Catcher In The Rye And 11 Analysis

Bilge Tayyar
Ms. Altıntaş
L9-11
04.12.2016
MONEY TALKS
“In primate societies, the ones who conflict with the rules of the group are more likely to be subjected to subsequent attacks and continued hostility” (Breed 14). Can’t we say that humans have more common points with animals than they think they do, considering that the ones whose life styles don’t match with the society’s priorities -which is being a white, rich and hardworking man- are excluded pitilessly? Although Rachel in “Eleven” is a Hispanic poor girl, who wants to become an adult, and Holden from “The Catcher in the Rye” is a rich boy from Manhattan, who hates all the adults; the way they react to ostracism and the pressure of society’s rules are through exaggerating the situation and getting angry; being unable to take action because they are cowards, and by crying in inappropriate situations.
Just like the people who denigrate the things that they can’t get, Holden and Rachel are tend to exaggerate the situation in their minds when they face a conflict. This exaggeration makes them angrier, and averts the possibility of solving the problem. When the teacher tried to palm the sweater off to somebody, Rachel said “It's maybe a thousand years old and even if

“And all of a sudden I'm crying in front of everybody. I wish I was invisible but I'm not.” (Cisneros, 3) said Rachel when she couldn’t do something but wore the sweater that smelled like cheese while the teacher was blaming her for lying. Similarly, at the time when the prostitute and Maurice jump into Holden’s room and took the extra money from him; he wasn’t able to stop them, therefore started to cry: “All of a sudden I started to cry.” (Salinger 56). Crying in inappropriate places makes them feel weak and defenceless, which worsens their traumas and leads to turn in upon