The novel is called The Catcher in the Rye because Holden hears in chapter 16, a poem written by Robert Burns called Comin through the Rye and he dreams of being a sort of guardian of the children who play in a rye field, and stop them when

1) 1. The novel is called “The Catcher in the Rye” because Holden hears in chapter 16, a poem written by Robert Burns called “Comin’ through the Rye” and he dreams of being a sort of guardian of the children who play in a rye field, and stop them when they get close enough to the edge of the cliff, so they wouldn’t fall. This rye field would represent children’s innocence and the cliff would be the loss of it, and the entrance to an adult world. In this case, Holden would be the guardian of children’s innocence, as he knows how hard it is to enter the adult world. Holden behaves as the Catcher in the rye for instance, when he takes her sister, Phoebe, to the carrousel; and another example could be when he dances with her at their home. This examples show that he doesn’t want her sister to lose her innocence with the troubles of growing up. This is because he has suffered too much while he was growing up.

5. The significance of Holden’s red hunting hat refers to what he wanted to show to people. With this hat, he felt like unique, better than the others surrounding him. During the novel, he is always mentioning the hat when he is wearing it, and if he hanged out with people he know, he wouldn’t wear it, because that people knew who he really was. The red hat also refers to Holden’s problem with isolation and with the companion he sometimes needed. There could be a connection within the hat and his little sisters, Allie and Phoebe, because they were red haired. I think that when Holden used this hat, he needed to be alone to remember his little sisters.

7. Holden talks about his attitude toward religion in Chapter 14. He says he would like to pray sometimes, but when that moment came, he didn’t know how to. He is rather confused with religion, during the chapter, he says he is sort of an atheist, but then explains he isn’t. He knows some things about the bible and admires Jesus; he also gives a description of him. Holden says Jesus would hate people’s phoniness if he would see it, so he identifies himself with Jesus, such as if they thought the same way about the grown up people’s phoniness.

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9. Holden’s concern about the ducks symbolizes a younger part of him. During the book, he seems like an old man, who is angry at the world. But as I’ve just said, this thing about the ducks changes everything. The curiosity that the ducks generate, make Holden feel a bit younger. The ducks pond is considered as an important symbol in the novel. This is because the ducks show that things that happen in life are temporary. Holden is afraid of changing because of all the bad things that had happened to him, such as Allie’s death. The ducks emigrate every winter, but then return in spring, this shows the change that I was talking about, a temporary change, that would return to its original shape at some time.

The pond where the ducks live is partly frozen, and this shows the change between a young Holden and a grown up Holden.

10. Carrousels have a golden ring hanging on the edge of it, they are full of children happy, just living their childhood, it feels like they would never grow up; if children grab it they win a free ride. The golden ring is very important in the novel, because it shows Holden the little Phoebe’s faith to grab it. He sees that she is risking herself in order to achieve what she wants, even though she could fall off the carrousel and might get hurt. Holden "grabs his own golden ring" by deciding in the end to go to a mental institution. He ends there to try to achieve a better life. That’s the place where he narrates us the story.

Holden narrates us the importance of the museums, he tells us that the museum it’s always the same, it never changes, things shown there are frozen and never changing. He is surprised because, every time he goes to the museum, nothing changed, except him. Holden wanted an ideal world, a world where nothing changed, and the museum was very similar to it. Holden was afraid of the changes which could happen in the near future, so he also had problems interacting with other people. For instance, people who could change the way that he was like.

In chapter 5 Holden writes a composition about Allie’s baseball mitt. Think about an object cherished by you and describe it showing the feelings it arises in you.

If I had to choose an object that produces me different feelings I would choose a fabric. At first it may seem strange to choose this object, but since March this year I do acrobatics with fabrics. I started going to the circus not only to learn how to do the acrobatics, but also to start some activity in order to spend my spare time in something I really love doing and forget about all my problems. In my opinion, when something bad happens to you the best thing you can do is to do something that you like doing, something that relaxes you.

In my experience I can say that this activity has a lot of different benefits. Many people may think that it only strengthens your muscles, but it is much more than that. You learn how to express yourself, you experience the sensation of flying and as many people attend to the class, you also gain a new group of friends.

Like any activity (we can also define it as a sport) at the beginning it is really hard, you need to be patient and feel confident. I greatly appreciate these two characteristics as I can relate them with life. I believe that it is important to be patient when you face a situation in your life and also in relation with people.

In conclusion, this activity makes me feel happy but I can also say that produces me a mixture of different feelings. Many people may think that it is just a simple activity with a fabric but it helps me to express my feelings.

“The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one”