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What the Female Catcher in the Rye Characters Tell Us About Holden Caulfield
The main theme of The Catcher in the Rye is isolation, which is interesting coming from a guy who spills his guts to the world for 200 pages. Nevertheless, the contradiction characterizes Holden Caulfield perfectly; he can’t decide whether to call all his buddies together for a round of drinks and chatting or flee to the woods for some Into-the-Wild style escapism.
This is just the tip of an entire iceberg of narrative inconsistency. Holden loathes phonies but constantly lies, hates Hollywood but pretends he’s the star of a gangster flick, wants people to like him but intentionally irritates them for fun, and complains that everybody over-generalizes all the time. Holden’s narrative presence so fully dominates the story that it’s difficult to get an accurate read of any situation, meaning whatever comes through the Caulfield Perception Machine must be reverse engineered before we can make sense of it. Let’s look at Holden’s relationships with the two other most important Catcher in the Rye characters.
Phoebe Caulfield According to Holden Caulfield, Phoebe is the (second) greatest person ever (right after his little brother, Allie, who died of leukemia). She’s the nicest, smartest, prettiest, most superlative-y sibling a person could ask for. So what does this tell us? Nothing without proof. Here’s a more nuanced approach to the brother-sister relationship:
Exhibit A: Phoebe takes Holden seriously. When Holden says he’s going to “hitch hike out west,” Phoebe packs her suitcase, sneaks it out of the building, lugs it around for the day, and meets him at the museum with his red hunting hat on and everything they need but the getaway car. Compare that to the reception Holden gets when he asks Sally to run away with him. (He achieves the running part, just in the wrong direction.) Which is not to say that running away with Sally would even be a good idea, but the point is that practically everyone laughs/tells Holden off like he’s a complete idiot – which we (and Phoebe) know couldn’t be farther from the truth.
Exhibit B: Phoebe gives Holden stuff. Which may not seem like a big deal except that she’s the only person in the novel who does. Holden constantly lends/gives things to the people around him, who often don’t offer so much as a thank-you in return. In the first ten chapters alone – and there are 26 – he gets screwed out of a coat, an essay, a typewriter, and thirteen dollars’ worth of drinks. Phoebe, on the other hand, not only shows immense gratitude for his gifts (remember when she lovingly stashes the broken shards of the record in a drawer?), but also lends Holden her Christmas savings when she finds out he’s broke and gives him back his red hunting hat when he’s feeling blue. It’s a sad day when a 10-year old shows more generosity than an entire prep school’s worth of entitled teenagers.
Exhibit C: Phoebe wants to hear about Holden – even when she doesn’t want to. Holden hates that people “never notice anything,” and while he’s busy making brilliant behavioral and emotional observations about everyone he meets, they’re so busying trying to be impressive that they can’t think of anyone but themselves. Phoebe, however, wants to know what time Holden arrived, what he’s up to, whether or not he’ll come see her play, why he’s a few days early, which classes he failed, and why he didn’t try harder. Even though she’s mad, Holden “could tell by the back of her neck that she was listening. She always listens when you tell her something.” What’s more, she’s the only person paying enough attention to figure out that he was kicked out of school. Not bad sleuthing for a 10-year old.
Jane Gallagher Aside from Allie, Jane is the novel’s most tantalizingly elusive figure; although Holden’s thoughts wander to her often, she never makes a physical appearance in The Catcher in the Rye. Holden is careful not to reveal too much about Jane, but it’s obvious that he likes her. Perhaps even loves her. Let’s review the evidence.
Exhibit A: Holden can’t get too sexy with her. As per his philosophy on sex (i.e. sex is inherently degrading), the only women in the novel he sexualizes are the ones he can’t respect. Remember the stupid but pretty dancer whose fantastic butt “twitched so nice and all”? Or what about Holden’s name-dropping, Luntz-loving friend with the “little blue butt-twitcher of a dress”? (Apparently, he has a type.) In contrast, the closest Holden gets to sexualizing Jane is in revealing that she has a “terrific figure,” but he only divulges this information because he suspects her step-dad is sexually abusing her. Admittedly, Holden makes a point of avoiding Jane throughout all this “madman stuff,” but just remember the key word in “respectful distance” is “respectful.”
Exhibit B: Jane keeps all her kings in the back row. Why is that important? It’s not, but the fact that Holden thinks so says a lot about their dynamic. The things Holden thinks are important enough to tell us are that she plays checkers and golf, that her mouth always hangs open, that she’s great to hold hands with, that her stepdad is a lousy boozehound, and that her red sweater “knocked him out.” Knowing that Stradlater doesn’t give a damn about any of this (or whether her name is Jane or Jean, for that matter) drives Holden up the wall.
Exhibit C: Holden doesn’t complain about Jane. Not once. And Holden complains about literally EVERYTHING except Allie. Even Phoebe “can be very snotty sometimes,” but when it comes to Jane’s faults, he is suspiciously silent. And coming from Holden, that’s saying something.
Quality leads, especially those of C-level executives, generate sales. These leads will come as the result of effective passive and active marketing.
Part I -- Passive Marketing
Since we live in an Internet world, if you don't have Internet presences, you're behind your competition. Actually, today, if you don't have a Web 2.0 presence you're even further behind. So every sales person needs to develop their own (not their company’s) Internet presence.
Level I - Website, E-news, Blogs
These are necessary for staying in touch. They should provid your existing and prospective clients with information about their industry and/or about problems they're having that you can solve. Once in place, your mission will be to capture e-mail addresses of those with whom you want to communicate.
Level II - Social networking using Linked-In, Facebook, Twitter, etc. (Web 2.0)
These are necessary to collect information and contacts for your prospecting efforts. This is the current Internet explosion. Within a few years your clients and prospects will be entrenched in this medium and this will be a great place for you to stay current and capture more prospect email addresses.
The sooner one develops level I and level II the sooner they'll start generating quality leads.
Part II -- Active Marketing
As stated in the beginning marketing is the key for generating leads. Traditional marketing such as mailers and advertisement still have their role to help generate leads.
However, in this day and age, cold calling will not work. It is extremely ineffective, time-consuming, and de-motivating. Yet, sales people and some managers still gravitate to it. Why -- for the same reason an abused child doesn't want to leave its parents. They don't know what else to do. When alternatives are presented (like networking), the thought of change scares them. Consequently, they rationalize, to themselves and others, that networking won't work. This rationalization is further reinforced by a few episodes of networking failures. However, the failure is in the approach, not the concept.
Networking works, if done correctly. Here's two basic rules for networking.
Network within existing accounts. The most leads can be found in accounts you now sell. Your goal is to spread like a virus within these accounts. Your thought process should be to go "Up and Out." Meet and be known by all the managers in your accounts -- not just those immediately associated with your products. By doing this you will learn a lot about your clients business and problems, which you'll be able to convert into opportunities, i.e. leads for yourself.
These managers will also refer (network) you to others within their division and to other divisions. Again, these will be opportunities. However, you have to be open-minded as to creating solutions and positive impacts. If you expect someone to make the association to your company and say, "We need your product or service," you'll be disappointed. You have to be a questioner, listener, consultant, and resource provider -- not a product pusher.
For networking to work you have to have a focus (who do you want to meet) and a plan (who I know they can get me there). This rule applies within your accounts and within the rest of the universe, where you'd like to get business. You know people that know people. Use them.
However be specific with what you ask for. In other words, you don't want to meet just anyone. You want to meet a specific person and/or a specific title. Otherwise, you'll get someone random that will deflate your initiative in many ways.
You also want your contacts to introduce you. Getting just the name from someone is useless. In like manner leaving a message that so-and-so (no matter their title and power) said to call, is also useless. Get your contact to make your introduction -- face-to-face, by phone, and as a last resort, by e-mail
These passive and active marketing concepts will help you, but this is only a scratch on the surface of the whole process. The good news is there are many articles and videos available that can give you the "How's" once your mind is receptive to this 21st century approach for effective lead generation.
And now I invite you to learn more.
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