How Does Holden Throw The Snowball

When Ackley took longer than expected to get ready for the movies, Holden opened a window and, "started to throw
[the snowball]. At a car that was parked across the street. But I changed my mind. The car looked so nice and white" (48).
The snowball represents Holden's childhood memories and how the white color of the ice symbolizes the clarity and rightneousness of Holden's previous life. The reason Holden does not the throw the snowball is because he wants to retain and prolong his childhood memories.

2.) Holden's younger brother, Allie, had written poems onto his baseball mitt to keep himself occupied on the baseball field. Holden cares for and treasures Allie's mitt after, "He got Leukemia and died when we were up in Maine, on July

Holden utilizes the mitt as a reminiscense of his younger brother, whom he loved with all his heart.

3.) After the death of Holden's younger brother Allie, Holden expresses emotions that were previously concealed. Holden illustrates his true emotions when Allie "wrote them on it so that he'd have something to read when he was in the field and nobody was up at bat. He's dead now" (49). Salinger's use of syntax by placing "He's dead now" at the end of the sentence, relates to how Holden tries to reflect his masculinity to the reader by evidently placing the phrase at the end hastily. This contradicts with the previous sarcastic and bitter state of mind, formerly indicated by
Holden when "[he] could be quite sarcastic when [he's] in the mood" (28). Holden, who was scornful beforehand, has changed his outlook through his recenlty expressed emotions towards his younger brother.

4.) After Holden wrote a composition for Stradlater, he was villified by Stradlater after he did not approve of the writing about Holden's younger brother's baseball mitt. Holden became angered as he "didn't even answer

As Holden wrote about the baseball mitt to help deal with his pain, he became angry and emotional after Stradlater's unmerciful reaction.

5.) Holden, who often wishes that he was dead, had always had a pattern for his depression since he entered the mental institution. As Holden was contstantly ostracized from groups of people, he has built up emotions feeling loneliness and desolation from the rest of society. After Stradlater conquered Holden during the dispute, he "probably was scared he'd fractured my skull or something when I hit the floor. It's too bad I didn't" (58).
Holden not only feels pain, but frequently wishes that he was death. As Holden has continuously been exiled from society, his soltitude has been a unceasing pattern, that later led to his retreat from Pencey.

6.) Holden, who is distant from his parents, was sent a new pair of ice skates that he had never used. In this situation, Holden was "[packing] these brand-new ice skates [his] mother had practically sent [him] a couple days before.
That depressed [him]" (67). Holden was dissapointed because his parents went out of their way to buy the ice skates