He says he wants to protect the children from falling of the cliff by catching them as they were tumbling over. Holden imagines a field of rye on a high cliff, full of children playing perched. ” In Chapter 22, when Phoebe asks Holden what he wants to do with his life, he tell her he wants to be a “Catcher In The Rye”. It is first mentioned in Chapter 16, when Holden notices a kid singing the Robert Burns song “Comin’ Thro’ the Rye. title, this symbol merits close inspection. Another obvious symbol, which is the novels name, is The Catcher in the Rye. The hat symbolizes Holden’s need for isolation. He mentions when he decides to wear it and does not wear it if he is around people he knows. He is very self conscious about the hat as well. It shows that Holden wants to be different from everyone. The hat is also undesirable and always has second thoughts on wearing it. The reason being that the hat stands out and holden tells the reader that it is very ugly. The hat is a symbol of his uniqueness and individuality.
One of the first, and most obvious symbol is Holden’s Red Hunting Hat. The 3 symbols in this story will give us a better look into the depths of his personality and his struggle to transition into adulthood. Holden is a very difficult character to examine, he shows different sides of his personality in almost any situation and rarely describes how he wants to transfer into adulthood. Salinger made placed many of them throughout the novel, but there are 3 big ones that very important to Holden’s character.
Paper Symbolism plays a big role in the novel “The Catcher in the Rye”.
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