Examples Of Dialectical Journal For Catcher In The Rye

Reveals about situation: This is a complete revolution from the last chapter. Previously, Holden described his love for Jesus, but his hate for organized religion. However, he is now giving nuns money for their next collection for charity. This proves that even if Holden disagrees with someone, he still respects them, their beliefs, and their actions. Additionally, it proves that Holden in fact has a big heart and cares about those he is around, even if he may not show it all the time.

In this passage of the book, Holden is thinking scientifically. This supports the fact that he is smart after all, even though he his failing most of his classes. Often times, a teenager wants something so bad, they come up with crazy and somewhat stupid ideas and plans to help them obtain that something. Maybe this is because he does not want to try or maybe he wants to fit in with others who would not accept him if he was smart. In this metaphor, he is comparing himself the ducks in Central Park when the lagoon freezes over. What Holden is really saying is the fact that he would not know where to go if he stays living in a place full of phonies and rude people. The ducks cannot swim in ice and he will not stay in a school full of fakes.

After about three days of drifting, Holden gets very excited fantasizing about how he will go out west and start life anew. However, before he leaves, he must say goodbye to Phoebe. This shows how Holden prioritizes Phoebe over himself, valuing her innocence. Holden writes a note telling Phoebe to meet him at the museum because he is planning to run away. Then Phoebe arrives at the museum with a suitcase and begs to run away with him. Holden responds harshly that she cannot go with him and she begins to cry. Then after a few moments Holden says, “I’m not going away anywhere. I changed my mind. So stop crying and shut up” (Salinger 207). Presumably he told Phoebe that he would not leave to make her stop crying, but he notes that Phoebe was

The whole book is set as a flashback of Holden's past year. When he starts narrating the story, he mentions that he got "pretty run-down and had to come out here and take it easy". This says that Holden has had a tough year, with a breakdown, he is in some kind of place where he's taking it easy. His previous diction/word choice gives us hints that he might actually be in a mental hospital(words like madman). He describes the place as 'crumby' and also says that his brother, D.B., visits him every weekend. And, at the very end of the book, last chapter (26), Holden says, "...this one psychoanalyst guy they have here, keeps asking me if I'm going to apply myself when I go back to school next September." 'Psychoanalysis' is, according to FreeDictionary, " The method of

Body 1: As the book begins to narrow down on the qualities of Jay Gatsby, the reader cannot help to notice the extravagant possessions he owns. On hot summer nights in the West Egg of New York, Gatsby would host gaudy parties every weekend for whomever wanted to attend. His intention was for his long lost lover from across the bay, Daisy Buchanan, to come to a party. Unfortunately, it wasn't until Nick Carraway brought her into one, months after he had been hosting. “...Every Friday, 5 crates of oranges and lemons arrived from a fruiterer...enough colored lights to cover a Christmas tree in Gatsby’s enormous garden...spiced baked hams crowded against salads of harlequin designs…” (39,40 Fitzgerald). Jay Gatsby orders all the lavish foods

When adolescents like Holden cannot find an “adolescence zone” in the real world, they would conjure one in imagination. A pivotal moment of the novel is in the midsection, which resonates with the meaning of the novels title. When his sister Phoebe asks what would make him happy, Holden describes to her an imagined picture, which is worth quoting at length:

1. The passage I chose for before the war recalls the first time Ishmael saw people touched by war in real life. This is when he among many others, realized that the war wasn’t a distant story never to reach them, but a cruel reality knocking at their doors. On Pgs. 13-14 of A Long Way Gone Beah writes, “The last casualty that we saw that evening was a women who carried her baby on her back. Blood was running down her dress and dripping behind her, making a trail.

Holden visits his parents apartment because he wanted to see his little sister. Holden has to sneak into the apartment because if his parents see that he ditched school his father will “kill him”. He talks to Phoebe but Holden can’t stay their for a long time because soon his parents will wake up. As Holden is leaving, he passes Phoebe the red hunting hat; “Then I took my hunting hat out of my coat pocket and gave it to her. She likes those kinds of crazy hats. She didn’t want to take it, but I made her.”(Salinger,198). Phoebe is a very mature girl for her age, she is very smart and initiative. She is also very aware of her surrounding and reality, slowly losing her innocence. Holden as a big brother wants to protect and try to save her innocence. Holden “makes her” take the red hunting hat because he doesn’t want what happened to him, happen to her. He wants her experience her childhood and not race to adulthood. Phoebe at first is hesitant because she wants to live her own life. However Holden is scared of her falling out the rye, meaning going to adulthood. The fact that he gave her his favorite hat that he uses for protection show how he also wants her to be protected from the corruption of the outside world. Holden doesn’t just the desire of innocence but to preserve his sister's

Phoebe is the only one left that truly cares about Holden. Aside from her, he is completely alone. Holden isolates himself as a way to cope with reality despite his need for human connection. His red hunting hat serves as a symbol of how he deals with uncomfortable situations. When talking to other people he will have his hat on, pretending to be someone he’s not. When he is by himself, his hat is off and his true thoughts are exposed. A good example is when he awakes to Mr. Antolini stroking his hair, causing Holden to remember bad experiences

He couldn’t give a single, solid answer to the question. All he said was Allie. But Allie is gone, and Holden is holding on the the past, a place where he feels, or felt, safe and wants to go back to his times with Allie, who he misses very much. This conversation with Phoebe made Holden really think about what he was been doing for the past years, pushing everyone to the side, not caring about anyone or anything; no friends, failing school, and he comes to recognize that childhood was good, not adulthood or this awful in-between that he is stuck in.

Catcher In The Rye by J.D Salinger , this novel opened up my mind and gave me a greater perspective on different situations that personally I never thought of . Holden, the protagonist of the story reflects on his life before being checked in to a mental hospital or some type of sanitarium. Holden narrates to us his experiences such as his life at Pencey prep and the conflicts he faces from the outside world and himself. From Holden’s story you can see the development of his struggles or another words Teenage Angst. Teenage Angst, basically the combination of hormones and stress that can never be dealt with because they're still see as adolescents.

The red hunting hat is the same colour as Holden’s younger siblings Phoebe and Allie’s hair - red. This is not a coincidence as these characters are two of the people that Holden values and appreciates the most in his life. The hunting hat brings out the qualities that Holden admires most in Phoebe and Allie, one of them being their unique red hair. The hat specifically plays a key role in the changing relationship between Phoebe and Holden. Throughout the story, Holden has consistently mentioned Phoebe and has left readers wondering about her character. Closer to the end of the novel, Holden finally comes back to his apartment and has a conversation with Phoebe. During their talk, they discuss Holden’s views on society, as well as his likes. Holden decides to “[take his] red hunting hat out of [his] pocket and [give] it to Phoebe” (198). At first, she [does not] want to take it, but [Holden makes] her” (199). This exchange grants the idea that Holden is not afraid of phoniness anymore, so there is no need for him to alienate and protective himself with the red hunting hat. He feels that Phoebe can benefit more from the hat and the protection that is associated with it. Holden often talks about wanting to be a “catcher in the rye,” and save young children from losing their innocence, similarly to how the hat saves him from phoniness. One of

Quote: “I sat down in this vomity-looking chair in the lobby and thought about her and Stradlater sitting in that goddam Ed Banky’s car, and though I was pretty damn sure old Stradlater hadn’t given her the time - I know old Jane like a book - I still couldn’t get her off my brain. I knew here like a book. I really did” (85).

Holden's younger sister Phoebe, is also in need of Holden's protection. He must protect her because he failed to protect his brother Allie from death. Holden feels that it is his responsibility to protect Phoebe from whatever may put her in danger, even himself: "I was glad. All of a sudden I wanted her to cry till her eyes practically dropped out. I almost hated her. I think I hated her most because she wouldn't be in that play any more if she went away with me." (207) He does not want Phoebe to turn out like himself. He wants

After Holden arrives in New York and takes a cab to his hotel, he "damn near gave my kid sister Phoebe a buzz, though. I certainly felt like talking to her on the phone. Somebody with sense and all," (66). Holden wants to talk to Phoebe as he has been isolated from her and feels because she is someone who he has a strong connection with, that she will make him less depressed shown by him saying that she had sense. Also while Holden is in his hotel room in New York, after his prostitute leaves, he "felt depressed," then he began "talking, sort of out loud, to Allie," (98). Allie's death made Holden isolated form someone who was close to him. Him attempting to talk to Allie shows how his loneliness and depression was caused by his isolation because he wants to try to reconnect with Allie to end his loneliness. While on his way to a bar from the hotel, Holden describes New York as making him feel "lonesome and depressed" and how he wished "[he] could go home and shoot the bull with old Phoebe," (81). Holden feels lonely and depressed in New York because of his isolation from Phoebe, someone he loves. This is proved by how he describes that he wishes he could go home and talk with her for a while. After getting to New York, Holden's feelings still follow him as he feels lonely and depressed thinking about Phoebe and wanting to see