Significance Of Turning Point In Catcher In Rye

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In the book “The Catcher in Rye” by J. D. Salinger the turning point of the novel is the Carousel scene where holden tells phoebe that he going home which essential means that he is going to stop hiding from his parents. The reason this is the turning point is because at that moment Holden realized that Phoebe needs him just like he needed his brother Allie. Many event occurred help lead up to the turning point such as leaving Pencey prep and Allies death and being homesick. In the beginning of the novel Holden failed 5 of his classes and was told not to return after christmas break. Before Holden left Pencey he stopped by to see an old history teacher, Mr. Spencer. Holden and Mr.Spencer had the discussion on how come He had flunked Holden and Holden agreed on how come he had failed. “"Do you feel absolutely no concern for your future, boy? Oh, I feel some concern for my future, all right. Sure. Sure, I do. I thought about it for a minute. But not too much, I guess. Not too much, I guess" (14). The reason that this event contributes to the turning point is That Holden did not really want to try in school and at the turning point of the story he wanted to start to apply himself more in school. …show more content…
On page 200 Holden wrote a letter to phoebe which said “ I can't wait around until wednesday anymore so I will probably hitch hike out west this afternoon.” Holden then met phoebe outside the museum where she had brought a suitcase full of her clothes. She wanted to go with holden and when he said to her “i ll walk you back to school”(208) Phoebe said “i'm not going back to school”(208). Phoebe was looking up to holden as an influence so when he left school she wanted to leave school. So, the only way holden could fix the problem was to go home with phoebe and go to a new school and try to work harder in the new school, Which is a reason that this event connects to the turning
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