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The hat serves as a sort of security blanket.

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Salinger, J. D. The Catcher in the Rye: A Novel. New York: Little, Brown, 2014. Print.

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Salinger put the hunting hat into the story to show us how Holden uses the hat to both alienate himself from others and comfort himself in the face of phonies. We often see him mention how he doesn't care about what other people think of, this is probably not true but he still feels better when he separates himself from the adult world of phonies and how adults try to impress each other and fit in.

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The hat serves as a sort of security blanket. It isn't a primary source of influence on Holden, but we often see him put it on in an attempt to comfort himself.

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pg. 17-- Hat's first appearance, Holden talks about the hat and its appearance.
pg. 22-- Ackley and Holden talk about the hat.
pg. 52-- Holden leaves Pencey with his hat on.
pg. 88-- Puts on his hunting hat on the way back to the hotel.
pg. 205-- Phoebe meets Holden wearing his hunting hat.
pg. 212-- Phoebe gives him the hunting hat.

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Illustration of quote in the The Catcher in the Rye.

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Two alternate book covers to Catcher in the Rye.

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The novel The Catcher In The Rye by J.D. Salinger remains one of the most famous books not to be made into a movie or play. The book is written in Holden Caufield's perspective, taking us on a journey from his expulsion from Pencey Prep School to New York as Holden descends further into a deep depression and mental break down. The theme, symbol, and motif heavy book pushes us to relate to a lonely Holden who feels stuck between the comfortable world of childhood and "phony" adulthood. Throughout the novel, we see Holden's hunting hat comfort him and protect him from the phoniness of the adult world.

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"But this time, it was different. I just didn't feel like it. I just sort of sat and not did anything. All I did was take off my hunting hat and put it in my pocket." (Page 53

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StFfXP4eAgU
All day staring at the ceiling
Making friends with shadows on my wall
All night hearing voices telling me
That I should get some sleep
Because tomorrow might be good for something

Hold on
Feeling like I'm headed for a breakdown
And I don't know why

But I'm not crazy, I'm just a little unwell
I know right now you can't tell
But stay awhile and maybe then you'll see
A different side of me
I'm not crazy, I'm just a little impaired
I know right now you don't care
But soon enough you're gonna think of me
And how I used to be, me

I'm talking to myself in public
Dodging glances on the train
And I know, I know they've all been talking about me
I can hear them whisper
And it makes me think there must be something wrong with me
Out of all the hours thinking
Somehow I've lost my mind

But I'm not crazy, I'm just a little unwell
I know right now you can't tell
But stay awhile and maybe then you'll see
A different side of me
I'm not crazy, I'm just a little impaired
I know right now you don't care
But soon enough you're gonna think of me
And how I used to be

I've been talking in my sleep
Pretty soon they'll come to get me
Yeah, they're taking me away

But I'm not crazy, I'm just a little unwell
I know right now you can't tell
But stay awhile and maybe then you'll see
A different side of me
I'm not crazy, I'm just a little impaired
I know right now you don't care
But soon enough you're gonna think of me
And how I used to be

Hey, how I used to be
How I used to be
Well, I'm just a little unwell
How I used to be
How I used to be
I'm just a little unwell

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Holden's hat represents his desperate struggle to find a place for himself in the adult world. Holden feels that he has no place in the adult world so he begins, perhaps not intentionally, alienating himself from everyone but children as a means to protect himself from the outside adult world. To go along with that, he starts describing everyone that is an adult as a phony to offset his unhappiness with what his future holds. He feels stuck between two worlds, the adult world and the world of children. His hat serves as a sort of security blanket which is stated quite obviously in the leaving Pency quote. He feels that it protects him from the phoniness of the outside world.

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Ackley

Holden

Pheobe

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"My hunting hat gave me quite a lot of protection, in a way, but I got soaked anyway." (Page 213)

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"I took off my coat and my tie and unbuttoned my shirt collar, and then I put on this hat that I'd bought in New York this morning. It was this red hunting hat, with one of those very, very long peaks. I saw it in the window of this sports stores when we got out of the subway, just after I noticed I'd lost all the goddamn foils. It only cost me a buck" (Page 17)

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A close examination of Holden's red hunting hat and its importance.