Unreachable dreams, an important theme in Salinger's "Catcher in the Rye"

        Many people find that their dreams are unreachable. H experienceden Caulfield realizes this in J.D. Salingers The backstop in the Rye. As Holden tells his story, he recounts the events since leaving the Pencey initiate to his psychiatrist. At first, Holden sounds like a typical, misguided teenager, rebellious towards his parents, godforsaken with his teachers, and flunking by of school. However, as his story progresses, it becomes clear that Holden is indeed motivated, on the nose non academically. He has a purpose: to protect the unripe and impoverished minds of young children from the horrors of adult society. He hopes to freeze the children in time, as wax figures are frozen in a museum. afterwards interacting with Phoebe, his younger sister, Holden realizes that this goal is quite unachievable. Holden wants to be the catcher in the Rye, then realizes it is an unreachable ideal.         Holden begins his story misguided and with footmark up direction. later on flunking out of the Pencey School, Holden decides to leave early. Before he leaves, though, he visits his teacher, Mr. Spencer. Mr. Spencer and Holden talk most his direction in life: Do you feel absolutely no tie in for your future, boy? Oh, I feel some concern for my future, all right. Sure. Sure, I do. I thought about it for a minute. But not also much, I guess, (14). After leaving Pencey, he checks into a hotel where he invites a prostitute up to his room. He gets cold feet and decides not to have intercourse with her, though. Later, Holden decides to take his old girlfriend, cleft Hayes, to the theater. After taking her to the theater, Holden formulates a crazy jut out which entails run away with Sally, getting married, and growing old together. Sally thinks that he is crazy, and she decides to go home. During his... If you want to get a total essay, army it on our website: OrderCustomPaper.! com

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