This is a fake cover of The Catcher in the Rye that I illustrated. I decided to include pictures of the mitt and rye because they seemed like two important ideas in this novel.
First of all, the catching mitt seems to have had a significant purpose. The mitt belonged to Holden's brother, Allie. Allie was one of the few people whom Holden truly respected and loved. Also, the title of the novel is The Catcher in the Rye. Titles usually allude to important themes and ideas in a novel. In addition, Holden tells his younger sister, Phoebe, that he wants to become a catcher in the rye when he grows up. He wants to stand near the edge of the end of the cliff and save kids from running off of the cliff. Holden says “Anyway, I keep picturing all these little kids playing some game in this big field of rye and all. Thousands of little kids, and nobody’s around – nobody big, I mean – except me. And I’m standing on the edge of some crazy cliff. What I have to do, I have to catch everybody if they start to go over the cliff – I mean if they’re running and they don’t look where they’re going I have to come out from somewhere and catch them. That’s all I’d do all day. I’d be the catcher in the rye and all” (Salinger 173). I interpreted this as him meaning that he wants to save innocent minds from entering the corrupted adult world. The rye represents the innocent child world and the end of the cliff represents entering the corrupt adult world. Holden believes that adults are phony. The only people who he appreciates throughout this novel were either children, extremely kind people, or religiously affiliated people. Holden wants to be a catcher, like the catching mitt.
In conclusion, I drew the catching mitt, and rye in order to represent the catcher in the rye.
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