final+Catcher+notes

End of Catcher notes
 * Phonies
 * Kids aren’t phonies.
 * Adults are all phonies.
 * We’re not all honest all the time, that’s part of adult life
 * Change is scary, bad
 * Allie died – horrible change
 * All of change becomes bad
 * Allie was great – a kid
 * Ducks on the pond
 * Season is changing
 * Museum that doesn’t change is good
 * Holden is not a participant in his society
 * He feels alienated
 * Self-alienated, rejecting adult society
 * This can be a form of self-protection
 * Holden puts on his hat when he’s miserable, trying to deal with a bad situation
 * Falling/Catcher in the Rye
 * Mr. Antolini is afraid Holden’s “heading for a fall.”
 * James Castle fell
 * Holden talks about falling and falling when he steps off a curb near the end
 * Holden wants to protect kids from falling
 * All kids grow up
 * Become phonies
 * Holden’s afraid he’ll become a phony
 * Being an adult is horrible
 * Aspects of adulthood are scary for H.
 * Won’t call Jane
 * Offends Sally
 * Worried about “flits” – gay men
 * Finally, at the carousel
 * He worries about Phoebe grabbing for the ring
 * Ultimately, H. decides kids have to take a risk, grab for the ring, possibly fall
 * Change will happen
 * Growing up will happen