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Topic: Money 1.) How does the symbol/motif come up in the novel, and how does it impact what is going on? What happens immediately preceding or immediately following a mention or discussion of this idea or thing?

 2.) What is the mood when this idea or thing is brought up? Would you associate this with times when Holden is content? frightened? frantic? confused? Is this mood consistent with every incidence of this motif?
 * Money comes up in the novel a lot because he's always relying on money by trying to make relationships, by buying people drinks or gifts. Usually, when he offers to buy drinks for strangers they usually deny his offer. An example from the book would be when Holden was in the taxi and he asked the taxi driver if he wanted to get drinks, but the taxi driver told him he was crazy and said no.

 3.) Is Holden alone when this motif/symbol occurs? If not, with whom is he interacting? How would you characterize that interaction? Does this motif occur both when he is alone and when he is with other people? Is there a connection to be made?
 * When ever Holden brings money up its when he is lonely and he's looking to talk to someone, and in order for them to talk to him he offers buying them something because he thinks money buys relationships. This mood is consistent because everytime he feels lonely he always calls up an old friend or finds someone to have a conversation with.

 4.) What does this motif/symbol tell you about Holden, in a “big picture” way - Does this suggest anything about his personality? His weaknesses or strengths? His sense of himself?
 * He's not alone when this motif/symbol occurs because he always interacting with a stranger he just met. The interaction he has with strangers is characterized as awkward because he treats them as if he's known them for years, and these people find it strange. The strangers find it weird because he's being overly friendly and seems like he's trying so hard to make an effort of having a conversation with someone. Sometimes he makes connections with the people the he meets.

 5.) Tie it all together: Did any pattern emerge? Pick out other words or ideas used in conjunction with this motif. Look back on your investigation and come up with a single sentence that sums up what you’ve discovered.
 * This symbol shows us that Holden relies on his money to make relationships. This tells us that his personality is a little phony. He's always talking about people being phony, but he is too. This also shows us some of his weaknesses. For example, it shows that he is scared to make relationships with people.


 * The pattern is that he tries to buy relationships with money all the time. And he is always trying to talk to people and get close to them. Holden relies on his money a lot to form relationships with because he has no other way of getting close to people.

 3. **Body Two**- Holden uses his money in order to make people like him and to make new friends. Holden thinks by buying people gifts or by offering to buy drinks its making him think that he feels accepted. 2. "He certainly was good company. Terrific personality" (Salinger 61). 1. Even though he barley knew the taxi driver he still felt like he made a connection. 3. He's always trying to start conversations with people. 1. Because he finds himself lonely when he's not spending his money on someone.
 * 1) **Introduction**
 * 2) Hook (When people have a lot of money, they sometimes rely on it to help them in difficult situations.)
 * 3) Thesis (In the novel __The Catcher in the Rye__, Holden uses his money to buy relationships with people because he doesn't know how to start conversations with people he meets.)
 * 4) <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">Avenue one- Holden doesn't know how to make relationships anymore without using his money. After Allie died he was too scared to get close to anyone.
 * 5) Avenue two- Uses his money in order to make people like him and to make new friends.
 * 6) Avenue three- Holden also uses his money for good because he tries to help people who need it.
 * 7) **Body One-** Holden doesn't know how to make relationships anymore without using his money. After Allie died he was too scared to get close to anyone. Holden isolated himself from everyone after his brothers death, and he doesn't remember how to make relationships.
 * 8) <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px;">"Boy, I felt miserable. I felt so depressed, you can't imagine. What I did, I started talking, sort of out loud, to Allie. I do that sometimes when I get very depressed" (Salinger 98).
 * 9) <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">Holden explains how whenever he's depressed he always thinks back about his brother Allie. His death really took a toll on Holden because he lost someone who he truly loved and he doesn't want that to happen again because its devastating.
 * 10) <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">"God, he was a nice kid. I was only thirteen, and they were going to have me psychoanalyzed and all, because I broke all the windows in the garage. I don't blame them. I really don't. I slept in the garage the night he died, and I broke all the goddamn windows with my fist, just for the hell of it. I even tried breaking all the windows on the station wagon we had that summer, but my hand was already broken and everything by that time, and I couldn't do it" (Salinger 39).
 * 11) <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">This is a good example of how upset Holden was after his brother's death. It took him a very long time to get over it and move on with his life.
 * 12) <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">Holden is terrified of losing someone again, and he prevents himself from getting close with people by isolating himself.
 * 13) <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">Holden cuts himself off sometimes because he has that fear of losing someone again, just like he lost Allie. When he doesn't feel depressed he tries to make a connection but its never strong enough to turn into a friendship or a relationship because the death of his brother still makes him feel guilty.
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">"Would you care to stop on the way and join me for a cocktail? On me. I'm loaded" (Salinger 60).
 * 2) <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">This supports the thesis because Holden even asked the taxi driver to go out for drinks with him.

4. **Body Three**- Holden uses his money for good because he tries to help people who need it. 1. "I thought if you were taking up a collection," I told her, "I could make a small contribution. You can keep the money for when you do take up a collection" (Salinger 109). 1. This shows that Holden uses his money for good because he wanted to make a donation to the nuns. 2. "I said I'd enjoyed talking to them a lot, too. I meant it, too" (Salinger 112). 1. All Holden wants is to get close to people and to not feel so alienated and when he talked to these nuns, it helped him open up more to people and it made him want to form more relationships. 3. "They kept asking me if I was sure I could afford it and all. I told them I had quite a bit of money with me, but the didn't seem to believe me" (Salinger 110). 1. This shows that Holden believes that people think lowly of him just because of who he is and how he acts. He thinks that the nuns didn't believe that he had a lot of money just because he was a younger man.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"> __Rough Draft__ When people have a lot of money, they sometimes rely on it to help them in difficult situations. In the novel __The Catcher in the Rye__, Holden uses his money to buy relationships with people because he doesn't know how to start conversations with people he meets. After his brother Allie died, he was too scared to get close to anyone. Holden doesn't know how to make relationships anymore without using his money. He also uses his money in order to make people like him and to make new friends. Holden uses his money for good because he tries to help people in need. Money is a big part of Holden's life because without it, he wouldn't make connections with people. <span style="font-family: Verdana,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"> Holden uses his money as an excuse to buy relationships, because he thinks it will impress people. Because of his brothers death, Holden was too scared to get close to anyone, he isolated himself from everyone after Allie passed away, and he doesn't remember how to make relationships. "Boy, I felt miserable. I felt so depressed, you can't imagine. What I did, I started talking, sort of out loud, to Allie. I do that sometimes when I get very depressed" (Salinger 98). In the novel, <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Holden explains how whenever he's depressed he always thinks back about his brother Allie. His death really took a toll on Holden because he lost someone who he truly loved and he doesn't want that to happen again because it was such a devastating time in Holden's life. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">Holden still thinks about his brother, and he's one of the main reasons why he becomes depressed. Ever since Allie's death, Holden is scared of losing someone again which prevents him from making friends and having relationships with people. This effects Holden because he cuts himself off from people since he has that fear of losing someone he loves. Holden is still trying to move on after his brother's death. By using money to create relationships. When Holden doesn't feel depressed he tries to make a connection however its never strong enough to turn into a friendship or a relationship. Holden uses his money to try to attract new friends or make relationships by using his wealth. "Would you care to stop on the way and join me for a cocktail? It's on me. I'm loaded" (Salinger 60). Throughout the book Holden is always talking about people being phony and he's always trying to find someone that isn't and someone he can make a connection with. Holden, so desperate to make friends and have a good conversation, that he asked the taxi driver to go out for drinks with him. "He certainly was good company. Terrific personality" (Salinger 61). Even though he barely knew the taxi driver, he still felt like he knew him well enough to be friends with him. No matter where he is, Holden is always trying to spark up a conversation with random people that he meets. He is always finding himself lonely and isolated so by buying relationships throughout the book, it helps him to feel more wanted. Not only does Holden use his money to make connections, but he also uses it to help people in need. In the book, he makes a connection with two nuns that he meets at a restaurant. He wanted to give them money for any cause that they were apart of. "They kept asking me if I was sure I could afford it and all. I told them I had quite a bit of money with me, but the didn't seem to believe me" (Salinger 110). This shows that Holden wanted the donate some of his money to these nuns. This is another good example of how he uses his money for others in need. Although for a good cause but he still did it to spark a conversation with the nuns. "I said I'd enjoyed talking to them a lot, too. I meant it, too" (Salinger 112). This was one for the few connections Holden made throughout the book. All of the other people he tried talking with either didn’t want to talk to him, or he didn’t like. Holden has a hard time making connections and starting conversations with people without using his money. He’s always using money to make people like him and to make new friends. Even though he relies on his money most of the time, it sometimes is good because he using it to help people out that need it. Holden doesn’t know how to get close with anyone after the death of his brother Allie. They were very close and after he died, he didn’t know how to make connections with people. Eventually, Holden makes some connections with people.
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">**Conclusion**
 * 2) <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">Restate thesis- Holden has a hard time making relationships with people without using his money.
 * 3) <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">Holden uses his money in order to make people like him and to make new friends.
 * 4) <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">Explains that he relies a lot on his money to form new relationships.
 * 5) <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">He doesn't know how to make relationships with people without using his money. But sometimes uses his money for good.
 * 6) <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">Holden still relies on his money, but it can sometimes be a good thing because throughout the book, he does make some connections with people.
 * 7) <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">Holden is scared to get close to anyone because of Allie. They were very close and then he died so Holden doesn't want to go through loosing someone close to him ever again.
 * 8) <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">This explains the reason why Holden has a hard time getting close to people. He doesn't think that his personality is good enough and he needs his money instead.