The Catcher in the Rye and The Glass Menagerie
The person someone becomes is influenced by the losses they have experienced in their life. In Catcher
in the Rye the main character Holden Caulfield is devastated by the loss of his younger brother Allie to leukemia. The loss of Allie never leaves Holden's mind. It changes his perception of the world. In The Glass Menagerie Amanda Wingfield's husband abandons her and their two children Tom and Laura. For Amanda the only way to deal with the loss is to escape into a dream world. She forces this delusion onto Tom and Laura Loss of anything a loved one, a friend or a cherished possession can affect the way a person feels. Loss can change a person's reactions or attitude toward something. This may cause the person to change the way they live their life or the decisions they make. Loss leaves an impression on a person.
Holden Caulfield is tormented by Allie's death. The night Allie died Holden slept in the garage and broke all the
windows with his fists. This was the only way Holden could deal with the loss of Allie. Allie becomes the model of the ideal person for Holden. Throughout Catcher in the Rye whenever Holden talks about Allie it's what a great person he was. He describes Allie as extremely intelligent, someone you would have liked and as someone that never got angry. Everyone Holden meets or sees he compares them to this image of Allie but almost no one meets the standards. As Holden is eating breakfast in a diner he sees two nuns come in and helps them with their suitcases. He thinks nothing of them until he notices that their suitcases seem inexpensive. Holden talks about how he hates it when someone has cheap suitcases and how he can just get to hate someone for having them.
Holden never gets over Allie's death. It causes him to become restless. He is searching for something
to replace the gap in his life that Allie left. He looked up to Allie. Whenever Holden finds something that can replace Allie he... [continues]
The person someone becomes is influenced by the losses they have experienced in their life. In Catcher
in the Rye the main character Holden Caulfield is devastated by the loss of his younger brother Allie to leukemia. The loss of Allie never leaves Holden's mind. It changes his perception of the world. In The Glass Menagerie Amanda Wingfield's husband abandons her and their two children Tom and Laura. For Amanda the only way to deal with the loss is to escape into a dream world. She forces this delusion onto Tom and Laura Loss of anything a loved one, a friend or a cherished possession can affect the way a person feels. Loss can change a person's reactions or attitude toward something. This may cause the person to change the way they live their life or the decisions they make. Loss leaves an impression on a person.
Holden Caulfield is tormented by Allie's death. The night Allie died Holden slept in the garage and broke all the
windows with his fists. This was the only way Holden could deal with the loss of Allie. Allie becomes the model of the ideal person for Holden. Throughout Catcher in the Rye whenever Holden talks about Allie it's what a great person he was. He describes Allie as extremely intelligent, someone you would have liked and as someone that never got angry. Everyone Holden meets or sees he compares them to this image of Allie but almost no one meets the standards. As Holden is eating breakfast in a diner he sees two nuns come in and helps them with their suitcases. He thinks nothing of them until he notices that their suitcases seem inexpensive. Holden talks about how he hates it when someone has cheap suitcases and how he can just get to hate someone for having them.
Holden never gets over Allie's death. It causes him to become restless. He is searching for something
to replace the gap in his life that Allie left. He looked up to Allie. Whenever Holden finds something that can replace Allie he... [continues]
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