Figurative language Catcher in the Rye?

Answer 1

Holden vs. Himself: In general, Holden has a difficult time dealing with everyday life due to his internal conflict. His thoughts almost seem to be working against him because he cannot cope with reality. Slowly, Holden is becoming less capable to function within society because his constant references to his childhood. Holden is not comfortable with the present; therefore referring to it negatively. In order to justify his own actions and "phoniness", Holden feels it necessary to accuse everyone and everything he comes across as being phony. By doing this, he is distracting himself from his own flaws. As a prisoner in his own mind, Holden is also becoming less capable to cope with life and the transition into adulthood. Holden vs. Society Holden is unable to relate to other characters in the novel. Phoebe seems to be the only person that Holden feels he can relate with, this may be because she is still young and has yet to enter the adult world. Holden wants to hold on to his childhood, yet he strives to fit in as part of what he perceives as the adult world (ordering drinks at the bar, attempting to start conversations about sex with Luce). He tries to shield the people he knows from the real world and encourages them to stay as they are and hold on to their innocence. He believes the [adult] world is full of "phonies".

Answer 2

1. Jane. he never calls because he isfrightened of Jane alienating him.

2.Sally. Calling her a royal pain and having her leave.

3.Himself. Because he feels like he is the only genuine person in the world he alienates himself from others.

4. The hunters hat. The hat is a self consience alienation. he always mentions taking it on and off. turning it around, going against the grain of society and being different.

There you go! I had to do this research myself!

Ahh you forgot the most important alienation: his being in the sanitarium at the end.

Answer 3

When Holden is describing something in depth. Like when he was talking about the Hooker that he was with in chapter 13, or James castle death in chapter 22 or when he is talking about Allie his dead younger brother.

Answer 4

The core conflict in Catcher is Holden's war with himself. He detests phonies, yet in some ways is one himself. He complains at length about what a shallow pain in the neck Sally Hayes is, then remarks that "the minute I saw her, I felt like marrying her right then.

Answer 5

The book is rich in satire. At one point, Holden is in Ackley's room, and asks Ackley to move his socks because they smell. Ackley replies: "If you don't like it, you know what you can do about it". Holden responds: "What a witty guy". At another point, Holden is walking back to his hotel, and observes: "Fifty-one gorgeous blocks". There are dozens of satirical comments and observations in the book.

Answer 6

"Society" is the passive backdrop to the novel. The book has been praised for being a very accurate picture of New York at the very end of the 1940's. Nothing is diminished, nothing is amplified. "What you see is what you get". The book is about Holden, the place he has, the place he is headed toward, and the place he'd like to be in that society. In other words, the book does not presume to say anything about society, except as seen through Holden's eyes.

Answer 7

Holden's sister Phoebe's insistence of running off with him convinces him of the sheer lunacy of his idea to just "take off", and he agrees to go home with Phoebe and "face the music". He briefly relates to the therapist (the reader) that he then "got sick" and that is how he wound up "in this place" (sanatorium). His ultimate fate is left "up in the air" to the reader.

Answer 8

In the beginning there is the use of foreshadowing, as Holden gives hints that he is in a mental institution dues to a nervous breakdown.

Answer 9

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