Holden Caulfies Of Holden's Life
In J.D Salinger’s book The Catcher in the Rye, the protaginist Holden Caulfied, struggles with life, one of the factors being his unstable state of mind due to the death of his brother. After his brothers death his perspective on life was shaken, culminating to his use of anger and trivial decisions to mask his emotions. We see his rapid choice of judgment evidently when he destroyed his parents garage windows. Holden holds his brother dear to his heart, because of his authenticity and humbleness; traits that arent seen anywhere else in his life.
Holdens brother had a baseball mit, which was given to Holden after Aliie’s death; one of the only belongings of Allie he has. “The thing that was descriptive about it, though, was that he had poems
written all over the fingers and the pocket and everywhere. In green ink. He's dead now. He was terrifically intelligent. His teachers were always writing letters to my mother, telling her what a pleasure it was having a boy like Allie in their class. And they weren't just shooting the crap. They really meant it. But it wasn't just that he was the most intelligent member in the family. He was also the nicest, in lots of ways. He never got mad at anybody. […] God, he was a nice kid”(). Arguably one of the most pivotal life experience Holdens went through, Allie symbolyzes a sweet spot in Holdens life. As Holden explains Allie and his mit, he persuades the readers with a tone that makes us believe that there was a time were he unbelievebly coincided with the presence of human beings. His mit is very sentimental to Holden, that .Figuratively speaking, Allie's glove is a symbol for Holden's emotional expression, he keeps it hidden, it is precious and holds it to his heart. Allie’s symbolic baseball mit represents the innocence and goodness, Stradlater's anger at the description and Holden's subsequent ripping up of the composition serves as a reminder of Holden's isolation and his loss of childhood innocence. Holden essentialy had to grow up faster, but unfortanately Holden’s unstable state of mind was not able to co-operate with what society and his family were demanding in such a fragile point in time. His downward spiral with life began to take it crash course from that point on withought a parachaute to guide his way back to safety.
Holdens brother had a baseball mit, which was given to Holden after Aliie’s death; one of the only belongings of Allie he has. “The thing that was descriptive about it, though, was that he had poems
written all over the fingers and the pocket and everywhere. In green ink. He's dead now. He was terrifically intelligent. His teachers were always writing letters to my mother, telling her what a pleasure it was having a boy like Allie in their class. And they weren't just shooting the crap. They really meant it. But it wasn't just that he was the most intelligent member in the family. He was also the nicest, in lots of ways. He never got mad at anybody. […] God, he was a nice kid”(). Arguably one of the most pivotal life experience Holdens went through, Allie symbolyzes a sweet spot in Holdens life. As Holden explains Allie and his mit, he persuades the readers with a tone that makes us believe that there was a time were he unbelievebly coincided with the presence of human beings. His mit is very sentimental to Holden, that .Figuratively speaking, Allie's glove is a symbol for Holden's emotional expression, he keeps it hidden, it is precious and holds it to his heart. Allie’s symbolic baseball mit represents the innocence and goodness, Stradlater's anger at the description and Holden's subsequent ripping up of the composition serves as a reminder of Holden's isolation and his loss of childhood innocence. Holden essentialy had to grow up faster, but unfortanately Holden’s unstable state of mind was not able to co-operate with what society and his family were demanding in such a fragile point in time. His downward spiral with life began to take it crash course from that point on withought a parachaute to guide his way back to safety.