Alliteration
-We can smoke till they start screaming at us
Metaphor
-"I certainly began to feel like a prize horse's ass, though, sitting there all by myself." (86)
-"He bored me to death. Living with him was like living in a museum. It was drafty, full of vast open spaces and slippery floors." (10)
-"At times I felt like his prostitute and I'm sure on occasion he probably felt that way too." (10)
-"The cab I had was a real old one that smelled like someone'd just tossed his cookies in it." (81)
-"It was like this secret longing I felt to replace the void he left with something or someone else." (26)
-"Mr. Antolini lit another cigarette. He smoked like a fiend." (186)
Hyperbole
-"It's really ironical, because I'm six foot two and a half and I have gray hair. I really do. The one side of my head–the right side–is full of millions of gray hairs. I've had them ever since I was a kid. And yet I still act sometimes like I was only about twelve." (9)
- "It's really ironical, because I'm six foot two and a half and I have gray hair." (Ch. 2)
- "It's no fun to be yellow. Maybe I'm not all yellow. I don't know. I think maybe I'm just partly yellow and partly the type that doesn't give much of a damn if they lose their gloves" (Ch. 13)
-"It was playing "Oh, Marie!" It played that same song about fifty years ago when I was a little kid." (210)
-"She [Phoebe] has bout five thousand notebooks. You never saw a kid with so many notebooks." (160)
Point of View
-The book is written through the point of view of Holden Caufield. This is in the First Person point of view
Similies
- “He put my goddam paper down then looked at me like he’d just beaten hell out of me in ping-pong or something.” (12)
- “That guy Morrow was about as sensitive as a goddam toilet seat.” (55)
- "She was about as kindhearted as a goddam wolf. You take somebody that cries their goddam eyes out over phony stuff in the movies, and nine times out of ten they're mean bastards at heart. I'm not kidding." (140)
Symbolism
-We can smoke till they start screaming at us
Metaphor
-"I certainly began to feel like a prize horse's ass, though, sitting there all by myself." (86)
-"He bored me to death. Living with him was like living in a museum. It was drafty, full of vast open spaces and slippery floors." (10)
-"At times I felt like his prostitute and I'm sure on occasion he probably felt that way too." (10)
-"The cab I had was a real old one that smelled like someone'd just tossed his cookies in it." (81)
-"It was like this secret longing I felt to replace the void he left with something or someone else." (26)
-"Mr. Antolini lit another cigarette. He smoked like a fiend." (186)
Hyperbole
-"It's really ironical, because I'm six foot two and a half and I have gray hair. I really do. The one side of my head–the right side–is full of millions of gray hairs. I've had them ever since I was a kid. And yet I still act sometimes like I was only about twelve." (9)
- "It's really ironical, because I'm six foot two and a half and I have gray hair." (Ch. 2)
- "It's no fun to be yellow. Maybe I'm not all yellow. I don't know. I think maybe I'm just partly yellow and partly the type that doesn't give much of a damn if they lose their gloves" (Ch. 13)
-"It was playing "Oh, Marie!" It played that same song about fifty years ago when I was a little kid." (210)
-"She [Phoebe] has bout five thousand notebooks. You never saw a kid with so many notebooks." (160)
Point of View
-The book is written through the point of view of Holden Caufield. This is in the First Person point of view
Similies
- “He put my goddam paper down then looked at me like he’d just beaten hell out of me in ping-pong or something.” (12)
- “That guy Morrow was about as sensitive as a goddam toilet seat.” (55)
- "She was about as kindhearted as a goddam wolf. You take somebody that cries their goddam eyes out over phony stuff in the movies, and nine times out of ten they're mean bastards at heart. I'm not kidding." (140)
Symbolism
Red Hunting Hat
Holden always had his hat with him, where ever he went.
i think his hat gave him hope, security.
i think his hat gave him hope, security.
Cigarette
Through out the whole novel, Holden always seemed to be smoking a cigarette.
I think the cigarette meant loneliness, and depression.
I think the cigarette meant loneliness, and depression.