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,
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
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
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
Holden Caulfield is the main character and narrator of Catcher in the Rye. The story is given after the fact in a stream of consciousness, as Holden is in a rest home. Holden alienates himself to provide a sense of protection from the “real” world he must start living in. He describes adulthood as superficial, hypercritical, and shallow. He believes that he is above the adult world, as all adults are phonies. Holden believes that phoniness is what is wrong in the world and is his excuse for alienating
Catcher in the Rye: Literary Analysis "What I have to do, I have to catch everybody if they start to go over the cliff...That's all I'd do all day. I'd just be the catcher in the rye and all. I know it's crazy, but that's the only thing I'd really like to be." (Salinger 173). The Catcher in the Rye is more than just a title of J.D Salinger’s book. The catcher in the rye is a symbol, as well as a metaphor, which represents Holden’s major conflict in the book. Holden wants to connect with other people