The Catcher in the Rye- Sally Hayes :: essays research papers fc

chap Hayes is dim person whose phoniness blinds her from Holdens cries for servicing and dismisses him when he needs her most, her phoniness changes Holden and he himself is forced into bad decisions beca purpose of it. When Holden is waiting for crevice in the lobby of New Yorks Biltmore Hotel, the place is filled with girls his age, and hes watching them. It was sort of depressing" (123), thinking ab pop whats going to happen to most of the girls he forecasts. Theyre all going to have conventional lives, he thinks, married to slow men. However, Holden later decides that life with a fatigue mogul not be so bad after all. At least a bore has control and a plan for his life, something he sees as admirable in Sally and a wish for himself. However, when Sally started coming up the stairs, and Holden started cut down to meet her (124) it represents the relationship between the two, Holden is always taking those few go down as to not make Sally look unspoken and she must a lways go the extra mile to show him how dexterous she can be. This relationship is highlighted during the intermission of the play when Sally is always looking for around to find someone that she knows, as if she is trying to prove that she has intelligent strictly Ivy League (127) friends."Im crazy," (125) Holden says, a madman(134). Of course, he means these statements as figures of speech, but they still indicate that he has some idea that hes behaving erratically. Sally suggests that they go ice-skating that is where Holdens troubles begin coming to a head, uncharacteristically hes willing to see himself, and not the rest of the world, as the problem. "I dont get hardly anything out of anything," he cries. "Im in bad shape. Im in lousy shape." (131) Unlike his use of "crazy" and "madman" earlier, this is no figure of speech for Holden. Hes serious, hes admitting hes in trouble, and hes communicate Sally to help him. However, Sally Haye s is the last person who might be willing to help him. She hardly understands most of what hes saying to her, disdain her feeble attempts. Holden makes the further mistake of asking her to come live in the woods with him. Her response would be funny if Holdens condition werent so serious. As he has done all along, hes trying to reach out to someone.