An thematic analyisis of The Catcher in the Rye and Of Mice and Men

Most people don't know what it feels like not to know themselves, but more specifically, what they're supposed to do with their life. The feeling disconnects them from their present life, and when they realize it they are messed up and don't know where they are or why they are there. The question most people ask is how to get out of the funk, they ask themselves how they got this way. In The Catcher in the Rye, Holden attempts to answer these questions by escaping his everyday life. Moreover, in Of Mice and Men George tries to find were he fits in as he accompanies his mentally challeng…