What affects the way Holden Caulfield speaks?
Holden's Idiolect
Writing in the style of Holden
Finally the day had come. The first day of term, where I had to return back to that damn school and sit in lessons pretending that I am learning, when really my head is somewhere else. I mean, when your daydreaming, its alright and all for about the first half an hour,thinking over the past and sometimes even the future,then you run out of things to think about and your back to goddam reality again. Monday mornings were the worst, Double Business with old Miss Gill. Boy she did my head in, I mean if it isn't bad enough that you have to learn about a whole load of nonsense about the aims and objectives of crumby businesses first thing in the morning, you also had to deal with her goddamn screeching, although I don't blame her. The class is filled with phonies, the type that think they know a lot, when they really don't. Still, all that shouting so early in the morning is enough to drive a girl insane.
Finally the day had come. The first day of term, where I had to return back to that damn school and sit in lessons pretending that I am learning, when really my head is somewhere else. I mean, when your daydreaming, its alright and all for about the first half an hour,thinking over the past and sometimes even the future,then you run out of things to think about and your back to goddam reality again. Monday mornings were the worst, Double Business with old Miss Gill. Boy she did my head in, I mean if it isn't bad enough that you have to learn about a whole load of nonsense about the aims and objectives of crumby businesses first thing in the morning, you also had to deal with her goddamn screeching, although I don't blame her. The class is filled with phonies, the type that think they know a lot, when they really don't. Still, all that shouting so early in the morning is enough to drive a girl insane.
Holden's Red Hunting Hat
Holdens hat is inseperable from our image of Holden. It is a symbol of his uniqueness and individuality. The hat is outlandish and it shows that Holden desires to be different from everyone else around him. It also shows that he is very self conscious about the hat, he always mentions when he's wearing it, and doesn't wear it when he is around people that he already knows. The prescence of the hat mirrors the central conflict in the book; Holden's need for isolation versus his need for companionship. The colour of the hat is red, which is the same as Allie's and Pheobe's hair. Holden associates it with the innocence and purity he believes these characters represent and wears it as a way to connect to them. He never explicitly comments on the hat’s significance other than to mention its unusual appearance.
Holdens hat is inseperable from our image of Holden. It is a symbol of his uniqueness and individuality. The hat is outlandish and it shows that Holden desires to be different from everyone else around him. It also shows that he is very self conscious about the hat, he always mentions when he's wearing it, and doesn't wear it when he is around people that he already knows. The prescence of the hat mirrors the central conflict in the book; Holden's need for isolation versus his need for companionship. The colour of the hat is red, which is the same as Allie's and Pheobe's hair. Holden associates it with the innocence and purity he believes these characters represent and wears it as a way to connect to them. He never explicitly comments on the hat’s significance other than to mention its unusual appearance.