Catcher in the Rye

Ever since I heard that little boy walking alone and singing "If a body catch a body comin' through the rye", I've been having this crazy thought. I told Phoebe about it when I snuck home. I know it's crazy, but I picture an enormous field of rye, and only kids in it, thousands of them-except me. The children are playing a game where they run around in the rye, and I'm standing on the edge of the cliff, I have to catch them. I know it's crazy, but it's the only thing I would actually want to be. It really is. After I described it to Phoebe I even dreamed about it that night. It's funny how after you talk about things, you dream them too. I told Mr.Antolini about it, and he told me that I should look up my dream in the dream dictionary to figure out what my "subconscious mind" is really doing. 

I summed up the three major parts of my dream (Mr. Antolini said I had to come up with important things from it, and look them up)

• Children
• Field of Rye
• Cliff

I searched these in the dream dictionary and came up with this

Children:

"To see children in your dream signify an aspect of yourself and your childlike qualities. You may be retreating back to a childlike state and longing for the past. You are trying to still satisfy repressed desires and unfulfilled hopes. Perhaps there is something that you need to see grow and nurture. 

To save a child in your dream signifies your attempts to save a part of yourself from being destroyed."

Rye:
"To see rye or fields of rye in your dream symbolizes prosperity in your future.

To see dead or barren fields signifies lack, pessimism and your jaded prospects for the future."

Cliff:
"To dream that you are standing at the edge of a cliff indicates that you have reached an increased level of understanding, new awareness, and a fresh point of view. You have reached a critical point in your life and cannot risk losing control. Alternatively, it suggests that you are pondering a life-altering decision.

To dream that you or someone falls off a cliff suggests that you are going through a difficult time and are afraid of what is ahead for you. You fear that you may not be up for the challenge or that you cannot meet the expectations of others."


All the definitions sound a little corny to me, so I won't remember them much. 
















rye:http://danielesparzav.wordpress.com/2009/11/17/back-to-reality/
dream dictionary: http://www.dreammoods.com/dreamdictionary/c2.htm