Holden Caulfield's Symbols
The Catcher in the Rye Holden has been through many difficult times in his life, especially after he lost his little brother Allie Caulfield who had pneumonia, but there are these main symbols that describes Holden as a person, his past and most importantly these symbols gives special meaning to his life. In the Catcher of the Rye, J.D Salinger highlights Holden’s journey of growing up by showing the three symbols and they are the lake, Carossel and the red hunting hat.
The Red hunting hat holds many meaning in Holden’s life. It shows his uniqueness and individuality. The color red shows his aggressive behavior and his hatred towards many things. For example, he hates the movies because he thinks that the actors are phony, then later on in
chapter 13 of the Catcher in the Rye, Holden shows us that he hates most of the women, when he quote’’I mean most girls are so dumb and all. After you neck them for a while, you can really watch them losing their brains. You take a girl when she really gets passionate, she just hasn’t any brains.’’ (Salinger#121). But the main reason why Holden choose the color red is because Allie’s hair was red and this hunting hat reminds him of Allie.
The Red hunting hat holds many meaning in Holden’s life. It shows his uniqueness and individuality. The color red shows his aggressive behavior and his hatred towards many things. For example, he hates the movies because he thinks that the actors are phony, then later on in
chapter 13 of the Catcher in the Rye, Holden shows us that he hates most of the women, when he quote’’I mean most girls are so dumb and all. After you neck them for a while, you can really watch them losing their brains. You take a girl when she really gets passionate, she just hasn’t any brains.’’ (Salinger#121). But the main reason why Holden choose the color red is because Allie’s hair was red and this hunting hat reminds him of Allie.