were regarded in a similar fashion, evident through Holden Caulfield, a character in J.D. Salinger’s novel, The Catcher in the Rye. Holden’s unabating depression is caused by his borderline personality disorder, demonstrating Salinger’s purpose to proselytize for better understanding of adolescents in a society where adolescents are often misunderstood and ignored. Holden’s depression is caused by his borderline personality disorder,
Alonso 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
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 the game of life. In J.D. Salinger’s novel, The Catcher in The Rye, Holden Caulfield struggles to find his place in the world, as he tries to protect his younger sister Phoebe from the injustices
society and its standards, one will never really be at ease. Holden Caulfield in “The Catcher In The Rye” by J.D. Salinger is a perfect example of this. Holden has been kicked out of multiple schools and his excuse being that people at particular schools are phonies and it annoyed him to no end. But what Holden fails to realize is that he yearns to truly belong. Afraid of being rejected, he rejects everyone before they can reject him. Holden on his trip through New York allows us to discover many things
MR. & MRS. CAULFIELD California Parents East Side of Manhattan dear mr. & mrs. caulfield Upon careful examination of your son, Holden Caulfield, I believe him to have peculiar behavioural tendencies. The story of his exploits leads me to think that he is nothing more than an psychologically damaged teenager whose personal insecurities prevent him from complying to the rules of the, what he believes to be, “evil” adult world. It became more and more clear that Holden was prone to making unsound decisions
beautiful moments can not last forever. He presents himself as extremely troubled and confused, yet worth digging into and understanding why he functions the way the does. Holden Caulfield is his name. The accumulations of situations and people encountered throughout his lifetime have created Holden Caulfield and impacted his life. Holden is a sixteen years old boy with a woefully lean body stretched along six and a half inches in just one year, making him a striking six feet and two inches. His head is
a deep perspective about his novel by showing the true feelings behind the complex character who is Holden Caulfield. Salinger was born on January 1, 1919 in New York City and became a world renowned author after the creation of his first novel, The Catcher in the Rye. In 1942, Salinger was drafted into the army after the invasion of Pearl Harbor where he devised multiple chapters about Holden Caulfield’s character. Although Salinger employed many effective themes throughout the novel, we would discourage
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
Mental institutions were started in the hopes that this nation could help those who seemed helpless. However, somewhere along the way the perception of that idea was lost and they got a reputation that still holds to this day and age. Holden Caulfield, the main character in the novel Catcher in the Rye by J.D Salinger refers to and speaks frequently about mental institutions along with the people that occupy them. In today’s society stereotypical thoughts and actions are common in everyday communication
In The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger it is the only time that a baseball mitt and the song Playing God by Paramore have anything in common. These two things directly relate to Holden in not only a physical sense, but mental as well. To begin, in the novel when Holden is kicked out of his school he does something that no average seventeen year old would do, he runs away to New York. This can be connected to the Song in the section, “Well, maybe you should tie me up so I don't go where you