One element of Holden’s personality, or mental state, that quickly becomes clear in the novel is. Salinger’s choice to write from a first-person narrative perspective guarantees the reader will receive some kind of insight, reliable or not, into how Holden perceives himself. : 'If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll probably want to know is where I was born, and what. Holden’s sense of self, his anxieties, internal and external, fuel The Catcher in the Rye.J.D. Most of the following quotes are Holden's narration (as opposed to spoken dialouge). Page numbers refer to the Little, Brown, and Company edition (c. And even if I could, I'm not sure I'd feel like it. The Catcher in the Rye Quotes with Page Numbers. I mean you'd be different in some way-I can't explain what I mean. Or you'd just passed by one of those puddles in the street with gasoline rainbows in them. I even have to go to the bathroom when I worry about something. Look at the bottom of the page to identify which edition of the Catcher in the Rye they are referring to. Top Ten Quotes of the Catcher in the Rye Number 8 Quote:' When I really worry about something, I dont just fool around. Or you'd heard your mother and father having a terrific fight in the bathroom. Aside from the thesis statements above, these quotes alone can act as essay questions or study questions as they are all relevant to the text in an important way. Or you'd have a substitute taking the class, instead of Miss Aigletinger. Or the kid that was your partner in line the last time had got scarlet fever and you'd have a new partner. It has been considered as among the best.
It revolves on the themes of teenage confusion, alienation, rebellion and language. Not that you'd be so much older or anything. The Catcher in the Rye is a novel written by J. I'm the most terrific liar you ever saw in your life. Immediately Holden Caulfield presents himself as in control of his story. The only thing that would be different would be you. The novel's first sentence establishes The Catcher in the Rye as a fictional autobiography, in which a narrator tells about his life, and rejects that genre's rules. You could go there a hundred thousand times, and that Eskimo would still be just finished catching those two fish, the birds would still be on their way south, the deers would still be drinking out of that water hole, with their pretty antlers and they're pretty, skinny legs, and that squaw with the naked bosom would still be weaving that same blanket. A direct knowledge of the Teacher began for the disciples.“The best thing, though, in that museum was that everything always stayed right where it was. Thus, the apostles' adventure began as a gathering of persons who open to one another reciprocally.