How Does Holden Mature In Catcher In The Rye
Before Holden arrived at Pency he failed to meet academic standards at his previous schools that have “given him the axe”. The idea of Pency Prep seems to follow him everywhere because whoever he meets seems to know about it and how good of a school it is. It is a symbol of failure. Pency is not the first school Holden has flunked out of as a result his family is not too pleased with him and nonexistent academic ambitions other than in English.
Central Park is a reoccurring location throughout the book where Holden reminisces about his childhood memories and his consistent curiosity about the ducks and their winter migration and survival patterns. Holden asks almost everyone he meets about the buring question in his brain of where the ducks go during the winter. Drunken Holden wanders to the park and remembers when he …show more content…
This struck him emotionally because he respected his old school and the memories he associates with it. Later on in the book he saw the same profanity written on the museum’s wall in crayon this caused him to feel bad because of the disrespect shown. This outlines his personality and character.
Holden consistently asks people all throughout his adventure about the migration and survival patterns of the ducks in the pond in Central Park. This is Holden’s curiosity trait coming through. Even when he was drunk he went looking for where the duck would be. Curiosity is shown throughout the entirety of the novel.
The “Little Shirley Beans” record was a record Holden heard at school and thought Phoebe would like so he bought it for her. However, when Holden was drunk walking to the pond he dropped it and the record shattered. He stopped and picked up all the pieces and put them in his pocket to give to her. The record is an image and shows what Holden wanted her to have. She asks Holden if she can keep the pieces even if they are
Central Park is a reoccurring location throughout the book where Holden reminisces about his childhood memories and his consistent curiosity about the ducks and their winter migration and survival patterns. Holden asks almost everyone he meets about the buring question in his brain of where the ducks go during the winter. Drunken Holden wanders to the park and remembers when he …show more content…
This struck him emotionally because he respected his old school and the memories he associates with it. Later on in the book he saw the same profanity written on the museum’s wall in crayon this caused him to feel bad because of the disrespect shown. This outlines his personality and character.
Holden consistently asks people all throughout his adventure about the migration and survival patterns of the ducks in the pond in Central Park. This is Holden’s curiosity trait coming through. Even when he was drunk he went looking for where the duck would be. Curiosity is shown throughout the entirety of the novel.
The “Little Shirley Beans” record was a record Holden heard at school and thought Phoebe would like so he bought it for her. However, when Holden was drunk walking to the pond he dropped it and the record shattered. He stopped and picked up all the pieces and put them in his pocket to give to her. The record is an image and shows what Holden wanted her to have. She asks Holden if she can keep the pieces even if they are