Transition In Catcher In The Rye

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The Catcher in the Rye
The transition from a teen to an adult is one of the major steps in life. This major transition can be really scary. Some people are so scared of becoming an adult, that they try to keep their inner child alive. One person in the book The Catcher in the Rye is Holden Caulfield, Holden is the main character in the novel written by J.D. Salinger. A prominent theme in his novel, The Catcher in the Rye is the painfulness of growing up. As this theme is going on through the novel, Salinger weaves in symbols that Holden happens to use and talk about throughout the novel.
One of the many symbols that Salinger uses in the novel The Catcher in the Rye, was Holden’s “Red Hunting Hat”. This red hunting hat helps Holden feel like …show more content…

Once Holden left school, he had gotten into a cab and started a conversation with the cab driver. Holden had asked the driver, about what happens to the ducks in the Central Park Lagoon when the pond freezes over, during the winter. Whether or not someone comes and picks them up and takes them somewhere or if they fly away. The cab driver was getting so annoyed with Holden’s questions that he ignored Holden, until they got to the hotel. When Holden gets to the hotel and checks in, he then heads for his room. As he enters the elevator, the operator strikes up a conversation, which leads to a deal with a prostitute. Holden agrees and accepts the generous offer of five dollars for the prostitute, instead of the regular ten dollars. The operator was to send Sunny to Holden 's hotel room. Sunny comes to the room and Holden just wants to talk with her and do nothing else. After a bit of talking with Sunny she falls asleep and when she awakes, she asks for her ten dollars, but Holden refuses and just gives her the five bucks that he thought he owed her. Sunny leaves and two guys show up later to get the other five dollars, Holden refuses to give the rest of the money and was brutally attacked. After they beat up Holden, they took the five dollars that they came for and left.
The next morning,

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