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Phoebe's Relationship To The Catcher In The Rye

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Relations to Holden The only way I relate to Holden is the way he values his siblings and the bond they have between them. I value my siblings greatly and care for them a lot. I can think of three good examples that run for both me and Holden. We both get along with our siblings, try to make up after fights, and we accept each other for who we are. First up how both of us get along with our siblings. Holden loves Phoebe a lot and wants what is best for her. He does not want to harm her or hurt her feelings in any way. When he wanted to run away and start anew, only one thing held him back. He stayed because Phoebe wanted to be around him, and he did not want her to lose everything she has. “Can’t I go with you? Holden? Can’t I? Please?” …show more content…

“So shut up.” that was the first time she ever told me to shut up. It sounded terrible. God it sounded terrible. It sounded worse than swearing. She still wouldn’t look at me either, and every time I sort of put my hand on her shoulder or something, she wouldn’t let me.(208).’” She cools off a little and finally is ready to talk to Holden. “‘I thought the carrousel was closed in the winter time,” Old Phoebe said. It was the first time she practically said anything.’”(210) it then goes on and has Phoebe riding the carousel and her and Holden making up. When me and my sisters get angry at each other we know to give one another some time to cool off and be able to collect our thoughts, just like Phoebe. After we collected our thoughts and have cooled off we are able to apologize and forgive each other. I remember we had this one fight over who had to do the dishes, and we said some mean thing to each other and ended up not talking for a while, but we ended up cooling of and finally forgiving each other. I feel like that is because we accept each other. Which leads into the next point accepting our siblings for who they

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