... is set out to do is inevitable then it's a tragedy. Salinger illustrates a full blown tragedy with a 15 year old boy; it sounds a lot like the classic we read last year Romeo and Juliet. A young boy, even the same age, is placed in a no win situation. The next one I just thought about is the time ... is afraid to love again because of the way his heart and fist was broken by Allie. Another symbol is his own sister Phoebe. First you must understand that Phoebe came from the Greek word meaning Sun. Holden is lost in the world and feels that everything is "phony." Phoebe is his ... Holden ...

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... of societies lack of tolerance. This event was foreshadowed when Crooks, the stable buck tells Lenny that it is " Just like heaven. Ever"body wants a little piece of lan". I read plenty of books out here. Nobody ever gets to heaven and nobody gets any land " (Steinback 74) and also when Curly's wife says to Lennie " Baloney, I seen too many you guys " This ... drop " showing that is nothing but a useless void between one state of being (birth) and another (death). All of the writers cited above whose works have been lauded as great classic masterpieces have shown nihilism, which is inev...

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