CITR Timed Write Revisions

In the novel "The Catcher in the Rye," by J.D. Salinger, Allie and Phoebe, Holden's little
brother (deceased) and little sister are parallel characters. From the way they look (besides
gender) to their unmatched intelligence in the Caulfield family, they are two of a kind. An
enlightening moment is when Holden went to call his sister at the hotel, but he is afraid his
parents will answer the telephone. This moment serves as a casement because while he is
contemplating to call his sister, he is thinking about how similar the two Allie and Phoebe while
Holden is parallel to J.D. Salinger, sees that he is a lesser compared to everyone else in the
Caulfield Family.
Holden contemplates about calling his sister two times; one time is when is is at the
telephone booth after Holden boarded off the locomotive. Another time was after Holden checks
into the hotel and changes his clothes. In the first instance, he is afraid to call home because
Holden believes that Phoebe is sound asleep and is afraid his parents will answer. This would he
in New York, and he has recently vetoed out of Penecy due to his poor report cards. The second
instance is when Holden is changing out of his clothes in the "crumby room" the hotel, Holden
then daydreams about the past when Allie was still living. He first compares lie and Phoebe to
each other saying the two are brilliant also that they are ginger. In the final moments of the
scene, Holden calls a woman that lives in New York in an attempt to "hook up" by offering her
cocktails.
The enlightening moment is a casement because Holden realizes he is a fluke in the
Caulfield family. This does not help Holden's self-esteem, relating to present time in the novel
the audience could further infer that the intelligence he lacked led him to the mental institution.
His oversexualized behavior displayed in New York most likely led him to the movie schools.

Holden then, further compares his older brother D.B., Allie, and Phoebe to himself and realizes
that he is nothing more than a failure. In the present time, Holden is complaining his past
experiences in a notebook at a mental institute; he attempts to write like his brother D.B. though
he writing is indigent and childish. Holden compared to Phoebe and Allie he finds himself f
having an inferior complex feeling that he gets poor grades because he is not naturally intelligent
like those two. In the end, Holden is parallel to J.D. Salinger's behavior while Phoebe is identical
to Allie proving superior in the characteristics compared to Holden.
In conclusion, Holden is compared to his superior intellectual siblings lowering his selfesteem, and his overly sexualized behavior is similar to Salinger's behavior when he was young.
Holden Caulfield is a parallel to J.D. Saver, while Allie is a parallel to Phoebe. The meaning of
Catcher in the Rye is that there is no actual meaning, there can be ideas and thoughts that are
important. Though, in the context of his book Holden is telling the audience his life story, and the
audience see how Holden is a failure and like how J.D. Salinger is a failure in real life like
Holden is a failure in the book.