The Catcher in the Rye Book Project

 In my drawing I have Holden wearing his red hunting hat, but his face is the Little Shirley Beans record he had bought for Phoebe and broken. I chose to draw his hunting hat because in a way it represents his identity. He says “The way I wore it, I swung the old peak way around to the back- very corny, I’ll admit, but I liked it that way.” It’s very out of place, just like him. He hasn’t really figured out where he belongs yet. He talks about how everyone is a ‘phony’ and a ‘moron’. He’s different than all the rest, like his hat.

I drew the broken record because it represents something he really loves and how he is emotionally complex. He looked for forever for that record for his beloved younger sister, Phoebe. He says “The first record store I went into had a copy of ‘Little Shirley Beans.’ They charged me five bucks for it, because it was so hard to get, but I didn’t care. Boy, it made me so happy all of the sudden.” His little sister is basically his whole life, and he will do anything for her. When he broke the record it broke him too. He states “I damn near cried, it made me feel terrible.” He hasn’t really opened up and become super sensitive a lot, and this just shows how much he cares for his sister and how he is complex deep down.