The Catcher in the Rye #9

There are a lot of big symbols in the book The Catcher in the Rye. One symbol is Holden's red hat. He has this red hunting hat that he wears all the time. It is bright red and it has flaps on the side to cover his ears. The hat symbolizes his uniqueness and his wanting for attention. It does because not many people in New York wear hats like that and it draws attention to him. When he sees his sister, he gives her the hat. This symbolizes that he is going to try to change. They get in a fight and she gives it back, this shows that he did not change and he is just the way he is. he tries to give it back to his sister, but she does not want it. It shows that his sister is more mature than he is. The Museum of Natural History is also a symbol. It is because it shows the youthfulness that Holden has. He is walking through it one day and he realizes that the statues and the fake people are in the same spot they have been for as long as he can remember.This represents that he does not want to change to become more mature, but he realizes that there is a problem. The Catcher in the Rye is a job that Holden wants to have. In this job, he stands under a cliff and catches kids that fall off. There is a field above the cliff where all the kids play and they will fall off and he will catch them. This is a big symbol because it shows that he does not want change. He wants to stay there all his life and do the same thing everyday. The kids jumping off the cliff stands for their journey in the maturity. Holden is stuck in the middle. He still wants to be a kid, yet he wants to be mature. That is why he helps the other people cross and then nothing ever has to change for him and he can just be the Catcher in the Rye forever.