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THE CATCHER IN THE RYE SYMBOLS ("PHONINESS" (IT IS HIS FAVOURITE…
THE CATCHER IN THE RYE SYMBOLS
IS A
BULDINGSROMAN
(romanzo di formazione)
A NOVEL
ABOUT CHARACTER'S GROWTH
HOLDEN IS AN UNUSUAL PROTAGONIST
BECAUSE HE RESISTS THE PROCESS OF GROWING UP
"
PHONINESS
"
IT IS HIS FAVOURITE CONCEPT
IT MEANS SUPERFICIALITY, HIPOCRYSY, SHALLOWNESS
HE USES THIS WORD TO DESCRIBE THE ADULT WORLD
IN CHAPTER
16
HE SINGS A SONG CALLED "COMING THROUGH THE RYE"
IMPORTANT SYMBOL OF THE NOVEL
THE SONG IS AN IMAGE OF A FIELD OF RYE ON A CLIFF, FULL OF CHILDREN THAT PLAY, HOLDEN SAYS
THAT HE WOULD PROTECT THE CHILDREN FROM FALLING OFF A CLIFF, BY CATCHING THEM
BUT HOLDEN CONFUSES SOME LINES OF THE SONG, SO HE DOESN'T UNDERSTAND THE REAL MEANING
THIS IS A FANTASY HE HAS INVENTED ABOUT ADULTHOOD, BECAUSE HE DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE REAL MEANING OF THE SONG
4 .IN HIS FANTASY ADULTHOOD IS A WORLD OF SUPERFICIALTY, HYPOCRISY AND PHONINESS
CHILDHOOD IS A WORLD OF INNOCENCE AND HONESTY
HE IMAGES CHILDHOOLD AS A FIELD OF RYE WHERE CHILDREN CAN PLAY HAPPILY
ADULTHOOD IS THE FATAL FALL OVER FROM THE CLIFF AND SO THE DEATH OF THOSE CHILDREN
HOLDEN OFTEN REPEATS THIS WORD
LONELINESS
HOLDEN NEEDS
HUMAN CONTACT
AND
LOVE
THE CONCEPT OF LONELINESS IS THE MANIFESTATION OF HIS
ALIENATION
BUT A SOURCE OF SECURITY BECAUSE IN IT HE MANTAINS A LEVEL OF SELF PROTECTION
HE FEARS RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE UNPREDICTABLE, SO HE PROTECTS HIMSELF ISOLATING FROM SOCIETY.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME HE TRIES NEW RELATIONSHIPS, IT IS A NON SENSE
LYING AND DECEPTION
(BUGIE E INGANNO)
MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
IT GIVES A SENSE OF SECURITY
EVERYTHING IS SIMPLE, UNDERSTANDABLE, STATIC AND UNCHANGING
IS AN IMPORTANT SYMBOL IN THE NOVEL
DUCKS IN CENTRAL PARK
IMPORTANT SYMBOL
HOLDEN WANDERS WHERE THE DUCKS GO IN WINTER
HE IS TERRIFIED BY THE IDEA OF CHANGE AND DISAPPEARENCE
BUT HE SEES THAT THEY ALWAYS COME BACK IN SPRING
SO THIS CHANGE IS NOT PERMANENT, BUT TEMPORARY AND CYCLICAL