Grab For The Golden Ring In Catcher In The Rye
“The thing with kids is, if they want to grab for the gold ring, you have to let them do it, and not say anything. If they fall off, they fall off, but it is bad to say anything to them.”(Salinger 233 ) In this chapter Holden and Phoebe go to the carnival together and Phoebe wants to ride the carousel desperately hile Holden watches her. Why does this symbolization matter? However, there are some consequences in reaching for the golden ring because the rider might fall. One might view the gold ring as an opportunity of hope, and the changes one must take to achieve it. It is a major step for Holden to accept that kids will grab for the gold ring and adults must let them. It is part of life and part of growing up that Holden must come to realize they will grow up no matter what. “Then the carousel started, and I
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watched her go round and round...All the kids tried to grasp for the gold ring, and so was old Phoebe, and I was sort of afraid she'd fall off the Goddam horse, but I didn't say or do anything”( Salinger 232) The carousel itself represents life spinning round and round. Life continuously goes in circles, but it's up to you to change the story or scene each time you go around. It represents how life goes up and down ( just like the wooden horses) and how life is never an easy ride. Holden is a character who keeps the innocent close to his heart and protected. He lost his brother named Allie always refers to him as the innocent. Holden dreadful fears what the future has in mind for him so he constantly runs away from it. But towards the end in this moment of the story, he realizes life always catches up to him no matter how careful he is about protecting the innocent. That the dream he has of being the “Catcher in the Rye” is metaphorically impossible. One must realize, saving everyone from getting hurt is impossible. Children learn from their mistakes, and If they don't make any, there's nothing to learn from? Ordinarily, growing up does not mean you fully lose your innocence. One can always revise those cherishing memories they have with their friends or family and I think that's what holden comes to conclude about. During chapter 16 in “Catcher in the Rye,” Holden visits a museum and he is very content with the fact that everything in the glass cases always stays the same.
They metaphorically keep their “purity” or “innocence”. While Holden is reminiscing, he realizes that “The only thing that would be different would be you. Not that you'd be so much older or anything. It wouldn't be that exact. You'd just be different, that's all.” Different in substantial terms to Holden means maturity wise. One's clothes, or ,mindset would be much different than the years before from growing up. The reality holden can't accept is that one's view of the object they are seeing will be a different interpretation of the last time they saw it. One’s deeper understanding becomes more complex because they are more informed about the history behind it. “Certain things they should stay the way they are. You ought to be able to stick them in one of those big glass cases and just leave them alone. I know that's impossible, but it's too bad anyway” (Salinger 105). Through Holden's perspective, everything that stays in the museum stays exactly the same. Nothing moves; nothing
changes.
So what thought? Why does these quotes and the topic of adolescence matter? It matters because Holden dreaded adolescent throughout the whole story. He calls others “Phones” because they decided to grow up. He can't accept that adolescence requires a loss of innocence, but at the end realizes it's in fact necessary for one to walk into the real world with. WIthout the knowledge and maturance, you will be blinded of hat everything consists of. During the “Catcher in the Rye,” Holden's character changes drastically at the end of the book. Holden overlooks every child as innocent and pure wanting to catch them when they fall off the cliff. But then realizes oneself can only save himself and with expose himself to the outside world no matter how hard he tries to protect them from it. Growing up is a part of life, and innocence must be lost in order to conquer the mature life. That doesn't mean one can't go back and visit the young memories, just means they're ready to take on the world with the guidance of others.
watched her go round and round...All the kids tried to grasp for the gold ring, and so was old Phoebe, and I was sort of afraid she'd fall off the Goddam horse, but I didn't say or do anything”( Salinger 232) The carousel itself represents life spinning round and round. Life continuously goes in circles, but it's up to you to change the story or scene each time you go around. It represents how life goes up and down ( just like the wooden horses) and how life is never an easy ride. Holden is a character who keeps the innocent close to his heart and protected. He lost his brother named Allie always refers to him as the innocent. Holden dreadful fears what the future has in mind for him so he constantly runs away from it. But towards the end in this moment of the story, he realizes life always catches up to him no matter how careful he is about protecting the innocent. That the dream he has of being the “Catcher in the Rye” is metaphorically impossible. One must realize, saving everyone from getting hurt is impossible. Children learn from their mistakes, and If they don't make any, there's nothing to learn from? Ordinarily, growing up does not mean you fully lose your innocence. One can always revise those cherishing memories they have with their friends or family and I think that's what holden comes to conclude about. During chapter 16 in “Catcher in the Rye,” Holden visits a museum and he is very content with the fact that everything in the glass cases always stays the same.
They metaphorically keep their “purity” or “innocence”. While Holden is reminiscing, he realizes that “The only thing that would be different would be you. Not that you'd be so much older or anything. It wouldn't be that exact. You'd just be different, that's all.” Different in substantial terms to Holden means maturity wise. One's clothes, or ,mindset would be much different than the years before from growing up. The reality holden can't accept is that one's view of the object they are seeing will be a different interpretation of the last time they saw it. One’s deeper understanding becomes more complex because they are more informed about the history behind it. “Certain things they should stay the way they are. You ought to be able to stick them in one of those big glass cases and just leave them alone. I know that's impossible, but it's too bad anyway” (Salinger 105). Through Holden's perspective, everything that stays in the museum stays exactly the same. Nothing moves; nothing
changes.
So what thought? Why does these quotes and the topic of adolescence matter? It matters because Holden dreaded adolescent throughout the whole story. He calls others “Phones” because they decided to grow up. He can't accept that adolescence requires a loss of innocence, but at the end realizes it's in fact necessary for one to walk into the real world with. WIthout the knowledge and maturance, you will be blinded of hat everything consists of. During the “Catcher in the Rye,” Holden's character changes drastically at the end of the book. Holden overlooks every child as innocent and pure wanting to catch them when they fall off the cliff. But then realizes oneself can only save himself and with expose himself to the outside world no matter how hard he tries to protect them from it. Growing up is a part of life, and innocence must be lost in order to conquer the mature life. That doesn't mean one can't go back and visit the young memories, just means they're ready to take on the world with the guidance of others.