Thesis Statement: Both Salinger and Knowles display meaningful symbols throughout their novels that give the reader a better understanding of the intentions and meaning

Paragraph 1 (Topic Sentence) A: Holden's desire to be The Catcher in the Rye has symbolic meaning of his need to stop the transition from childhood innocence to falling off the cliff and becoming a phony.

Paragraph 3 (Topic Sentence) C: Finny's fall represents the fall from innocence, and into the adult world that envy has brought them. It brings an end to the summer at Devon, which conveys the innocence of the Finny and Gene.

B: "This is a people shooting. . . 'I shoot people in this hat'" (Pg 22)

C: "Finny, his balance gone, swung his head to look at me for an instant with extreme interest, and then he tumbled sideways, broke through the little branches below and hit the bank with a sickening, unnatural thud" (Pg 52).

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Approximate Word count = 503
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)