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Outside Elements of the Catcher in the Rye Image                                                                                                   Image Out of Africa Background and Summary : Out of Africa was a movie released on December 10, 1985 in Los Angeles, CA, USA. The genre of the movie consists mostly of romance and drama. It was directed by Sydney Pollack and the main casts were Meryl Streep and Robert Redford. The length of the movie is 2 hour and 41 minutes. The novel itself was originally published in 1937 by Baroness Karen Blixen. The genre of the novel is memoir. The page count is 416. Baroness Karen Blixen was born on April 17, 1885 in Rungsted, Hørsholm Municipality, Denmark. She uses Isak Dinesen as a pen name. She was a famous Danish author who wrote in Danish, English, and French. She is of Danish descent. Out of Africa consists of Isak Dinesen's time in Africa helping and supporting the children those in need of medical attention and education. She runs an evening school for the people living in her farm and she does not like to share her own personal information. She describes Africa as an paradise and heaven, where the people are very pure. In the end, she is bankrupt and decides to leave Africa. Meaning and Interpretation : Holden stated he took out Out of Africa by accident. He ends up reading the book and loving it. He noted Isak Dinesen (author) would be a great person to strike a conversation. In the beginning, both Holden and Isak Dinesen were struggling to find their own self in society, but as time progresses, they found their true self no matter what the experience and encounter is. Isak Dinesen is seen as a protector and guardian for the people who lives in her farm. Holden wishes to be a catcher in the rye, preserving the innocence and pureness of childhood. Image                                                                                      Image Of Human Bondage Background and Summary : Of Human Bondage was a movie released on June 28, 1934. The genre of the movie consists mostly of romance. It was directed by John Cromwell and the main casts were Bette Davis and Leslie Howard. The length of the movie is 1 hour and 45 minutes. The novel itself was originally published on 1915 by William Somerset Maugham. The genre of the novel is Fiction, Autobiographical novel, and Children's literature. The page count is 684. William Somerset Maugham was born on January 24, 1874 in Paris, France. His pen name is W. Somerset Maugham. He is of Irish descent. He is a novelist, playwright, and short story writer. Of Human Bondage is about a story of a young man named Philip Carey struggling to find the meaning of life in a cruel and savage world. He faces hardships due to his club foot and parent's death. He has been teased and bullied for his deformity. Philip suffers to find love and protection, but strives for it no matter what. He then meets a woman named Mildred, and falls in love with her. However, Mildred does not have any feelings for him. He decides to move on, and after losing all his money from the stock market crash, he decides to propose to Athelny's daughter instead of Mildred. Meaning and Interpretation : Holden stated he wouldn't give Philip Carey a call. Although Holden didn't provide the exact explanation to why he wouldn't call Philip Carey, it gives us a clue. Both Holden and Philip Carey were very unpopular in school, and they hated everyone except for the people they love and care about. The reason being, Philip is a mirror of Holden himself, making him hate Philip. He does not want somebody who is similar to himself, since it reminds him of all the imperfections he has. They also had similar experiences with sex and religion. Holden is very insecure and conflicted with sex, as for Philip Carey. Holden is very hesitant and one-sided towards religion. He can't seem to find his real emotions and affection towards it, as for Philip Carey also. Image Emily Dickinson Background and Summary : Emily Elizabeth Dickinson was an American poet born on December 10, 1830 in Amherst, Massachusetts, United States. She was influenced by William Blake, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Leonard Humphrey and Ralph Waldo Emerson. Her poetry was based mainly on Death and War themes. Emily Elizabeth Dickinson was born to a wealthy and affluent family. In her early teenage years, she was a very successful and intelligent student at school. She was also very introverted and awkward to others. Her religious views were very different from other people. However, during her late teenage years, people around her such as friends and family members started to pass away. She couldn't face it. She was very depressed, however she did recover from it for a period of time. She carried on in life by writing poetry and this is her way of forgetting pain and despair. Meaning and Interpretation : Holden was very interested in Emily Dickinson due to the fact that his brother, Allie loves to read her poems. He even mentioned Allie would scribble and record her poems into his baseball glove when he's free. From this, he started to read her poems and felt related to Emily Dickinson somehow. Holden and Emily Dickinson had very similar views to religion and society. They both felt religion is needed, but somehow needs to change and reform. They think society is harsh and tyrannous, and that no one cares about them. Interestingly enough, Holden did very poorly in his academics, while Emily Dickinson did great at school. Holden and Emily Dickinson are both very lonely, and can't cope with their ongoing thoughts. Holden once even talked about moving to a cabin in a forest to hide himself from everybody. Both Holden and Emily Dickinson also suffered from some sort of severe depression due to death of family members and friends. Holden felt Allie was the only true and honest person he could relate to, and views him as a saint. Unfortunately, Allie's death was a big impact for Holden. He doesn't know what to do, and he can't stop these depressing and despairing thoughts in his mind. He even thought of committing suicide, but doesn't want anyone to know his existence. Image Ring Lardner Background and Summary : Ringgold Wilmer Lardner was an American short story writer and sports columnist. His pseudonym is Ring Lardner. He was born on March 6, 1885 in Niles, Michigan, United States. He is well known for his satirical writings about marriage, sports, and theatre. Ring Lardner was born to a wealthy and prosperous family. However, His father forced him to be an engineer. He decided to pursue his own passion and not listen to anyone else. He attended Armour Institute of Technology before becoming a sportswriter. He eventually moved to New York in 1919, where he continued his career there. He was widely known for writing Baseball columns and gained plenty success and fame from it. Meaning and Interpretation : Holden and Ring Lardner were both born into a wealthy and prosperous family. Holden was forced into a private school called Pencey Prep, while Ring Lardner was forced into engineering. Both hated and disliked what their families did to them. They both had a passion and drive for English. Although Holden is failing his English classes and seems illiterate, he reads plenty of novels and books. Hence, assuming Ring Lardner and Holden both had a passion for it. Also, Ring Lardner reminds Holden of Allie, since Ring Lardner and Allie's favourite sport was Baseball. Holden reading his books makes him happy due to Baseball, and it makes him very optimistic about Allie's death. Image                                                        Image The Great Gatsby Background and Summary : The Great Gatsby was a novel written and published by F. Scott Fitzgerald in 1925. The genre of the novel is historical drama. The page count is 180. The novel is about how society can be very devastating from all the corruption and greed we as humans desire. Gatsby's desire for materialistic things are heavily based on greed. This in turn, can really corrupt society. Because of money and materialistic things, humans are divided into hierarchies. Besides money, Daisy plays a huge role in Gatsby's life. Gatsby feels as if he doesn't belong to and fit with Daisy due to his social class. Because he was born to a poor and inferior family, he decides to make his ends meet by doing illegal activities. Meaning and Interpretation : Holden dislikes and hates money, materialistic things, and social class. Although he struggles with the concept of these things, it is because he is born from a wealthy family. On the other hand, Gatsby is born from a very poor family, so we understand why he needs money to satisfy himself and his status. Because of this, Holden is confused and conflicted with money and materialistic things. He once described that if a boy had a cheap looking bag, society will degrade the boy's status. All aside, Holden clearly does not care and bother with social status, as proven by the red hat. The red hat he's wearing gives him confidence in who he is, and that he shouldn't care at how people look at him. Even though the red hat is only a dollar, it represents a genuine and true self of his, that social class will not matter. No matter if he is careless about money and social status or not, this is him. Also, Holden admires Jane by keeping her kings in the back while playing chess, while Gatsby admires Daisy's cute voice. Image                                                                                    Image David Copperfield Background and Summary : David Copperfield was a novel written and published by Charles Dickens in 1850. The genre of the novel is autobiographical. The novel is about David Copperfield transitioning from his childhood to adulthood, and how he deals with it. Most of the events that occur in the novel are actually Dickens' own life and how he had dealt with it. Meaning and Interpretation : Holden described how he lousy his childhood was, and that he wouldn't even want to talk about it. He even said David Copperfield was bad. Truth be told, he actually explains all of his details of his life and childhood. Ironically, both David Copperfield and Holden are very alike transitioning to adulthood. Both seem to be very mental depressed and ill. His thoughts are very saddening, and part of this is due to his mental health issues. Image                                                                                          Image Comin' Thro' the Rye Background and Summary : Comin' Thro' the Rye was a poem written and published by Robert Burns in 1782. The genre of the poem consists mostly of romantic and lyric. The poem is composed of five stanzas with four lines in each row, and the rhyme scheme of the poem is rhymed with ABAB. It also used to be a traditional children's song. Although it has nothing to do with childhood, it is mostly related to sexual behaviour. Robert Burns was born on January 25, 1759 in Alloway, United Kingdom. He has plenty of pseudonyms such as Rabbie Burns, the Bard of Ayrshire, Ploughman Poet. He was a famous Scottish poet and lyricist who was regarded as the national poet of Scotland. He is well known for being a pioneer of the Romantic movement and has even influenced ideas of socialism. Comin' Thro' the Rye is a poem about a story of Robert Burns love and affection for Jenny as described in the poem. He observes Jenny in a very sexual and intimate way. His description for Jenny is wet, poor, and dry. It's almost as if he desires to have sex and pleasure with Jenny. We do not know how Jenny looks like, but assuming the way Robert Burns describes her, she must be a very attractive and beautiful woman. Meaning and Interpretation : Holden wants to be a catcher in the rye, but he misunderstood the concept of the poem. He even thought the entire poem was a song. Phoebe corrects him by saying it's about a man having desires for sex to a women, but he doesn't believe it. He wishes to be a catcher in the rye for children, specifically Phoebe, due to all the corruption and phoniness the adult world experiences. Ironically, the poem is about sex, rather than innocence of childhood. Hence, it is very rhetorical and contradicting. He wants to be a protector for the children, so they will not have to experience it. Although he wishes to catch kids when they fall from a cliff, he does not realize that change is inevitable. Childhood will not last forever, and children must learn how to grow and adapt to adulthood, regardless of what happens. Therefore, the title of the novel is named after Comin' Thro the Rye due to Holden's desire to save children from adulthood.