Explain the following quote from the reading selection. How does the museum fit both literally and figuratively into Holden’s story?
“The best thing, though, in hat museum was that everything always stayed right where it was. Nobody’d move. You could go there a hundred thousand time, and that Eskimo would still be just finished catching those two fish, the birds would still be on their way south, the deers would still be drinking out of that waterhole...Nobody’d be different. The only thing that would be different would be you.”
-The museum appeals to Holden because everything in it stays the same. It never changes. Holden then realizes that he is the only one changing. The museum fits into Holden’s story figuratively because the museum personifies the kind of world Holden wants to live in. From the quote, I guess I can say that Holden’s fantasy world is a world that doesn’t change no matter how long you live there; everything is straightforward and easy. The museum fits into Holden’s story literally because everytime Holden visits the museum, there is no difference whatsoever. He is the only one who has changed after all the times he visited that place. Even though his brother died, the museum is still the way it was before. Even though his relationships with others changed, the museum is still the way it was before. Even though he is all grown up, the museum is still the way it was before.
