A growing trend with Catcher in the Rye is how Holden is extremely disconnected with everyone. I think this is a result from losing his younger brother Allie. He was so close with him that when he passed away, he just lost touch with others. Holden can't trust anyone because he doesn't want to get hurt. I can connect with that because I became close with somebody only to break away. I used to care about my grandma, until I learned about what she did to my family when we needed help when I was not even 1 year old. It's sad for me because I don't have a real grandma that lives in the U.S.
Other people complain about how mean their parents are, or how unlucky they are. I see it as a bit annoying because I don't have any other family members that are close beside Bret and my parents. I can't trust anyone else in my family because of what she did. I made sure that I don't become to close to anyone because I have this gut feeling that the same thing will happen again. This was one of the reasons why I was temporarily introverted when I was younger...I hardly saw anyone else besides my close family outside of home and school. It seems like Holden is doing the same just to not get hurt. He mentioned that he wasn't close to his parents or older brother early in the book. By just inferring his behavior after Allie's death, he started to detach himself from his parents and stopped caring. I mean...if you lost your little brother who you loved so much wouldn't you get disconnected (I would)?
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I agree that is why he's so disconnected throughout the book. If you don't allow yourself to get close to someone, it won't hurt as much when they betray you or die.
ReplyDeletei concur.
ReplyDeleteWow, Shaw, super insightful!!
ReplyDeleteHana, good post, I would say this from Morrie "Forgive everyone everthing NOW! Don't wait." Your connection and sense of loss are well stated in your writing above. Nice job.