Showing posts with label The Catcher in the Rye. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Catcher in the Rye. Show all posts
Monday, November 24, 2008
Chapter 17
In this chapter we can clearly see how lonely and frustrated Holden is. He complains about “phony” people, but acts like one himself. Indirectly, he describes his life and how sad it actually his. Although he has to wait ages for his friend, he forgives her straight away just because of her looks. He relies on her because otherwise, he would be very lonely. He doesn’t have the possibility to meet anyone else, although it is his home town. As the time passes, she acts stranger and stranger; she is flirting with other guys, however, he still stays with her, and takes her to the ice-skating rink. After long conversations, asking her to leave with him into the wild, and marry him; she rejects, consequently, he insults her, and as a result leaves by himself. He stays lonely.
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Motifs - Museum
The museum of natural history is a motif representing what environment Holden would like to live in. It is a simple world that never changes, which isn't confronted with problems such as death, and phoniness. Holden isn't very comfortable with his surrounding environment, he would like people to be more real; they act on a daily bases, he cant stand this, and clearly differentiates from them.
(pg.109) "The best thing, though, in that museum was that everything always stayed right where it was. Nobody'd move. You could go there a hundred thousand times, and that Eskimo would still be there just finishing catching those two fish, the birds would still be on their way south, the dears would still be drinking out of that water hole, with their pretty antlers and their pretty, skinny legs, and that squaw with the naked bosom would still be weaving that same blanket. Nobody'd be different. The only thing that would be different would be you. "
This quote clearly shows how much Holden likes the Museum and why. He has already been there when he was a small child, with his school. He likes the way nothing ever changes. It stays identical, no matter how often you go. No one is faking or acting differently than they usually do. No one can act phony, everyone is calm. He would really like to live in a place like this.
(pg.109) "The best thing, though, in that museum was that everything always stayed right where it was. Nobody'd move. You could go there a hundred thousand times, and that Eskimo would still be there just finishing catching those two fish, the birds would still be on their way south, the dears would still be drinking out of that water hole, with their pretty antlers and their pretty, skinny legs, and that squaw with the naked bosom would still be weaving that same blanket. Nobody'd be different. The only thing that would be different would be you. "
This quote clearly shows how much Holden likes the Museum and why. He has already been there when he was a small child, with his school. He likes the way nothing ever changes. It stays identical, no matter how often you go. No one is faking or acting differently than they usually do. No one can act phony, everyone is calm. He would really like to live in a place like this.
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