Every threat needs an introduction: it is the part where you make it clear that you are going to threaten someone for a start. It consists of two things, the first one being essential as the second is optional: The Promise: a threat announces something you will or you are willing to do to another person.
alienation the transfer of property, as by conveyance or will, into the ownership of another. ALIENATION, estates. Alienation is an act whereby one man transfers the property and possession of lands, tenements, or other things, to another. It is commonly applied to lands or tenements, as to alien (that is, to convey) land in fee, in mortmain.
Alienation as a Form of Self-Protection. Throughout the novel, Holden seems to be excluded from and victimized by the world around him. As he says to Mr. Spencer, he feels trapped on âthe other sideâ of life, and he continually attempts to find his way in a world in which he feels he doesnât belong. As the novel progresses, we begin to perceive that Holdenâs alienation is his way of protecting himself.