He has several essentially nervous habits that he remarks "keep me from getting bored". One of them was to light matches and watch them burn down.
Holden tries to stay occupied by visiting various places in New York City, such as Central Park and museums. He also tries to engage with people, but often struggles to connect with them on a deeper level. Additionally, he spends a lot of time reflecting on his past experiences and relationships.
Holden calls Sally Hayes from his hotel in the novel "The Catcher in the Rye." He wants to meet up with her during his time in New York City.
Allie is significant to thew story because ever since he died Holden has become a different person. Holden tries the best he can to keep allies spirit as close as he can by keeping some of his personal things.
A change of scenery may keep you from getting bored. Take a walk outside, read a book, or try something new. Spend time with interesting people. Set personal goals to give you things to do during down time.
Jane represents an innocent and pure connection for Holden in "The Catcher in the Rye." She is a symbol of Holden's desire to protect and preserve innocence in a world he sees as corrupted. His fond memories of Jane reveal his longing for authenticity and companionship.
"The catcher in the rye" symbolizes who Holden wants to be. As he describes it to Pheobe, he wants to be someone who catches kids, who are playing in a field of rye, from falling off a cliff. This symbolizes that Holden wants to keep kids in their innocence and prevent them from having to deal with maturity and the pains that follow it. This in turn shows that Holden can't deal with growing up.
to keep you focused and to let you hear something instead of looking at the same thing and getting bored
Holden is the manager of the fencing team; on the way down to the match he forgot all of the equipment on the train.
In "The Catcher in the Rye," the golden ring Holden Caulfield buys for his sister Phoebe symbolizes his desire to protect her innocence and keep her safe from the harsh realities of the world. It represents his longing to preserve her youth and hold on to the purity he believes is slipping away from him and those he cares about.
The "Little Shirley Beans" record represents childhood and Holden wants to give it to Phoebe because he wants her to stay a child forever. The record plays the same song and never changes, just as how he does not want Phoebe to change, and the breaking of the record symbolizes the problem in Holden's plan and how he cannot actually keep her a child forever.
This has much to do with the general value that Holden has for innocence. Jane keeping her kings in the back was a safe way of playing, to the degree of not even playing really. Holden is therefore asking if she is still the innocent girl he once knew.
Children are bored because they cant find anything to do. So they result on saying they are bored, making them do stupid things to keep intertained.
because their bored like that