Catcher In The Rye Emotional Decisions
Emotional Decisions
Making decisions is an everyday task. However, everyone does not make the right choices all the time. Emotional decision making leads to negative outcomes and that is proven in these three texts, Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, The Catcher in the Rye by J.D Salinger, and The Glass menagerie by Tennessee Williams.
In Romeo and Juliet the young couple made irrational decisions driven by emotions. For example, when Romeo was having his first conversation with Juliet after the Capulets party, the conversation escalated into a marriage proposal. “The exchange of thy love’s faithful vow for mine”. Juliet accepted the marriage proposal and both made plans for their wedding knowing that they aren’t allowed to be together because of the feud between their families. “Deny thy father and refuse thy name”. Not only were their two families feuding, but they’ve only met with each other for not even a day. The result was their death that was led up through a series of events relating to Romeo and Juliet's engagement. …show more content…
In the second text The Catcher in the Rye, Holden the main character experienced a lot of negative feelings which clouded his sense of judgement.
For instance, when Holden was angered by Stradlater Holden decided to fight Stradlater but Stradlater was more superior than Holden in terms of strength which led to Holden getting beat. Another incident in which Holden made a bad decision driven by emotions was when Allie died. Holden was so angry and upset he punched his window and severely injuring his hand. “I couldn’t make a fist with that hand, on account of that injury I told you about”. Holden’s emotional state led him to many physical
injuries.
In the third text The Glass Menagerie, many characters experience negative emotions and nothing benefits from it. For example Laura pretended to attend her business college everyday because of the one incident in which she threw up in class.
Ever since then she’s been lying to her mother. Her mother invested a great amount of money towards the college to secure Laura’s future and instead of returning the next day after the incident her insecurities took over which prevented her from going back to the college. “She broke down completely-was sick at the stomach and almost had to be carried into the washroom!”. The dramatic scenes and ending were the results of emotional choices.
Making emotional decisions leads to negative outcomes. All the emotional decisions made throughout, Romeo and Juliet, The Catcher in the Rye, and The Glass Menagerie led to undesirable endings. So that proves how choices made based off emotions and not facts results in regret.
Making decisions is an everyday task. However, everyone does not make the right choices all the time. Emotional decision making leads to negative outcomes and that is proven in these three texts, Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, The Catcher in the Rye by J.D Salinger, and The Glass menagerie by Tennessee Williams.
In Romeo and Juliet the young couple made irrational decisions driven by emotions. For example, when Romeo was having his first conversation with Juliet after the Capulets party, the conversation escalated into a marriage proposal. “The exchange of thy love’s faithful vow for mine”. Juliet accepted the marriage proposal and both made plans for their wedding knowing that they aren’t allowed to be together because of the feud between their families. “Deny thy father and refuse thy name”. Not only were their two families feuding, but they’ve only met with each other for not even a day. The result was their death that was led up through a series of events relating to Romeo and Juliet's engagement. …show more content…
In the second text The Catcher in the Rye, Holden the main character experienced a lot of negative feelings which clouded his sense of judgement.
For instance, when Holden was angered by Stradlater Holden decided to fight Stradlater but Stradlater was more superior than Holden in terms of strength which led to Holden getting beat. Another incident in which Holden made a bad decision driven by emotions was when Allie died. Holden was so angry and upset he punched his window and severely injuring his hand. “I couldn’t make a fist with that hand, on account of that injury I told you about”. Holden’s emotional state led him to many physical
injuries.
In the third text The Glass Menagerie, many characters experience negative emotions and nothing benefits from it. For example Laura pretended to attend her business college everyday because of the one incident in which she threw up in class.
Ever since then she’s been lying to her mother. Her mother invested a great amount of money towards the college to secure Laura’s future and instead of returning the next day after the incident her insecurities took over which prevented her from going back to the college. “She broke down completely-was sick at the stomach and almost had to be carried into the washroom!”. The dramatic scenes and ending were the results of emotional choices.
Making emotional decisions leads to negative outcomes. All the emotional decisions made throughout, Romeo and Juliet, The Catcher in the Rye, and The Glass Menagerie led to undesirable endings. So that proves how choices made based off emotions and not facts results in regret.