the Catcher in the Rye Holden's journey and Maslow's pyramid
Vanna, Qing
Dec.9th Monday ms. swift the Catcher in the Rye
Holden 's journey and Maslow 's pyramid The Catcher in the Rye is a novel written by J.D, Salinger with the theme of saving children 's innocence. The book reminds people to pay attention to and consider children 's thoughts and struggles. Why does Holden think about human nature more than his study or any other things in the book? What does Holden need most? I think we can make a connection with Maslow 's pyramid, which describes different needs in different stages of human growth. Maslow believes that once the basic needs(such as sleep, food, etc.) have been met, people can move on to the next level. In the book we can see that when Holden feels very hungry or tired or not healthy, he doesn 't consider things much as usual, however, still a lot. And sometime he even gets used to eat little for a long time, sleepless(especially after he travels to New York), or hurt himself(for example, Holden broke his hands by beating windows at the night he knew Allie died). So I think, There are three things that Holden needs most in order to move forward in his journey to become a self-actualizing adult. The first one is he needs to listen to his inner voice, and be determined to follow it. Through the book, we can see although Holden realizes the big problem—people losing their good qualities, he only has two kinds of reactions in general. One is feeling depressed and even more depressed, another is hoping and dreaming a very perfect, ideal world. Besides, he thinks of a new one at the end of the book--“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 's bad if you say anything to them.”(P211) He thinks he can protect children a little bit but the it is just like the protection from his hunting hat—is not effective and he gets socked anyway in a rainy day. Finally, he stops struggling. But, do you
Dec.9th Monday ms. swift the Catcher in the Rye
Holden 's journey and Maslow 's pyramid The Catcher in the Rye is a novel written by J.D, Salinger with the theme of saving children 's innocence. The book reminds people to pay attention to and consider children 's thoughts and struggles. Why does Holden think about human nature more than his study or any other things in the book? What does Holden need most? I think we can make a connection with Maslow 's pyramid, which describes different needs in different stages of human growth. Maslow believes that once the basic needs(such as sleep, food, etc.) have been met, people can move on to the next level. In the book we can see that when Holden feels very hungry or tired or not healthy, he doesn 't consider things much as usual, however, still a lot. And sometime he even gets used to eat little for a long time, sleepless(especially after he travels to New York), or hurt himself(for example, Holden broke his hands by beating windows at the night he knew Allie died). So I think, There are three things that Holden needs most in order to move forward in his journey to become a self-actualizing adult. The first one is he needs to listen to his inner voice, and be determined to follow it. Through the book, we can see although Holden realizes the big problem—people losing their good qualities, he only has two kinds of reactions in general. One is feeling depressed and even more depressed, another is hoping and dreaming a very perfect, ideal world. Besides, he thinks of a new one at the end of the book--“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 's bad if you say anything to them.”(P211) He thinks he can protect children a little bit but the it is just like the protection from his hunting hat—is not effective and he gets socked anyway in a rainy day. Finally, he stops struggling. But, do you
Cited: 1.The Catcher in the Rye—J.D. Salinger