Examples Of Figurative Language In Catcher In The Rye

An author’s style of words, sentence structure, and use of figurative language gives an author their own unique style of writing. Although, how an author writes can cause confusion due to connotative use of words and sentence. The author’s style-words, sentence structure, and figurative language can give a reader a description that forms imagery. Also it affects the tone, mood, and theme of the story.

An author’s style words manipulates the tone, mood, and theme of the story by providing a description that provides imagery which changes the overall view of the story. In The Catcher in the Rye, Holden tells Stradlater, “I just meant to thank you for being such a goshdarn prince” (Salinger Pg. 57). The style of words that J.D. Salinger used was giving a connotative meaning for the word “prince.” This gives the readers an image of Stradlater which affects the tone and mood that the readers have for Stradlater.

The sentence structure that an author provides of a character can effectively affect the reader’s interpretation of the tone, mood, or theme of a story.

The sentence structure of a character shows the readers the characters personality, age, etc. Holden say, “I certainly began to feel like a prize horse’s butt” (Salinger Pg. 96). The sentence structure of Holden gives the readers the tone that Holden felt bad about his actions. Also, the vernacular given gives the implication that Holden must be speaking casually. All of this provides the readers with a specific view of the

story.

What must be the most important type of the writing that entices the reader is the use of figurative writing. The figurative of speech give the best description of what is happening in the book by usually comparing two things. In The Catcher in the Rye, Holden gives a description of Ackley’s teeth. “I never once saw him brush his teeth. They always look mossy and awful” (Salinger Pg. 23). This metaphor give the readers an image of what Ackley’s teeth looked like. This form of imagery changes the tone and mood that the reader has for what was said in the quote.

An author’s use of style-words, sentence structure, and figurative language is very important for providing imagery. They give better context of what is happening in the book and lets the reader visualize what is happening. Which in turn changes the tone, mood, and theme that the reader has for the story.