Catcher in the Rye 9-10 -- Blog Option One

The article above and Holden’s brother’s baseball mitt are both excellent examples of the use of symbolism. Both of these examples help you see deeper into the person’s life weather its Holden or the lady who owns the car. In Holden’s case, the baseball mitt is used to depict the grief and love for his little brother Allie. The mitt was covered in poems which his brother would read when things got boring in the outfield. So this mitt was used to show how Holden felt about his little brother. While in the article about the car, the car was used as a way to describe what this lady was feeling on the inside. The car was used to show that she was hurting on the inside and it really rattled her; the car mechanic was used to show that even though she was hurting on the inside that no one else could tell or noticed. The second half of this article could apply to Holden because it shows him that someone actually understands what he’s going through just like the women. The use of symbolism in both of these general connection, but a more in-depth connection would be that these symbols help you see who the writer feels internally without them straight up telling you.