4- Catcher in the rye

The hero in this book is definitely Holden. Holden overcomes so much. Even though the conflict is brought on by himself, he still overcomes it in the end.

His accomplishments are realizing that he did need school, reconnecting with Phoebe, and winning some inner conflicts with himself.

Holden has many different traits. Some of his are more positive, though. For example, when he sets his mind to do something, he may or may not do it. He thinks he will definitely do it, but his mind changes so much that you never know what to expect. He has a good element of surprise, I guess. He is a very entertaining person. That would be a positive trait. He is also very interesting. I bet he would be a fun person to have a conversation with if you could not tell that he was secretly bored with you. He seems bored with everyone, but I never knew if the other person could tell or not. I guess it just depends on how much they were paying attention.

I do not think that he truly is a symbol for anything. He changes his mind so much that I do not think he would be very good for a symbol. He changes his mind so much that he would not stand for anything for a long period of time. He could never be something for the government because his opinion would always be changing. No one would support him because he would be unreliable.

He stands for something different in every chapter. I mean I still like him, but he is unreliable. He also would not stand for friendship because he is secretly bored with everyone. Well, I guess it is not much of a secret. I guess he could stand for brothership.... if that is even a thing. The best thing that he was in this book was being a good brother to Phoebe. He loved her unconditionally.

Salinger, J. D. The Catcher in the Rye. Boston: Little, Brown, 2001. Print.