Catcher In The Rye Quotes And Analysis Essay
Beginning
"Bishop Long takes his spot back at the podium. He speaks haltingly, starting out slow. "I know all about it... I know all about what you're up against..."
(Page 75-76) This passage is slowly beginning to introduce us to faith and how it is an important part of Cedric's life. At the service Cedric was at in this passage Bishop Long was saying how people are beginning to feel low, tired, and as if they can't wait anymore for their visions to become realities. This is ironic in the fact that Cedric was waiting for his acceptance letter from MIT and when he got home from the service that day there was the letter sitting under the TV Guide. Bishop Long also had the participants say how they would be fine tonight because Jesus is with them. This is also ironic because Cedric was alright at the end of the night and …show more content…
Throughout the course of the novel it had never been easy for Cedric to accept the way he was brought up, the people he was surrounded with, and the school he went to, but he realized it was necessary if he wanted to move forward with his life. The authors use of first person point of view makes it clear to the reader about how Cedric is feeling from his perspective and what he has planned for himself in the future. Cedric had such high expectations for living in the real world out of Washington DC, but he realized that not all of his expectations could be met at this time in his life. Cedric had envisioned the unseen as a place where he would be accepted for who he was as an individual, but realized he would need to do the same before others could. The unseen world that Cedric had thought so highly of was not all it was cracked up to be at this point in his life, but he believed that it was a place that could be achieved down the line in his life once he had put his own life
"Bishop Long takes his spot back at the podium. He speaks haltingly, starting out slow. "I know all about it... I know all about what you're up against..."
(Page 75-76) This passage is slowly beginning to introduce us to faith and how it is an important part of Cedric's life. At the service Cedric was at in this passage Bishop Long was saying how people are beginning to feel low, tired, and as if they can't wait anymore for their visions to become realities. This is ironic in the fact that Cedric was waiting for his acceptance letter from MIT and when he got home from the service that day there was the letter sitting under the TV Guide. Bishop Long also had the participants say how they would be fine tonight because Jesus is with them. This is also ironic because Cedric was alright at the end of the night and …show more content…
Throughout the course of the novel it had never been easy for Cedric to accept the way he was brought up, the people he was surrounded with, and the school he went to, but he realized it was necessary if he wanted to move forward with his life. The authors use of first person point of view makes it clear to the reader about how Cedric is feeling from his perspective and what he has planned for himself in the future. Cedric had such high expectations for living in the real world out of Washington DC, but he realized that not all of his expectations could be met at this time in his life. Cedric had envisioned the unseen as a place where he would be accepted for who he was as an individual, but realized he would need to do the same before others could. The unseen world that Cedric had thought so highly of was not all it was cracked up to be at this point in his life, but he believed that it was a place that could be achieved down the line in his life once he had put his own life