illustrates a sixteen-year-old Holden Caulfield as he explores New York and, more importantly, the struggles of adulthood. At the start of the novel, Holden is preparing for his departure from his boarding school. He has been expelled yet again. Holden runs into conflict with his roommate and ultimately decides to leave three days earlier than planned in order to escape the school and people around him that he very much dislikes. He heads to New York, where the Caulfield family has always lived. Dreading
The Rye, which is filled with the daily struggles faced by an average teenager. Salinger incorporates thorough ideas which relate to the struggles of transitioning from childhood into adulthood. Salinger conveys both mental and physical problems through the personal experiences of the main character, Holden Caulfield. Some of these problems include: [Depression, the innermost struggle present in a teenage soul.] The start of new relationships, which could dismiss the innocence of a person’s childhood
In J.D. Salinger’s the Catcher in the Rye, Holden Caulfield, after journeying through New York, develops not only a better perception of childhood and adulthood, but also a new understanding of his place as a young adult. From the beginning of the book, Holden’s perception of youth and maturity are respectively ignorant and naive. Holden considers youth safe, and precious, while fearing all the evils that come with adulthood. He struggles to leave behind his childhood innocence, yet at the same time
seasons. Changes can be scary, especially the change from childhood to adulthood. During this transformation, children are too often left alone to uncover the truths and injustices of the world by themselves. Children often feel like they are being abandoned in a world that they just don’t quite understand. Holden Caulfield is left alone to discover how to play the game of life. However, after his brother’s tragic death, Holden gets stuck in a hole and cannot find the right card to keep moving in
represents Holden’s major conflict in the book. Holden wants to connect with other people on a more mature and adult level but at the same time he wants to reject the phoniness of the adult world. Holden’s major conflict in the novel and his hostile outlook on life stems from the tragedies he has experienced in his life along with other events. The death of Holden’s beloved brother Allie, along with the depraved nurturing of his parents results in Holden becoming physiologically damaged. As well as
renounced feelings with no optimism. He lives life with a brass face and hides how he really feels deep within. Readers never truly acquire the full picture of Holden Caulfield until the completion of the novel. He never allows us to see his hidden demons until he is overtaken by them with his fall from grace. Loss, is a continuous battle Holden must face on a day to day grind. Whether it is Holden’s younger brother Allie, or his friend from youth, Jane, or even James Castle’s death in Elkton Hills,
2/11/15 Mariana Huyo AP English Lit & Comp The Catcher in the Rye Final Essay – Psychological Characterization Throughout the story of the famous and well written book, “The Catcher in the Rye”, the main character, Holden Caulfield, goes through many different experiences in which affects him psychologically in many ways. One of the most frequent psychological disorder he expresses throughout the story is one called Clinical Depression. This psychological disorder makes
she had never meant to go. J.D. Salinger emphasizes this point in both his bestselling novel, The Catcher in the Rye, and his short story, “A Perfect Day for Bananafish.” Catcher follows around Holden Caulfield, a teenager in New York, as he explores the city for a weekend, and comes to grips with adulthood. “Bananafish” tells of a young man by the name of Seymour Glass, a World War 2 veteran who still struggles internally with the trauma he had faced. Both stories exhibit similarities through several
The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger, covers Holden Caulfield, a sixteen year old boy, a few days after the end of classes at Pencey prep school, where he just flunked out. Holden narrates his journey from Pennsylvania back to his home in New York. Holden rooms with Stradlater at Pencey, next to Ackley’s room. On his way home, Holden makes several stops trying to kill time until Wednesday, when he is supposed to be home. He is scared that his parents will be mad that he flunked out for the fourth
follows a cynical protagonist, Holden Caulfield, as he battles his insecurities and personal demons. Holden’s eventual acceptance that adulthood is an inevitable part of life, one that he, nor anyone else can escape is a key component as to why The Catcher in the Rye is a quintessential component of the American educational system and should not be banned as it offers teens a character from whom they can learn much from in their own development as they transition into adulthood.