Throughout the novel of the Catcher in the Rye, Holden Caulfield’s abortive attempt to conserve his feeble and incompetent sense of individuality leads to his loneliness which is the primary source of a concrete manifestation of his self-division from the gross demographic of diverse groups of people. The archetypal characters in Catcher in the Rye demonstrate Holden’s struggle to preserve his own innocence and that of those around him. However, through his experiences with these archetypal characters
Holden Caulfield is a young teenage boy who lives in New York City, during the 1940’s. Caulfield possesses the infamous archetype of a rebellious teenager. Holden complains, slacks off, and alienates himself from everyone. However, Holden does engage with the female demographic largely, and does enjoy spending most of his time thinking about women. The novel begins describing
change. In American Literature, society tries to control the characters choices and decisions, and from a reader’s perspective it seems as if the authors expects the readers to sympathize with society. In J.D. Salinger’s classic novel, The Catcher in the Rye, and Tennessee William’s play A Streetcar Named Desire, each of their main character’s, Holden Caulfield