Two songs are referenced as being played by the carousel. The first is "Oh Marie" and Holden says "that it was the same song played 50 years ago when I was a kid". The second in "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes" and it is being played very jazzy and funny.
When the protagonist's sister asks him what he wants to be when he grows up, he responds by quoting a lyric from a song about being a catcher in the rye. And that's how the book has its title.
Catcher In The Rye by J. D. Salinger
The rye is a field!
nope, John Lennon. When The guy that killed john Lennon killed him, he sat down and started reading the catcher in the rye.
Catcher In The Rye is narrated by the main character, Holden Caulfield.
Hey, Look, a Carousel!
The hunting hat, ducks in pond, and Golden rings on carousel.
The caousel represents how Holden is still a child at heart. He expresses this trough his little sister Phoebe.
When the protagonist's sister asks him what he wants to be when he grows up, he responds by quoting a lyric from a song about being a catcher in the rye. And that's how the book has its title.
The little boy in "The Catcher in the Rye" was humming the song "If a body catch a body coming through the rye," which inspired the title of the novel.
end of the novel when Phoebe is on the carousel and even though Holden is afraid that she will fall off, he decides not to intervene and lets her be.
The protagonist in "The Catcher in the Rye," Holden Caulfield, gets the idea of being the catcher in the rye from a misinterpreted song he hears that expresses saving children from falling off a cliff while playing in a rye field. It symbolizes his desire to protect innocence and prevent children from entering the corrupt adult world.
Life at its best possibilities. A life where a little girl would be happy to be and enjoy. A life where our hero could 'catch a body' and 'rescue' her to.
"The Catcher in the Rye" by J.D. Salinger uses various forms of figurative language, including simile, metaphor, and imagery. The novel contains examples of colloquial language, hyperbole, and symbolism to convey the protagonist's struggles with teenage alienation and societal expectations.
When the protagonist's sister asks him what he wants to be when he grows up, he responds by quoting a lyric from a song about being a catcher in the rye. And that's how the book has its title.
Life at its best possibilities. A life where a little girl would be happy to be and enjoy. A life where our hero could 'catch a body' and 'rescue' her to.
Nothing. The Catcher in the Rye is a novel, not a polemic.