The Catcher in the Rye - Journey
Journey is defined as the act of traveling from one place to another. Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger, is a journey story itself. J.D. Salinger starts the journey in a mental hospital in California. This is where Holden Caulfield, the main character, has his flashbacks and begins to retell his journey. The physical journey Holden makes is to go from Pencey Prep Pennsylvania to New York. From this point, he makes his way to a hotel in New York. In the same night, he goes to the hotel club and relaxes. Then he exits the club and goes to the lobby. While in the lobby, Holden thinks of the girl that he likes, Jane Gallagher. This shows his emotional journey. When he would think of her, he would get very depressed. After the hotel club, Holden goes to another club where he meets a girl who knows his brother. After he met the girl, he left the club and went back to the hotel. When Holden was back at the hotel, he met someone who was going send him a prostitute. Although the prostitute comes, he is too scared to do anything, so he kicks her out. This was an embarrassing journey for Holden. Holden experiences another emotional event when the stripper and her friend come back to collect their money. Holden is frightened throughout this and is abused on. The strippers pimp abused on Holden because he refused to pay. That is why he is emotionally scared. Holden calls up a friend so that they could go out on a date and checks out of the hotel because he is low in money. Next, he goes to Grand Central Station, checks his bags there, and eats breakfast. After that, Holden goes to Broadway looking for a CD to buy for his sister Phoebe. He buys it for her. Then, he takes a taxi to meet his date. While on the date, Holden and Sally had an argument and they both left. After Holden's date with Sally, he goes with his friend to hang out and drink some beers. After this, Holden decides to go to his family's house. When he reaches his family's house,