A World of Poor Choices

The exciting novel The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger expresses the disengage lead of choice. Salinger cleverly conveys how decisions can alter a individuals perspective of their peer. Holden Caulfield, the protagonist, is a young teenager who has emotional derangement and behavioral concerns. Holden acts immaturely ex tensively end-to-end the book. Holden invents a world where matureness is the emblem of superficiality and phoniness, while he chooses to convey childhood as a world of innocence. Holdens observation of himself being the catcher in the rye is juicyly emblematical.When Holden states he wants to walk off beyond the decrease and catch the children playing in the rye, it can be seen as him exceptional(a) the line of puberty and becoming a young adult. There are a multitude of instances that portray Holdens childhood as an uniform plateau. Holdens interrogation Carl Luce as if they were back in Whooton School, the symbolism of the ducks in the lagoon and t he Museum of Natural History, and the contradicting message in the teetotum outlook, paradigms of his constant immaturity are shrewdly portrayed by Salinger.Holden conveys his immaturity primarily with his appointment with his old school companion, Carl Luce. Holden and Carl had g star to high school to take inher and Holden remembers Carl as the guy who knew e genuinelything and anything there was to life. Holden insisted on asking Carl questions as if they relived high school. Carl becomes very disappointed in Holden on account of his lack of maturity. J. D. Salinger displays Holdens immaturity when he portrays him asking Carl Hows your sex life (144). Carls reaction to Holden was just sit back and relax, for Chrissake (Salinger 144).Holdens persistence exacerbates his circumstances with Carl. Carl blatantly asks Holden when are you ever going to grow up? (Salinger 144). Holden didnt rent an acceptable answer for any of Carls questions. Shortly after a brief discussion Carl told Holden that natur anyy, your mind is immature (Salinger 147) and decides to leave him. This scene needfully illustrates Holdens immaturity on an escalating level. In an get out The Catcher in the Rye Should Not Be Censored by Edward P. J. Corbett he states the speech communication is crude and profane in the Catcher in the Rye.It would be uncorrectable to argue, however, that such a oral communication is unfamiliar to our young people or that it is rougher then the language they are accustomed to hear in the streets among their acquaintances, scarcely there is no question a vulgar message in print is much more shocking than if it was spoken (Corbett 102). Donald P. Cos give outo also agrees that Holdens language embodies the typical teenage speech. But, the overpowering degree of his language helps characterize him for whom he truthfully is (Donald P. Costello 83). Holdens vulgar language reveals his age, even when he is thinking he is older (Costello 84).Holden feels he obliged to use Chrissake and damned to illustrate a strong expression. In the sense of Holdens language a clear display of his adolescence is portrayed. Holdens refusal to believe in pitch and disappearance renders his immaturity immensely. There are several symbolic encounters that portray Holdens rebuttal of deepen. One encounter is when Holden visits the Museum of Natural History he is engrossed in the Eskimo figures. The Eskimo figures are appealing to Holden because they are molded into their places and so unchanging.The museum is Holdens fantasy world because it is a world where everything is simple, and fixed. Another symbolic occurrence is the death of his brother Allie. The death staggers Holden because it required change and disappearance. Another powerful illustration of Holdens immaturity is the symbolization of the ducks in the central lagoon. The ducks in the lagoon vanish every winter and counter every summer. This cycle shows that change does not last forever. Out of queerness Holden asks his cab driver do you know where the ducks go when it gets all frosty over? (Salinger 60). The pond resembles the midpoint between two states in elongation to Holdens position between childhood and adulthood. In these scenes, Holdens pose aids the reader to discover that his childhood is his predominant state, and it prevails over his chances at becoming an adult. In the passage Symbolism in The Catcher in the Rye Clinton W. Trowbridge believes Holden has tested several ideal images of himself only to find each(prenominal) of them phony (Clinton W. Trowbridge 43). When Holden proclaims that he wants to be the catcher in the rye, it sounds outlandish.The suggestion of Holden becoming the catcher in the rye has remarkable significance and conveys two images. The head start image conveys as Holden being a savior and his religious high-mindedness (Trowbridge 45). Secondly, it analyzes Holdens perspective of good and evil. Childhood represents the only good characteristic, environ by perils. The evil cliff signifies the transition over from childhood to adulthood. Holden fears the children will plunge into the evil adulthood unless stopped (Trowbridge 45). Holdens immaturity is close evident though his fear of downslopeing off the cliff.At the books climax, Holden allows Phoebe, his ten year old sister, to ride the carousel. While riding the carousel the target is to reach off your horse and grab the gold ring. Phoebe rides the carousel and begins trying to retrieve the gold ring. Typically most parents would not let their child strive for the gold ring because they have a high risk of falling off. Holden notices Phoebe going for the ring and doesnt boot to reprimand her. Holden thought to himself I was sort of afraid shed fall off the goddam horse, but I didnt say or do anything (Salinger 211).Holdens attitude misguides readers into believing that Holden has matured. However, one must understand that he has been immature most of his life, and will always struggle with getting a sense of adulthood. At the end of the story Holden says thats all Im going to tell about. I could probably tell you what I did after I went home, and how I got sick and all, and what school Im supposed to go to next fall, after I get out of here, but I dont feel give care it. I really dont. That stuff doesnt interest me near now (Salinger 213).Holden blatantly admits, within this quote, that he is still the same Holden Caulfield, the one that was always un provoke in school and academics. Clearly the carousel scene manifests in the revelation of the fact that he will always be a child at heart. In the excerpt Robert Burns Poem Comin Thro the Rye and Catcher Luther S. Luedtke believes that Holden has learned innocence and faithfulness, epitomized in the term of the child, are not static conditions just as the child must grow up through adolescence into adulthood, so must innocence and goodness risk this passage through ex perience and evil (Luedtke 49).Luedtke is telling the readers of his excerpt that Holden has matured greatly by allowing Phoebe to grab the golden ring. Holdens ironic confession in the final chapter tells otherwise. Holden states that he is not interested in achieving academic goals anymore. In J. D. Salingers novel The Catcher in the Rye, Holdens heartless approach toward the world around him blockades his path to maturing. with Holdens talk with Carl Luce, the symbolization of the lagoon and the Museum of Natural History, and the contradicting message in the carousel scene all prove Holdens immaturity throughout the novel.Although Phoebes conscientious struggle to aid Holden in maturing did not succeed, Phoebe shouldnt be held responsible for his immaturity. Holdens immaturity comes with his free will of choice and his plateau of juvenile behavior that he cannot surpass. Holdens judgmental personality toward adults authenticates his immaturity to a towering extent. Holdens disa ppointment to emotionally evolve throughout the entirety of the novel ultimately barricades Holdens depression within himself and results in his unhappiness.