Until he hears Hannah's tapes, he probably never even thinks about those Valentines. If I had been smart, if I had been honest with my survey, I would have described Hannah. If he'd taken the survey seriously, they probably would have ended up on each other's lists. He purposely doesn't describe Hannah when he fills out the part of the survey that asks for the kind of person he's looking for.īut as he listens to the tapes, he learns that she described him.
Salinger's classic The Catcher In the Rye. They represent the way things always seem to turn out badly. He fills his out using the persona of Holden Caulfield,the main character from J.D. For Hannah, the Oh My Dollar Valentines seem to symbolize a Valentines Day gone terribly wrong. Unlike Hannah, Clay sees the Valentines as a joke, for entertainment purposes only. They represent the way things always seem to turn out badly when she puts her heart on the line.įor Clay, as he listens to Hannah's story, the Valentines come to symbolize yet another lost opportunity to connect with her.
For Hannah, the Oh My Dollar Valentines seem to symbolize a Valentine's Day gone terribly wrong. The valentines are actually more symbolic to the characters than they are to the readers. Things just hurt worse on a day that's supposed to be all about love. Even if we don't have big dreams for the day, we don't want anything thing bad to happen. Like the parties we talk about in "Setting," there's a lot of potential for disappointment if our expectations aren't met.
People often have high expectations for Valentine's Day. For just a buck, you get the name and number of your one true soul mate.
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