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Theme Of Repression And Objectivization Of Women In Catcher In The Rye

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The change of the characters that Holden meets from male to female transforms his thoughts and actions from chauvinistic and disrespectful to tolerable and respectful. This change proves the negative and repressive display of women that resonates throughout the novel. Holden cannot envision women on the same level as himself, which becomes evident as a simple change of gender reverses Holden’s entire perspective of the situation. When the characters he meets are female, he mulls over the best way to get them to kiss him or dance with him, but when the characters he meets are male, he consults with them about business and more intellectual ideas. Furthermore, his actions prove the recurring concepts of the repression and objectivization of women
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