The Catcher In The Rye: Chapter Analysis

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In chapter 15 of How to Read Literature Like A Professor, Thomas C. Foster discusses how flight is a straightforward symbol of escape or freedom. Foster also states that authors disguise themes of flying and freedom in a variety of ways, for example, through the use of bird-related imagery. Throughout J. D. Salingers’ novel, The Catcher and the Rye, the ducks that inhabit the pond within Central Park, as well as their flight South to avoid the harsh winter, is admired by the main protagonist Holden. Holden’s interest in the ducks provides context for Foster’s idea that flight represents a desire to be free while symbolizing Holden’s own wish to escape the responsibilities of the adult world.
In the beginning of The Catcher in the Rye, Holden

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issues in youth Often times writers enjoy integrating their struggles and experiences in their works to engage their audience with a particular narrative or express an opinion. One such writer is Jerome David Salinger author of the novel, The Catcher in the Rye who has a direct parallel with the books protagonist Holden Caulfield. Salinger was born in Manhattan, New York on January 1, 1919 as the second child of Solomon Salinger, a Jewish importer and Marie Jillich of Scots-Irish heritage. Holden…

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grab for the gold ring, and so was old Phoebe . . . but I didn’t say anything . . . if they want to grab the gold ring, you have to let them do it . . . If they fall off, they fall off.” Holden’s pronouncement references his emendation of his “catcher in the rye” fantasy. Now he has come to terms with the idea that every child will eventually “fall”—out of innocence and into adulthood. Holden cannot prevent them from doing it or save them, just as he cannot prevent or save himself from becoming an adult…

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