This painting depicts a match getting up and alienating itself from the other matches. This painting is much like Tom Henderson who alienates himself from others for many different reasons. Tom is seen to be an outcast and a loser in school. This is a large factor as to why Tom alienates himself. Tom does this a form of self-protection. Tom alienates himself from others around him in effort to not get bullied and so that others cannot annoy/bother him. This characteristic of Tom gives him more time because he does not have a social life. With having more time, he uses it to solve the mystery behind the death of his father. This characteristic of Tom is much like Holden Caulfield, the main character in “The Catcher in the Rye”. This painting shows how both Tom Henderson and Holden Caulfield alienate themselves from others as a form of self-protection.
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