Thursday, November 6, 2014

Character Changes from the Catcher in the Rye and Good Will Hunting Analysis

The Catcher in the Rye
In the end of the Catcher in the Rye Holden dramatically changed his whole view of becoming an adult. His belief was that innocence should be preserved throughout life and he was scarred of becoming corrupt when becoming an adult from this loss of innocence. The moment that Holden realized that is okay to grow up is when he saw Phoebe going around and around on the carrousel. This symbolized the journey to and from innocence throughout life while still having maturity. Also, Phoebe trying to grab the golden ring symbolized the risks you take throughout life to try and reach goals to become successful.

Good Will Hunting
In the end of Good Will Hunting Will dramatically changed his view of being able to make relationships with people and trust others. When he was a young kid he got abused and wasn't loved by his parents. He then went off to two other foster homes and got abused there also. He could never then trust to be close with anyone other than his friends again from the fear of being abused again. His view of this changed when after being able to trust his therapist, Sean after building a good relationship with him. Sean told Will over and over again that "it's not your fault", and at this moment he realized that is okay to make relationships with people because not everybody is abusive.

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