Catcher in the Rye 4
One theme developed in Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger is that bonds to our family is one of the most important factors in life. This is evident throughout the book since Holden spends so much of his time thinking about, and striving to be with his brothers and sister. Each one of Holden's siblings plays an important role in helping him cope with his life in school and the many questions that he faces in his everyday life. Aswell as give him a positive thought when he was down. Looking at his relationships with Allie, D.B. and Pheobe give you ample proof of this. Holden's brother D.B. was very important to Holden throughout the book. D.B. was on Holden's mind often. One way that he was on Holden's mind was how much he cared about D.B. and his personality. "He used to be just a regular writer... Now he's out in Hollywood being a prostitute". Holden often thought that D.B should leave his job in Hollywood writing movies and go back to his old life writing short stories. He should do that so that he could stop trying to please the people and just please himself. Another way that D.B was on Holden's mind was how Holden thought about the many stories that D.B. would read him at night. When thinking of this it would remind Ho
Family is one of the most important themes in life. At least in the life of Holden Caulfield. From the time that he wrote the poem for Stradler that was inspired by Allie to Pheobe, who was his only reason for staying in New York for as long as he did Family was always a strong factor in all major decisions that Holden made, and actions that he took. Without his family Holden would have been lost and would not of lasted as long as he did in the city. Allie was one of the major factors that greatly affected Holden's thoughts and actions. Allie, even though dead, was still on Holden's mind and in a way assisting him in solving some of his largest problems. One way that Allie affected Holden's thoughts was by how much Holden thought about Allie. "My brother Allie had this left handed fielders mitt. He was left handed. The thing that was descriptive about it though was that he had poems written all over the fingers and pocket" (pg 38). Holden missed Allie a lot and thought about him constantly during the book. Another way that Allie affected Holden was he could affect his actions, even though he was dead. Holden always said that things should be how "Allie would of wanted them" and in a way his actions reflected that. And finally Allie could affect Holden because the thought of Allie made him very emotional. "Anyway, that's what I wrote Stradlater's composition about. Old Allie's baseball mitt" (pg 39
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Approximate Word count = 952
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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