Book illustration, “The catcher in the rye” really need advice!?

January 19, 2012 by
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Question by : Book illustration, “The catcher in the rye” really need advice!?
Hey, I need to illustrate the book “The catcher in the rye” as part of a book report for school, and i was thinking of drawing Holden on a cliff in a field of rye with his arms wide open (connotes savior which is what he wants to be, but is also ironic because Holden is not very religious, and even though it doesn’t say so clearly we can assume he is an atheist) in his red hunting hat,, which seems to appear in every symbolic moment in the book. there will be children running around him and some of them will be falling off the cliff and holing on to it, as the original poem which Holden thinks of (If a body catch a body in the rye) is everything but innocent, so the falling children shows how naive Holden is, and how he is still a child forced to live in he adult world.Does this make sense? Do you think it is a good idea or should I change it?
Thanks in advance!! :)

Best answer:

Answer by Arnold Pottingham
When you talk, I listen, I like that
When you listen, I smile and I like that
Why you lookin’, lookin’ at me just like that?
I like that
I like that

There’s a crime scene on the dance floor
Ring the alarm
Police tape on the front door
And you are

A person of interest
A person of interest
Can’t say I’m love yet, but certainly impressed
You are a person of interest
A person of interest
Can’t say that it’s love yet, but somebody’s obsessed

When we’re dancing real close, think I like ya
But when the lights go down low, I can’t find ya
Now, I can’t get you outta my mind, yeah
It’s a crime, yeah

There’s a chalk line on the dance floor
In the shape of my heart
Crime scene tape on the front door

And you are

A person of interest
A person of interest
Can’t say I’m love yet, but certainly impressed
You are a person of interest
A person of interest
Can’t say that it’s love yet, but somebody’s obsessed

Can’t deny, implicated
In the mayhem, in my mind
What has got me so frustrated
You should be mine, you should be mine

There’s a crime scene on the dance floor
Ring the alarm
Police tape on the front door
And you are

A person of interest
A person of interest
Can’t say I’m love yet, but certainly impressed
You are a person of interest
A person of interest
Can’t say that it’s love yet, but somebody’s obsessed

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  1. Juicebox on Fri, 20th Jan 2012 12:25 am

    2. I definitely like the idea of using the Burns poem/field of rye imagery with the illustration. I wonder if there’s any way you could incorporate the term “phony” that he uses to describe most everyone, even himself, in the novel. I’m not quite sure though of a good image that could represent “phony.” But it is something to think about.

    Also, I think you could do a lot with the red hunting hat. Maybe instead of Holden simply wearing his hunting hat you could make it a focal point of the picture and have him handing it to one of the children on the cliff. The hat could be created on a slightly larger scale than the rest of the objects in the piece and the red could be more vibrant than the rest of the colors. All in all it sounds pretty cool, best of luck.

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