Catcher In The Rye Setting Analysis
Written by J. D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye explores the recollections of an adolescent boy, Holden Caulfield, who experiences a nervous breakdown. Salinger illustrates Holden’s personal dilemmas through setting and characterisation to show the readers Holden’s isolation. The Social Network, directed by David Fincher, is a film of similar context, exploring the social isolation a college student, Mark Zuckerberg, faces while creating the billion dollar social media platform known as Facebook. Like Salinger, Fincher presents Mark’s personal dilemmas through setting and characterisation to illustrate the isolation Mark faces.
Salinger frequently uses the description of setting to illustrate Holden’s isolation. Salinger constantly describes …show more content…
Although Holden longs for connection with others, he also drives them away. This is particularly evident when Holden is at Ernie’s. Lillian Simmons, a girl who use to date D.B comes to the table with her date where Holden in sitting. While Holden converses with her, in his recollection he continues to make comments on her actions which irritate him exceedingly. Holden comments “She was blocking up the whole goddam traffic in the aisle.” After becoming more irritated he begins to argue “you could tell the waiter didn’t like her much, you could even tell the Navy guy didn’t like her much…” He then concludes “And I didn’t like her much. Nobody did.” Out of frustration with Lillian, Holden proceeds to leave Ernie’s, causing him to feel more isolated as he walks the cold and dark streets of New …show more content…
D. Salinger, uses a number of techniques to prevail Holden’s isolation. Through description of setting and characterisation, Salinger is able to illustrate Holden’s isolation to the readers. The director of The Social Network, David Fincher, additionally uses characterisation and description of setting to prevail Mark’s isolation. It is through these techniques among many others that viewers and readers are able to understand both Holden and Mark’s personal dilemmas in
Salinger frequently uses the description of setting to illustrate Holden’s isolation. Salinger constantly describes …show more content…
Although Holden longs for connection with others, he also drives them away. This is particularly evident when Holden is at Ernie’s. Lillian Simmons, a girl who use to date D.B comes to the table with her date where Holden in sitting. While Holden converses with her, in his recollection he continues to make comments on her actions which irritate him exceedingly. Holden comments “She was blocking up the whole goddam traffic in the aisle.” After becoming more irritated he begins to argue “you could tell the waiter didn’t like her much, you could even tell the Navy guy didn’t like her much…” He then concludes “And I didn’t like her much. Nobody did.” Out of frustration with Lillian, Holden proceeds to leave Ernie’s, causing him to feel more isolated as he walks the cold and dark streets of New …show more content…
D. Salinger, uses a number of techniques to prevail Holden’s isolation. Through description of setting and characterisation, Salinger is able to illustrate Holden’s isolation to the readers. The director of The Social Network, David Fincher, additionally uses characterisation and description of setting to prevail Mark’s isolation. It is through these techniques among many others that viewers and readers are able to understand both Holden and Mark’s personal dilemmas in