Central Park
What is the symbolism of Central Park in Catcher in the Rye?
I need to know what the symbolism of the following are:
-Central Park (not the ducks but the park)
-Movies
-Erasing Profanity (I don’t even get what that means)
-Mummies
This is for my English class. I am doing the work and coming up with some of my own theories but she wants more than one idea and for all of these I’m stuck at one idea. Except with Erasing Profanity and Central Park, I don’t have any for either of those.
Erasing profanity refers to the part where Holden tries to scratch out the “F-You’s” written at the school and museum. It’s his way of protecting innocent children from the corruption of the world, just as his “catcher in the rye” fantasy symbolizes this.
Mummies are preserved bodies, and Holden considers the museum a place where preservation is possible–nothing changes there, things get stuck in a glass case and stay the same. Holden wishes life was like this, but it’s not–except for people like Allie who is dead.
Central Park (without the ducks) represents childhood, I guess, because Holden refers to it as a place he’d go when he was a kid. It’s also the location of the pivotal scene at the end with the carousel.
Central Park
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