2007-01-07 03:31:39 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
Confusion and idealism. Holden has an idealised vision of childhood which he wants to protect by catching the kids before they go off the cliff into corrupt adulthood (the cliff is at the edge of a rye field). He's confused, though, because he heard the line from the Burns song incorrectly, and there's no catcher in Burns' rye. This gives him a brain gridlock when he finds out. Holden ascribes meaning where there is none, and pays the penalty. Moral: don't get married to the wild thoughts that swirl around in your head.
Oversimplified of course. Great book.
2007-01-07 03:37:43 · answer #1 · answered by wild_eep 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He talks about being a catcher in the rye as a fantasy. Basically watching over kids playing in a field of rye and catching them before they fall off a cliff. It's a metaphore for protecting the innocence of childhood because he feels as if he's lost his
2007-01-07 03:33:42 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It comes from a dream explained in the book. The dream is of young children playing in a field of tall rye beside a cliff. the main character in the dream is the "catcher" he stops the children from running off the unseen cliff.
2007-01-07 03:35:48 · answer #3 · answered by Asking for a social outcry 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
everything will be the same he wants to catch people that are changing to keep them the way they are
2007-01-07 03:34:24 · answer #4 · answered by city 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Read the book, don't expect us to do your homework for you.
2007-01-07 03:33:07 · answer #5 · answered by Kodoku Josei 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
memories of his childhood
2007-01-07 03:33:10 · answer #6 · answered by i pack a 44 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it was just a song.... i don't know what it was meant to interpret
2007-01-07 03:34:12 · answer #7 · answered by antagonist 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can't post that on here
2007-01-07 03:33:52 · answer #8 · answered by Curious George 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋