Sunday, October 12, 2008
The Red Hat: Catcher in the Rye
Throughout the novel, Holden's "Red Hunting Hat" traveled with him throughout his journey home. But what does this Red Hat really mean? If you have any suggestions as to what it symbolically means, please share them. Anyway, I think that it was more of a comfort zone for Holden. Whenever he felt alone or in an unknown place, he would keep it on. And, as a good brother, he gave it to his sister, Phoebe when he saw her. It was sort of a protection against the outside world and the "phonies" that were in it. Holden felt secure and kept his head together even if he just held it.
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I totally agree with you Brenda. In the first place I thought the book was like really awesome and Holden was like totally original but now I see that he's like a complete phony. He definitely has some issues that he needs to be solved. This whole hat thing is crazy. He's like 17 and he is still carrying around his hunting hat to ward off the bad people. That's exactly what I think his hat is doing for him or at least giving me the impression that that's what he's trying to do. He might be a good brother by giving it to his sister to ward off the phonies but he is definitely crazy in the head with this whole hat thing. I don't understand it much more than you do Brenda.
I like the hat! I sort of shows that even though Holden tries to act older than he is, he's still a kid, and he still enjoys the little things in life! It's cute, but I can see your point of veiw, how its sort of stupid and superstitious. I still think its very symbolic, though :)
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