Caterintherye

 > How does the symbol/motif come up in the novel, and how does it impact what is going on? What happens immediately preceding or immediately following a mention or discussion of this idea or thing?  Holden spends all of his money of trying to get other people to hang out with him, talk to him, and have drinks with. When he is spending his money he is usually so it is a bad thing lonely.  The mood that is brought up when Holden is spending his money is lonely. He almost all of the times this motif comes up it has to do with Holden inviting some one to have drinks with him or going to resurants to drink or getting a cab so he can have a conversation with the driver.  Holden is usually with a stranger or strangers offering to buy them drinks but he usually spends the money because he is lonely. This is a weakness of Holden's because he has a lot of trouble making friends so he figures that he can spend money to buy friends.  Holden in order to seek happiness and friendships he thinks he can spend money to buy these things and he trys to buy these things because he >  Imagine being so lonely that you resorted to spending money to create happiness. In the novel __The Catcher In The Rye__ the main character Holden is lonely so he tries to spend money to buy happiness. A few examples of this was when he buys a hooker. The second is when he tries to socialize with his cab driver. The third example of Holden trying to buy happiness is when he buys drinks for strangers. When Holden resorted to buying cab drivers drinks it shows he was trying to buy happiness. It is obvious because he is asking someone he does not know to hang out with. It is also obvious that Holden is trying to buy happiness because he is very lonely which is why he invited the cab driver, because he wanted company. The third reason why it is obvious that Holden is trying to buy happiness is because even when the cab driver shows anger to him he still pushes for conversation with him, which proves that he is desperate for attention. “Do you happen to know where do the ducks in Central Park go when the lagoon freezes”?(pg81.Salinger) >
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 * What is the mood when this idea or thing is brought up? Would you associate this with times when Holden is content? frightened? frantic? confused? Is this mood consistent with every incidence of this motif?
 * Is Holden alone when this motif/symbol occurs? If not, with whom is he interacting? How would you characterize that interaction? Does this motif occur both when he is alone and when he is with other people? Is there a connection to be made?
 * What does this motif/symbol tell you about Holden, in a “big picture” way - Does this suggest anything about his personality? His weaknesses or strengths? His sense of himself?
 * Tie it all together: Did any pattern emerge? Pick out other words or ideas used in conjunction with this motif. Look back on your investigation and come up with a single sentence that sums up what you’ve discovered.