Catcher In The Rye Theme
In the book “Catcher in the Rye” By J.D. Salinger, there are many themes. Actually there are mainly two, but that is besides the point. I’m here to tell you to tell you about those two. The first one is depression. The second is about youth/innocence of children.
Let's start with depression. This negative emotion is written all over the book. You can’t go two pages without our main character Holden whining about something. Most of these complaints are usually about someone being “phoney” or fake. Those are the type of people he hates. Other times it’s about something about poor people. It’s rather ridiculous on how bad it gets about the same old thing.
Holden’s depression even leaves him to have crazy fantasies of running away from his home and living off of highly unrealistic means. When Holden was dating an old friend of his named Sally, he goes into a rant about running away and getting married. He even wanted to do it too. Luckily, Sally was smart and tried using rationalism, causing the date went downhill from there. …show more content…
It is what keeps Holden going. Coincidentally, he is rather an immature little brat at heart himself. He wants to preserve that at any cost. A simple word like “F*ck You” scribbled onto a wall in an elementary school is enough to piss him off about the subject. Holden loves children to a rather creepy extent, showing great admiration for them and going into detail. He fantasises about one day catching them in the rye, to “protect” them from the harsh world and to keep their innocence.
In conclusion, the two major themes in “Catcher in the Rye” by J.D. Salinger is Depression and Child Innocence. In my personal opinion, the depression with Holden is the most annoying part of this book. The parts that involve him and children gets rather uncomfortable to read pretty quickly. All and all, this book isn’t a good read despite what the teachers might
Let's start with depression. This negative emotion is written all over the book. You can’t go two pages without our main character Holden whining about something. Most of these complaints are usually about someone being “phoney” or fake. Those are the type of people he hates. Other times it’s about something about poor people. It’s rather ridiculous on how bad it gets about the same old thing.
Holden’s depression even leaves him to have crazy fantasies of running away from his home and living off of highly unrealistic means. When Holden was dating an old friend of his named Sally, he goes into a rant about running away and getting married. He even wanted to do it too. Luckily, Sally was smart and tried using rationalism, causing the date went downhill from there. …show more content…
It is what keeps Holden going. Coincidentally, he is rather an immature little brat at heart himself. He wants to preserve that at any cost. A simple word like “F*ck You” scribbled onto a wall in an elementary school is enough to piss him off about the subject. Holden loves children to a rather creepy extent, showing great admiration for them and going into detail. He fantasises about one day catching them in the rye, to “protect” them from the harsh world and to keep their innocence.
In conclusion, the two major themes in “Catcher in the Rye” by J.D. Salinger is Depression and Child Innocence. In my personal opinion, the depression with Holden is the most annoying part of this book. The parts that involve him and children gets rather uncomfortable to read pretty quickly. All and all, this book isn’t a good read despite what the teachers might