the rules are the "hot-shots and phonies" in life. In many occasions throughout the novel, Holden states that he would rather leave than be "surrounded by phonies." Often times Holden associates those who are doing well in like and "making a lot of dough" with phonies, such as his brother D.B, and Mr Ossenburger. Holden, who would rather not be phony, begins to feel more alienated and victimized by the world around him because he knows that he does not want to play by "rules of life" and become a phony. His feeling of alienation further contributes to the loneliness that Holden associates with his
4. At this part of The Catcher In the Rye, Holden is talking to Phoebe about his possible future careers, however his choice in career reflects Holden's affinity for all things innocent and his will to a protector of them. Holden remembers a part of a Robert Burns poem incorrectly as "if a body catch a body coming through the rye" this causes him to imagine himself saving children by "catch[ing] them" before they "go over the cliff." Ironically, the poem itself is about casual sex, yet Holden interprets it differently in a much more innocent manner. He believes that someone must save the children before they fall off the cliff. The children represent innocence and Holden wants to save the children before they fall off the cliff and enter into the pit of adulthood and a world full of phonies. As Holden himself struggles with realizing his own future, he does not realize that he also wants to be saved from the …show more content…
In this scene of Catcher in The Rye, Holden has gone to visit Mr. Spencer who lectures him about playing by the rules of life; however, through the characterization that occurs Mr. Spencer's statement, it is clear Holden would rather not play by the rules of life and become a phony and feels alienated by the world around him. After Mr. Spencer says that life must be "played by the rules." Holden thinks that those who play by the rules are the "hot-shots and phonies" in life. In many occasions throughout the novel, Holden states that he would rather leave than be "surrounded by phonies." Often times Holden associates those who are doing well in like and "making a lot of dough" with phonies, such as his brother D.B, and Mr Ossenburger. Holden, who would rather not be phony, begins to feel more alienated and victimized by the world around him because he knows that he does not want to play by "rules of life" and become a phony. His feeling of alienation further contributes to the loneliness that Holden associates with his