Intoxication with Innocence in The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger

He overlooks Cory?s efforts to please him and make a career for his son, learned from his past with his own father, is responsible for the tension that builds between him and Cory. This tension will eventually be the cause of the lost relationship that is identical to the lost relationship that is identical to the lost relationship between Troy and his father. Troy?s damaging relationship with his father had a dual effect in his life. It created a conscious awareness of how not to conduct his life and built fences, which inevitably recreated his father in his personality. These fences shaped and formed his relationships with his son.

Tom is indeed a fool but his consideration, which arises from a love for his sister, separates him from his father even if the conclusion draws him away from home. Tom and his father are two men driven to the same conclusion by different modes. It is easy to assume that Tom’s character is only a parallel for his father. However, as the play develops Tom proves to be very dissimilar to his wayward father. While Tennessee Williams does intend for the reader to know why Amanda makes the comparison, he does not leave Tom to be a simple copy of his father.

Ivan Ilyich lost his purpose, his mind, and nearly all of his adult life in countless attempts to impress others. As death nears, Ivan finally finds fulfillment and unison between his mind and soul. Although Ivan’s life based on propriety from law school to his current state leads to his lack of true friendships as an adult, his memories of his childhood that consist of valuable family relationships positively influence him toward rejecting his mind’s rationalizations of superficial social truth in favor of his soul’s deeper moral truth. As his soul recognizes the impending reality of his death, Ivan Ilyich’s mind rejects this notion by recalling the value of his life based on his childhood, a fulfilling childhood that centered on valuable

Throughout the entire story, Holden uses unchaste language to offense himself. The use of these words may insult the reader, but the truth is, he is building a facade so that he can obtain the approval he feels they have oppose him thus far. As a teenager, the critical period of his life, Holden struggled to find the meaning of life, and his survival, they easily depressed Holden demands their company, even though he calls them "phonies." Holden is really a decent and mature teenager, but he only hides behind the false front to obtain the approval. In the meantime, he tries to find the meaning of his existence.

Holden’s issues with relationships, whether they are platonic or romantic, emotional or physical, show that although he would like to believe that he can carry on perfectly fine without human interaction, nobody, not even himself, can do so. Though Holden Caulfield seems to be a belligerent teenager rebelling against the constraints of society because he feels trapped, he is also an honest social critic, pointing out the unfairness in society. From the phoniness that plagues the adult world, to the unexpected transition to adulthood that many children are unprepared for, to the hardships of creating lasting and meaningful relationships, Catcher in the Rye sends the message that society is hard to change, and although it is only natural to detest certain aspects of society, it is also necessary to come to peace with one’s place in the world.

Baba is not there for Amir because he does not understand why Amir is not exactly like him. Baba speaks to Rahim Khan, his best friend and business partner, about his confusion with Amir, and doesn’t understand why his son’s interests aren’t similar to his own: “He’s always buried in those books or shuffling around the house like he’s lost in some dream…I wasn’t like that.’ Baba sounded frustrated, almost angry” (p.23). Baba is disappointed that his son is not a reflection of himself, carrying out the family name and business; and thus this creates tension between father and son: “If I hadn’t seen the doctor pull him out of my wife with my own eyes, I’d never believe he’s my son... ... middle of paper ... ...ather, because he never gave up on Sohrab after the pain he felt in the orphanage. He treated him like a son, took interest in him, and finally got Sohrab to open up, leaving the book with a sense of hope for a better tomorrow because Amir has finally learned the true meaning of being a father. Khaled Hosseini uses the love-hate relationship and hardships between fathers and sons to demonstrate the necessity of an empathetic fatherly figure in one’s life.

In the play Fences Troy Maxon struggles and ultimately fails to separate himself from the model of parenting that he himself had to endure. Troy simply doesn’t know how to be the man that he wishes he could. Troy in many ways becomes his father. As a result he seems to be the same kind of father that he hated so much. Troy goes to say, “I wish I hadn’t know my daddy.

Telemachi is self- conscious because he does not encompass the same skills his father is famous for. He is obviously incapable of warding off the suitors and desperately needs his father's assistance in order to regain control of his home. Telemachi reappears towards the end of the novel upon Odysseus' return to Ithaca. The return of Odysseus is an important role in relation to Telemachi. This demonstrates how Telemachi has matured as a direct result of Odysseus.

He says, “Every other form of sin is a variation of theft” (Hosseini 19). Although they are connecting, what Baba says is ironic because he steals Amir’s right to having a father by neglecting him and his contrasting interests. “At this age, a son wants so much to please his father and receive his approval and acceptance” (Williams). Growing up, Amir constantly seeks for his father’s approval, but hardly finds it. Baba’s failure to be comp... ... middle of paper ... ...he true meaning of being a compassionate fatherly figure from both experiences.

Children often think that their parents know nothing and it is not until something actually happens that proves the parents are right that the children realize how erroneous they had been. Baldwin's representation of his father while his father is alive is that of total detestation towards him and his ideas. Most of Baldwin's memories of his father are bad ones: "I could see him, sitting at the window, locked up in his terrors' hating and fearing every living soul including his children who had betrayed him"(54). The vivid memories Baldwin has of his father are ones of his father's down falls. Baldwin rarely remembers the good things about his father: "I had forgotten, in the rage of my growing up, how proud my father had been of me when I was little"(64).