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I. Intro - Topic Sentence: Death //in Catcher in the Rye// is a huge focus point. - Holden has experienced death in his family, he has faced it alone, and wants to be a person in the world to protect people from ever having to go through it. - Thesis: He wants to save the ones who fall off the cliff into the same life he has. Even though death has a huge impact on Holden, it is constantly changing his own view on life. II. Allie - Younger brother to Holden. - Allie Died of cancer when he was young. - Holden and him were very close(page 38) - Holden still pretends Allie is around(page Salinger 198 Then I started doing something else. Every time I'd get to the end of a block I'd make believe I was talking to my brother Allie. I'd say to him, "Allie, don't let me disappear. Please, Allie.") - Holden has as a hard time accepting he is gone(on page 41 Holden is very sensitive about his essay and by the end rips it up.) Due to Allie's death Holden can not get close to anyone so he walks on in life alone. III. Facing it Alone - Holden doesn’t talk to anyone about death. (page ) - likes to create situations in his mind where he is killing someone(page Salinger 103-104, It talks about how he felt like he was dying and walking downstairs finding Maurice and shooting him six times in the stomach.) - Holden often thinks about dying: getting shot, dying of pneumonia on park bench (page Salinger 154-156 Holden talks about how he thinks if he would die on pneumonia millions of jerks and phonies would come to his funeral, and he doesn't think Phoebe would come because she was to young.) - Holden only confronts it with sister IV Being the Catcher in the Rye - Holden feels that he wants to protect people from ever losing that special person (pg.173 being the "catcher in the rye") - He always feels like he is alone, can’t talk to anyone about it - Holden likes to keep to himself, doesn’t want special attachment to anyone else - Holden doesn't want to face that depression ever again, so by not getting close to anyone it allows him to accept the way his life is. - Becoming the catcher in the rye he is trying to protect people from having to face depression and go down the same path that Holden walks. - He wants people to be in a safe bubble and not have to experience sadness when losing someone. V Conclusion - repeat thesis - tie everything together -quote on death