Catcher+in+the+Rye

Red Hunting Cap
 * **How does the symbol/motif come up in the novel, and how does it impact what is going on?** The first time the red hunting cap is when Holden comes back from talking to Spencer about him leaving Pencey. **What happens immediately preceding or immediately following a mention or discussion of this idea or thing**?
 * **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.**

I. Introduction a. The object that I think Holden charishes the most more than just an object it is a symbol of someones life the red hunting cap In the novel The Catcher and the Rye the main character Holden Caufield has a red hunting hat which symbolizes many things b. I am proving that Holden puts the Red Hunting hat on when he is comfortable and not by his peers and takes it off when he is around his peers or to make people think he is more mature Avenue I. The red hunting hat symbolizes allies hair II. He also will use it to get away from reality III. He also wears the hat to be different from everyone else and how at the beginning he would not go to the football game. II. Body One (Avenue one/Main reason 1) linked with thesis statement a. Supporting detail one including MLA citation, with a reason why detail emphasizes and reforms thesis b. Supporting detail two, including MLA citation, reason why supporting detail emphasizes c. Supporting detail three, including MLA citation, reason why supporting detial emphasizes

V. Conclusion a. Restate thesis i. Avenue one (Main reason 1) 1. why this reason reaffirms thesis II. Avenue two 1. why is reason reaffirms thesis

iii. Avenue three 1. why this reason reaffirms thesis

II. (Body Paragraph II)Holden’s also uses the hat to get away from reality or uses it to bring back his childhood. a. When holden leaves Pencey he says he was sort of crying he then put his red hunting hat on and then he said “sleep tight ya morons.” IAll of those actions is something that a child would do more than adult (84) b. Holden also has grey hairs which would show that he is mature but when he puts the hat on you cannot see the grey hairs I. He feels more like a child and would rather not face adolescence and would stay a child for the rest of his life. c. When holder gives his hunting hat to phoebe it might be the most important part of the book. I. This is the most important part of the book because the red hunting hat symbolizes Holdens childhood so when he gives Pheobe his hat he is giving up his childhood to her. Then he says he will try to do good in school next year and that shows he is becoming more mature and seeing how that will affect his life.

V. Conclusion a. Holdens hat symbolizes many things and the fact that he gives that up is a big step towards adulthood. He did not give up thinking about Allie he will always remember him instead he realized what he does today will affect him tomorrow and he needs to face up to his fears. Holden is now ready or at least preparing to be ready for adulthood. And Holden moves away from how he thinks he is different from everyone else and realizes there are more important things in life. Holden also realizes Phoebe will give up her childhood and at the end of the book when she is reaching for the ring on the carousel he thinks she is going to fall but he didn’t bother to say stop. The reason why the author rights it this way is because of how Holden wanted to be the catcher in the rye but he knows they will all fall one day and when it happens they cant go back

** Essay **
The object that Holden cherishes the most more than just an object it is a symbol of someones life the red hunting cap. In the novel __The Catcher and the Rye__ the main character Holden Caufield has a red hunting hat which symbolizes many things. This is proving that Holden puts the red hunting hat on when he is comfortable and not by his peers and takes it off when he is around his peers or to make people think he is more mature. The red hunting hat symbolizes Allies and Phoebe's hair. He also used it to get away from reality, and to be different from everyone else. As previously stated the red hunting hat symbolizes Holden's younger siblings hair, Allie and Phoebe. The both have very red hair that is bright and noticeable from far away. Holden feels closer to his siblings when he puts on the hat because he doesn't get to see Phoebe that much because he goes to different boarding schools. With Allie, he was very close with him. When Allie died Holden never really got over, mostly because he couldn't go to the funeral. Putting on the hat makes him have red “hair” and helps him relate to them more easily. He not only uses this to relate to Allie and Phoebe but also to get away from the real world. Holden also uses the hat to get away from reality or uses it to bring back his childhood. When Holden leaves Pencey he says he was sort of crying he then put his red hunting hat on and then he said “sleep tight ya morons.” All of those actions is something that a child would do more than adult. Holden also has grey hairs which would show that he is mature but when he puts the hat on you cannot see the grey hairs. He feels more like a child and would rather not face adolescence and would stay a child for the rest of his life. When Holden gives his hunting hat to phoebe it might be the most important part of the book. This is the most important part of the book because the red hunting hat symbolizes Holden's childhood so when he gives Phoebe his hat he is giving up his childhood to her. Then he says he will try to do good in school next year and that shows he is becoming more mature and seeing how that will affect his life. Holden sometimes puts on his hat to be different from everyone else. He doesn't really like to fight in with the crowd, when everyone else is going on dates with people, Holden is staying home. He also has a student-teacher relationship that most students would not have. He goes to some of his teachers house and stays over night and has real in depth conversations with them. He also unlike most teenagers doesn't want to grow up. Most teenagers want to stay a little kid in someways but mostly just want to grow up and move and to live on there own. Holden wants all little kids to have the perfect childhood that he never had. Holden's hat symbolizes many things and the fact that he gives that up is a big step towards adulthood. He did not give up thinking about Allie he will always remember him instead he realized what he does today will affect him tomorrow and he needs to face up to his fears. Holden is now ready or at least preparing to be ready for adulthood. And Holden moves away from how he thinks he is different from everyone else and realizes there are more important things in life. Holden also realizes Phoebe will give up her childhood and at the end of the book when she is reaching for the ring on the carousel he thinks she is going to fall but he didn’t bother to say stop. The reason why the author rights it this way is because of how Holden wanted to be the catcher in the rye but he knows they will all fall one day and when it happens they cant go back. 