Catcher in the Rye
Explore symbolism in the novel and how it supports the theme.
In Holden’s view, the adult world represents a phony and cruel world. For Holden, the schools,
like Pencey Prep and Elkton represents the phony, cruel world of those adult who run them. For
example, the advertisement for Pencey Prep are misleading, because the feature that “some hot shot guy
on a horse’ has never been seen by Holden at Pencey Prep. Also, the …
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…She took them. This implies Phoebe take from him the residuals of his idealism and
accepts the burden of “saving the pieces”. Through her mature love, Holden will begin to move towards
maturity. It also make Holden realizes that his love of good is stronger than his hatred of evil.
All these provides a starting point from which he can learn to accept the world’s imperfection and
he can move on to the future.
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