A Clash of Philosophies: Seymour Glass vs the Misfit
A clash of philosophies: Seymour Glass vs The Misfit
Two books written by J.D. Salinger, known for his “Catcher in the Rye”, proposes two alternative thinking towards the defiance against society and its current state of “accepted” reality. Below you’ll find a short comparison of the similarities and differences of the characters Seymour Glass, a war veteran, and The Misfit, an escaped convict.
How are Seymour Glass and The Misfit similar?
Seymour Glass and the Misfit are similar in a sense that they know what reality is all about; that they have this sense of self-awareness that they’re not great and how they have lost the innocence which the adults most often crave. They’re philosophies in life may seem different at first but they are both geared towards the same ending: A glorious discovery of what they’ve become and what they’ve resolved to do with it; to accept their defeat or to defy the laws of society?
How are Seymour Glass and The Misfit different?
As much as they’re the same in thinking, their actions fall quite differently.
Seymour Glass realizes his unimportance, his lack of life, and how he’s no longer fit for his world’s society. Upon realizing this, he decides that the only way to escape the world he’s living in is to ultimately deprive him of all the nonsense and to do that, he knew he had to kill himself. Only in death can he fully attain the freedom from all the pains and anguish he’s suffered through. He knew he couldn’t change anything and that he couldn’t go back to what he was before.
The Misfit on the other hand is on a quest to find answers specially noting on why he deserved to be in prison. He clearly knows that he doesn’t know anything. He’s unsure and overly perplexed as to how many people think he needs to go to jail while he himself can’t seem to accept that fact. He finds himself breaking out of that prison cell, the usual thinking or norms of society, and dares to question life and its meaning and overall to know the
Two books written by J.D. Salinger, known for his “Catcher in the Rye”, proposes two alternative thinking towards the defiance against society and its current state of “accepted” reality. Below you’ll find a short comparison of the similarities and differences of the characters Seymour Glass, a war veteran, and The Misfit, an escaped convict.
How are Seymour Glass and The Misfit similar?
Seymour Glass and the Misfit are similar in a sense that they know what reality is all about; that they have this sense of self-awareness that they’re not great and how they have lost the innocence which the adults most often crave. They’re philosophies in life may seem different at first but they are both geared towards the same ending: A glorious discovery of what they’ve become and what they’ve resolved to do with it; to accept their defeat or to defy the laws of society?
How are Seymour Glass and The Misfit different?
As much as they’re the same in thinking, their actions fall quite differently.
Seymour Glass realizes his unimportance, his lack of life, and how he’s no longer fit for his world’s society. Upon realizing this, he decides that the only way to escape the world he’s living in is to ultimately deprive him of all the nonsense and to do that, he knew he had to kill himself. Only in death can he fully attain the freedom from all the pains and anguish he’s suffered through. He knew he couldn’t change anything and that he couldn’t go back to what he was before.
The Misfit on the other hand is on a quest to find answers specially noting on why he deserved to be in prison. He clearly knows that he doesn’t know anything. He’s unsure and overly perplexed as to how many people think he needs to go to jail while he himself can’t seem to accept that fact. He finds himself breaking out of that prison cell, the usual thinking or norms of society, and dares to question life and its meaning and overall to know the