In this last post, I would like to talk about the morals of each story. I think that Marquez and Salinger are both trying to send very different messages to their readers. Love in the Time of Cholera definitely has a underlying moral that is important to understand.
As I read Marquez’ book, I wondered what he might be trying to show us. Although one message is seen throughout the whole book, love, I think that Marquez was also trying to show us another important moral. I think that he was trying to show his readers that life is too short to suffer for only one cause. He is always showing us that the characters in the book were very self conscious and they worried about their age. They would always compare their aging to different characters. Aging will come for everyone no matter what, so the characters are wasting their time trying to compare their looks. I believe that Marquez wants us to be less fearful of aging so that we can enjoy the moment that we have now.
In Catcher in the Rye, Salinger’s message to us is very interesting. One of his underlying morals is to not be hypocritical. I think that Salinger is indiscreetly trying to tell us to look at ourselves and check to see if we are being hypocritical. He does this by showing us how Holden hates certain things in other people like phoniness, yet Holden himself is a “phony.” Holden also seems to hate movies and the movie industry, but he still watches movies and plays often. I also think that Salinger is trying to show us that we should not look for everyones “phoniness,” but for peoples good nature and kindness. I learned, from Catcher in the Rye, that it is easy to be a hypocrite and not know that you are doing it.
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