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

pass Hayes is dim person whose phoniness blinds her from Holdens cries for help and dismisses him when he needs her most, her phoniness changes Holden and he himself is forced into no-count decisions because of it. When Holden is waiting for S every(prenominal)y 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 about whats going to happen to most of the girls he limits. Theyre all going to have conventional lives, he thinks, married to boring men. However, Holden later decides that life with a bore might not be so bad after all. At least a bore has control and a plan for his life, something he sees as admirable in tornado and a coveting for himself. However, when Sally started coming up the stairs, and Holden started down to meet her (124) it represents the relationship between the two, Holden is always taking those few steps down as to not engage Sally look dumb and she must always go the extra mile to show him how intelligent she can be. This relationship is highlighted during the intermission of the play when Sally is always looking around to find someone that she knows, as if she is trying to prove that she has intelligent strictly Ivy League (127) friends."Im looney," (125) Holden says, a madman(134). Of course, he delegacy 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 volition 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 asking Sally to help him. However, Sally Hayes is the last person who might be willing to help him. She hardly understands most of what hes saying to her, despite 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.