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THE CATCHER IN THE RYE (J.D.SALINGER), TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (HARPER LEE) …
THE CATCHER IN THE RYE (J.D.SALINGER)
THEMES
Alienation
Used by Holden to protect himself
Death
Holden fears the change it brings
Innocence and phoniness
Innocence represents children
Phony is an insult used by Holden, it describes adulthood
The title is a pun
Catcher is a baseball player
He wants to catch people before they fall off a cliff while they play in the rye
CHARACTERS
Holden Caulfield
Lonely 16 y.o.
Unreliable narrator
Obsessed with death
Phoebe
Holden's young sister
She's Holden's only happiness
Allie
Holden's younger brother who died of leukemia
STORY
Runs to New York where he hires a prostitute
Holden gets expelled from school
He writes an essay about his dead brother's baseball glove
He's happy when he sees his sister on the carousel
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (HARPER LEE)
THEMES
Justice
Atticus protects the black man
Boo defends the children
Injustice
A man gets incarcerated and killed even if he's innocent
Racism
An innocent man gets incarcerated only for he's black
CHARACTERS
Atticus Finch
Lawyer who defends Tom Robinson
Tom Robison
Black man accused of raping a white woman
Jem Finch
Scout's brother
Boo Radley
Neighbour who creeps on the children
Scout finch
Protagonist, resembles the writer
The "raped" woman's father tries to kill Atticus' children but Boo saves them