catcher and the rye
... feels sorry for his parents. Holden also considers about running away from the society and avoiding the obscurity along with miseries and corruption. One example is shown during the date with Sally Hayes. Holden abruptly asks Sally about getting married with him and running away to the Midwest of the America. In spite of her rejection, Holden continues to tell her his plans: he would get a job at a gas station or anywhere such as farms, build a harmonious family, and live without the corrupted society. This exemplifies another Holden’s unrealistic thoughts. It also contradicts Hold’s feelings and thoughts for Sally because he doesn’t even like her being one of the phonies whom Holden generalizes of. He evidently contradicts himself saying “The funny part is, I felt like marrying her the minute I saw her. I’m crazy. I didn’t even like her much, and yet all of a sudden I felt like I was in love with her and wanted to marry her.” (Salinger 124)Thoughts of running away from the society are typical for teenagers. People get tired and sick of the lives they have that they want to avoid the troubles and run away in order to rest and purse their happiness and satisfactory. Holden’s very confused about the society and himself. Unrealistic imaginations and attempts to run away is a sign of confusion, since he is unable to make his decision to solve his problems. He’s confused in himself also that he doesn’t know what to do with his life and he cannot make connections between himself and the people. Even though he realizes that it’s impossible to be a “Catcher in The Rye” and it is inevitable to face obscurity and corruptions in the society, he still has a psychological problem with evidence from the very last page saying that he has met psychoanalysts. In many ways, Holden does different actions that do not accord from his thoughts and feelings. It is somewhat difficult to understand him because he acts differently than how he feels and things while most of people act primarily based on their thoughts and emotions. One thing he constantly does throughout the novel is lying. He even claims “quote”. The night that Holden leaves the Pencey, he encounters with a mom, whose son also goes to the same school, in a subway. From the beginning of the conversation with the mother he lies about his name and his reason he’s out of school at night. He lies that son of the mother is a great student and praises him as much marvelous as it can be even thought Holden thinks he’s not cool at all. Lying is an action of immaturity that is often characterized by many people such as Holden. Perhaps, the reason Holden lies is that he feels insecure about himself and other people; he is unable to truly identify himself to others. Holden shows his desire to talk with people for quiet a few times after getting out of Pencey because he unconsciously feels lonely. Holden was all by himself when he leaves Pencey; he wanders around the New York City by himself, and he’s in a hotel room by himself. The first thing he wants to do when he got to the city is to “give a buzz” to people he knows, but he decides not to because he doesn’t feel like it. He calls this one girl that he knew from his friend and asked her if she would go out on a date with him, which ends up with a rejection. In the two taxi caps, he tries to make conversations with the drivers about the ducks that inhabits in the Central Park. He talks to two nuns whom Holden gives a donation to, and Holden is very inspired of them for what they do. He always thinks about calling people up, and sometimes he meets with them, but it always ends up with bad terms. Holden feels very lonesome because he can’t make connections with people. He unconsciously feels that he is lonely but he realizes at the end of the novel. He sometimes attempts to announce his existence and to get attentions from people. When he says “Sleep tight, you morons!” (Salinger ) it reveals his emotion and his desire to get attention from people, just as typical teenagers would do. Awkwardly, Holden has very bizarre feelings that contradict his actions and thoughts. His feelings are sincere and deeply emotional. He doesn’t like many things indeed the whole world, except those people he values. He loves and values Allie the most because Allie was only a little kid when he died. Holden has very sincere and loving feelings for kids who are still innocent and not corrupted by the d...