Essay On Catcher In The Rye

Catcher in the Rye is a peculiar book that grabs my attention because it’s a novel about coming of age written by J.D. Salinger and this book is interesting because you don’t know what is going to happen next it’s unpredictable which makes me want to read more. When I first started reading “Cather in the Rye” I found it a bit boring but once I got more into the book I found myself more and more interested in this book because there were so many things that made it worth reading. I think the title to the book Catcher in the Rye is important because Holden specifically quotes, “I want to save people falling off the cliff into the rye field”. He says this because Holden is afraid of change in his life because he doesn’t like it. He does not
The main character Holden Caulfield is very important because of his certain personality because he is very strange he doesn’t have a lot of friends but he wants to make friends, which he does during his journey. He made friends with the nuns, the teachers, some cab drivers, and some girls in a nightclub, old friends, and most importantly his sister. Even though he wants to make friends its hard for Holden because of who he is he stands out among the crowd and that’s what his red hunting hat symbolizes it is a metaphor on how he stands out and is higher then everyone because they are a fake or phony. “Phoebe go home” this stands out to me because the scene where Phoebe has a suitcase and the red hunting hat on Holden realizes how he has influenced his younger sister and how she is turning into her which is not a good thing to Holden because he doesn’t want Phoebe to turn out like Holden. A question that I have always had is he always mad or depressed at the world every second of the day it doesn’t make sense because if he is lonely why does he always scare off