http://saclouisvuitton.ucoz.org/The main theme of The Catcher in the Rye is isolation, which is interesting coming from a guy who spills his guts to the world for 200 pages. Nevertheless, the contradiction characterizes Holden Caulfield perfectly; he can’t decide whether to call all his buddies together for a round of drinks and chatting or flee to the woods for some Into-the-Wild style escapism.
This is just the tip of an entire iceberg of narrative inconsistency,tods chaussures. Holden loathes phonies but constantly lies,burberry pas cher, hates Hollywood but pretends he’s the star of a gangster flick, wants people to like him but intentionally irritates them for fun,lunette carrera, and complains that everybody over-generalizes all the time. Holden’s narrative presence so fully dominates the story that it’s difficult to get an accurate read of any situation,converse femme, meaning whatever comes through the Caulfield Perception Machine must be reverse engineered before we can make sense of it,sac burberry. Let’s look at Holden’s relationships with the two other most important Catcher in the Rye characters.
Phoebe Caulfield
According to Holden Caulfield,sac cuir chanel, Phoebe is the (second) greatest person ever (right after his little brother, Allie,What the Female Catcher in the Rye Characters Tell Us About Holden Caulfield, who died of leukemia). She’s the nicest, smartest, prettiest,What the Female Catcher in the Rye Characters Tell Us About Holden Caulfield,burberry soldes, most superlative-y sibling a person could ask for. So what does this tell us,prada pas cher? Nothing without proof. Here’s a more nuanced approach to the brother-sister relationship:
Exhibit A: Phoebe takes Holden seriously. When Holden says he’s going to “hitch hike out west,” Phoebe packs her suitcase, sneaks it out of the building, lugs it around for the day, and meets him at the museum with his red hunting hat on and everything they need but the getaway car. Compare that to the reception Holden gets when he asks Sally to run away with him. (He achieves the running part, just in the wrong direction.) Which is not to say that running away with Sally would even be a good idea, but the point is that practically everyone laughs/tells Holden off like he’s a complete idiot – which we (and Phoebe) know couldn’t be farther from the truth.
Exhibit B: Phoebe gives Holden stuff. Which may not seem like a big deal except that she’s the only person in the novel who does,tods soldes. Holden constantly lends/gives things to the people around him, who often don’t offer so much as a thank-you in return. In the first ten chapters alone – and there are 26 – he gets screwed out of a coat, an essay, a typewriter, and thirteen dollars’ worth of drinks,oakley lunette de vue. Phoebe, on the other hand, not only shows immense gratitude for his gifts (remember when she lovingly stashes the broken shards of the record in a drawer?), but also lends Holden her Christmas savings when she finds out he’s broke and gives him back his red hunting hat when he’s feeling blue,lunette Chloé. It’s a sad day when a 10-year old shows more generosity than an entire prep school’s worth of entitled teenagers,Chanel pas cher.
Exhibit C: Phoebe wants to hear about Holden – even when she doesn’t want to. Holden hates that people “never notice anything,” and while he’s busy making brilliant behavioral and emotional observations about everyone he meets, they’re so busying trying to be impressive that they can’t think of anyone but themselves. Phoebe, however, wants to know what time Holden arrived,sac chanel, what he’s up to, whether or not he’ll come see her play, why he’s a few days early, which classes he failed, and why he didn’t try harder. Even though she’s mad,carrera champion, Holden “could tell by the back of her neck that she was listening. She always listens when you tell her something.” What’s more,chanel pas cher, she’s the only person paying enough attention to figure out that he was kicked out of school. Not bad sleuthing for a 10-year old,lunettes chanel.
Jane Gallagher
Aside from Allie,sacs Chloé femme, Jane is the novel’s most tantalizingly elusive figure; although Holden’s thoughts wander to her often, she never makes a physical appearance in The Catcher in the Rye,lunette carrera pas cher. Holden is careful not to reveal too much about Jane, but it’s obvious that he likes her. Perhaps even loves her. Let’s review the evidence.
Exhibit A: Holden can’t get too sexy with her. As per his philosophy on sex (i.e,Prada femme. sex is inherently degrading), the only women in the novel he sexualizes are the ones he can’t respect. Remember the stupid but pretty dancer whose fantastic butt “twitched so nice and all”? Or what about Holden’s name-dropping, Luntz-loving friend with the “little blue butt-twitcher of a dress”? (Apparently,gianmarco lorenzi chaussure, he has a type.) In contrast,converse pas cher, the closest Holden gets to sexualizing Jane is in revealing that she has a “terrific figure,Chloé pas cher,” but he only divulges this information because he suspects her step-dad is sexually abusing her,What the Female Catcher in the Rye Characters Tell Us About Holden Caulfield. Admittedly, Holden makes a point of avoiding Jane throughout all this “madman stuff,” but just remember the key word in “respectful distance” is “respectful.”
Exhibit B: Jane keeps all her kings in the back row,sac prada pas cher. Why is that important? It’s not,Sac Chloé, but the fact that Holden thinks so says a lot about their dynamic. The things Holden thinks are important enough to tell us are that she plays checkers and golf, that her mouth always hangs open,lunette chanel pas cher, that she’s great to hold hands with,sac chanel pas cher, that her stepdad is a lousy boozehound, and that her red sweater “knocked him out.” Knowing that Stradlater doesn’t give a damn about any of this (or whether her name is Jane or Jean, for that matter) drives Holden up the wall.
Exhibit C: Holden doesn’t complain about Jane,tods pas cher. Not once. And Holden complains about literally EVERYTHING except Allie. Even Phoebe “can be very snotty sometimes,” but when it comes to Jane’s faults,lunette oakley,What the Female Catcher in the Rye Characters Tell Us About Holden Caulfield, he is suspiciously silent. And coming from Holden,What the Female Catcher in the Rye Characters Tell Us About Holden Caulfield, that’s saying something.Related articles:
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