The Rye Field- Miro Staric

The painting above shows a Rye field. The rye field is one of, if not the most significant part of the novel. In “King Dork”, Tom is faced with the challenge to discover more about his father and his mysterious death. Tom does this with the help of his deceased father’s copy of “The Catcher in the Rye”. The book contains many different encrypted codes that Tom is forced to solve in order to puzzle together the reasoning for his father’s death. The painting of the rye field is a representation of Tom’s deceased father’s copy of catcher in the rye. Therefore the painting represents the single piece that helps connect Tom and his father closer together. With the help of the codes in the novel, Tom is able to figure out more about his father’s death and discover part of himself that he did not know. The painting also bring the characters of Tom and Holden Caulfield together. They are very much alike in many ways, they both have shared a significant death in the family and they both alienate themselves from the outside world. This painting represents the similarities between Holden and Tom, as well as help Tom discover and connect with his deceased father.