The Catcher in the Rye: The Nature of Societal and Individual Interdependency

In a perfect world, everyone would be happy with the way they are and everyone would accept the differences of others. Unfortunately, the world we live in is not perfect and not everyone accepts who they are . Is there a reason why people cannot be content with their lives or with the differences of other people? The answer is yes, and the reason for the discontent is society. With society telling the masses what is, …

…novel, JD Salinger is moderately effective at portraying the nature of societal and individual interdependency. While Salinger is highly effective when portraying the interdependency between and individual and their environment, he is not very effective when portraying the dependency in symbols. While Salinger's symbols send messages to the reader, his settings show the actual conflicts between a person and his environment, and the effects that both the individual and the society have on each other.