Critical Lens Essay-Jane Eyre and Catcher in the Rye.

Critical Lens Revision-Love is Required for Growth â€Å"Nothing we do, however virtuous, can be accomplished alone; therefore we are saved by love† This quote from Reinhold Niebuhr tells of a human incapability to accomplish a deed of any sort without the assistance of love. In The Catcher in the Rye; Salinger, J.D. The Catcher in the Rye. New York: Little Brown and Company, 1991 and Jane Eyre ; Bronte, Charlotte. Mineola, New York: Dover Publications, INC. 1847, both young individuals are faced with numerous obstacles in an attempt to mature. Eventually, the characters both come to realizations that they need love in order to grow and mature. In a way, the characters are saved by love. Having both lost their ways, at the depths of†¦show more content†¦Bot characters eventually realize that they do indeed require love in order to grow. Holden had education and freedom but did not reach maturity without the help of his beloved sister Phoebe. Jane gained money and status but this did not please or fulfill her like she hoped it too. She found true fulfillment in the love of a family, and her lover Rochester. These examples would prove the statement to be true, that no thing we as humans attempt can prove successful without the assistance of