Catcher In The Rye Passage Analysis
Noh English 3CP
Catcher in the Rye Ch 16-17 CTA Chunk
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Holden’s hypothetical musings about how he would confront his glove thief [demonstrates] how fear of confrontation causes people to act in contradictory ways. While Holden walks back to the hotel after his encounter with Lillian, he starts thinking about what he would do to the person who stole his gloves back in his prep school, Pency, since he is freezing. Holden admits that he would not have directly confronted the thief because he describes himself as being “very yellow” (89). The word “yellow” is often known as a color, but it is also an archetypal American term that denotes ‘cowardly’. Holden then goes on to explain that the reason he would describe himself as cowardly
Catcher in the Rye Ch 16-17 CTA Chunk
Group:
Holden’s hypothetical musings about how he would confront his glove thief [demonstrates] how fear of confrontation causes people to act in contradictory ways. While Holden walks back to the hotel after his encounter with Lillian, he starts thinking about what he would do to the person who stole his gloves back in his prep school, Pency, since he is freezing. Holden admits that he would not have directly confronted the thief because he describes himself as being “very yellow” (89). The word “yellow” is often known as a color, but it is also an archetypal American term that denotes ‘cowardly’. Holden then goes on to explain that the reason he would describe himself as cowardly