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Catcher has been banned from many schools for its language and content. What's your opinion?

Wednesday, November 25, 2009

SETTING - SECTION 6

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8 comments:

  1. Yi WuNovember 27, 2009 at 12:26 PM

    The setting actually changed 4 times. It starts off in Holden's parents apartment, where he is in Phoebe's room. He is hiding from his parents. The second place is Mr. Antolini's apartment and he was one of Holden's teacher from past school. He didn't stay there long, because Mr. Antolini made Holden very uncomfortable. Then Holden went back to Grand Central Station to get his things. From there he went to meet Phoebe to return her money. The end of the story sounds like he is put into a care of hospital of some sort.

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  2. Justin PNovember 27, 2009 at 1:16 PM

    Just adding on to Yi's post, the jumping around in setting can connect directly to Holden's life and the way he operates. He is consistently inconsistent, just like the novel's setting; forever changing and moving, but changing and moving on a predictable basis.

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  3. Justin PNovember 27, 2009 at 1:29 PM

    New York plays a somewhat of a small roll in the novel; its the big city with all the fixin's, but very little is actually said about the city itself. Holden experiences only a few "sections" of the Big Apple, adding to his feeling of insignificance. Being in such a large city like New York, but also being as small a person as Holden only furthers his insecurities about being lonely. With the city so expansive, Holden has plenty of opportunities to venture out into different parts of the town, but chooses only a select few places; comfortable with his meager life, content with being a no-body on our big blue Earth.

    I guess this could have gone into characters too, but oh well!

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  4. NickNovember 27, 2009 at 1:29 PM

    I agree with Justin. Holden doesn't seem to stay in the same place a for long. He goes from hotels, to a train station, to home, to Mr. Antolini's place, and so on. He's like a leaf in the wind, always drifting to someplace new to try and find himself.

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  5. clariceNovember 27, 2009 at 1:35 PM

    I agree with Nick maybe Holden is going to all these places to see if he fits in anywhere. I mean obviously Holden likes being different but he is also always lonely. He must want to belong somewhere, so maybe he is just trying to find out where.

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  6. Kirsty Weston-GruszeckyNovember 27, 2009 at 1:36 PM

    I think he could always be moving from place to place so he doesn't have to think about his problems.

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  7. chantelNovember 27, 2009 at 2:25 PM

    The city in which Holden is in the for the last part of the book is New York. His home town. The section begins in his parents home, which i do not think he is to fond of. After seeing his sister he leaves to his most trusted teacher Mr. Antolini's place, where he becomes very uncomfortable after the fact of waking up to Mr. A looking at him while he rests. Holden found that experience to be very weird. The next morning he goes to his sisters school and then to the zoo. Holdens actions from moving place to place i believe is a symbol to how he does not know what he wants in life. And is unstable in his feelings.

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  8. jenniferNovember 29, 2009 at 2:59 PM

    Within the last couple chapters, Holden is staying in the Antolini's household. Just before, he was at home with his sister dancing with her, and hides in the closet when he hears his parents coming home from their Christmas party. When he leave their house, he goes back to Grand Central Station to write Phoebe a note to give the money back and to meet at the museum. In the end of the book, we learn that Holden goes home because he is sick and eventually goes to psychotherapy and plans to go back to another school in the fall.

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