Blog #5 The Significance of the Title

I really had no idea why this book would possible be called "The Catcher in the Rye" until later on in the story. The thoughts of why the book would be named this made me keep reading on and kept my interest throughout the story. The reasoning for this title all came together towards the end of the book to me. The significance of this title is when he is talking to Phoebe one night when he went into her room, she asked him what she liked and what he wanted to be. He said he liked Phoebe and Allie but thats about it. He later said that he wanted to be the catcher in the rye. He said that the catcher in the rye would be someone who stands in the rye and there is a giant cliff. When the kids are about to run off the cliff he runs out and catches and saves them. He tells Phoebe that he would like to do that. The true meaning behind his reference of the catcher in the rye is that the catcher in the rye symbolizes all of the younger kids turning into adults and teens. He wants to catch them and keep them young forever. He wants to keep them from the dangers that these kids will encounter when they are older and the people they will meet. This relates to Allie and Phoebe by he wants to catch them to from growing up. Well technically he can't catch Allie, because she is dead, but he wants to save Phoebe from the dangers and the things he has encountered from being a teen. Later in the book when he sees Phoebe riding the carousel he makes a reference to how he can't stop her from growing up and he begins to cry. This title truly had a strong meaning to this great book.

Blog #4 Dead Poets Society

The characters in "Dead Poets Society and the character in "Catcher" names Holden are alike and different in many ways. Neil is like Holden because I would consider them both rebels. Neil rebels against his Dad by going and acting in a play although his Dad did not want him too. Holden was also a rebel because he got kicked out of his Prep School. I would not consider Todd and Holden to be alike because Todd was very shy and not outgoing where Holden always seemed to want to talk to people and was always looking to shock a conversation even if he didn't know the person. I would consider Knox to be similar to Holden in the sense of girls. Knox is very interested in this one girl, but he does not think he likes her, because the girl was at a party with another guy. Holden is the same way as in the sense that he likes Jane Gallagher, but Jane does not have the same feelings for her because she went on a date with Stradlater. Charlie is also like Holden in the sense that he is a rebel, just like Neil. Neil's rebellions were different then Charlie's. Neil rebelled against his Dad where Charlie was just always getting in fights and finding different ways to get himself into trouble. Holden also had many rebellious acts. He got kicked out of school, and he always had thoughts inside of him over running away. That is how Holden and the characters in the movie are alike and different.