Comparing Catcher In The Rye And Rule Of The Bone

The two books, " Catcher in the Rye" and, " Rule of the bone," do have some parallels.

Mostly, the main theme of the stories , a young, confused, boy trying to find himself and attempting to figure out what they want out of life and what life wants out of them. That is pretty much where the similarities ended for me.

First look at the people themselves. Holden Caufield was a financially well off kid, from a private school, he was intelligent, even though he always seemed to be looking for someone to hang out with, he was a independent person. As far as the novel led on he had a decent upbringing aside from the death of his brother. He just had deep- rooted mental problems that required therapy to help him through.

Now Chappie, a.k.a. Bone, was a lower class kid, a public school drop- out, a drug dealing burn out, not very intelligent, when he put out the loner persona he deep down always needed to be around people. Now he had an awful upbringing. He was molested, which is a enough to mess anyone up right there, but on top of that he always felt like he was fighting for his mothers love and loosing. His problems more came from his wanting rebel
He " rescues" a little girl from a crazy, dirty old man to try to reunite her with her mother only to have her die.Then he moves to Jamaica with his new best friend/ mentor, a rastafarian named I- Man. He meets his real dad there only to find he is some weird drug addict who really isn't a good father> Then as if things couldn't get much worse he walks in on the slaughtered body of I- Man while the killers were still there. Some how though it seems all of these thing together brought Bone to a root of realization and he seemed less confused by life and was willing to just let life take its course. He went from a rebel drop out, to a suicidal criminal, to a mini- rasta, to a