us 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
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
were vapid. Holden, the main character of the story, seemed out of his rightful mind and did not belong in college. Since Holden was failing out of Pencey Prep, it gave the story a vibe that there was something unsettling to where he could not concentrate on his schooling. As the story went on we got to see the full point of view on his life and how he handles vast complications. Holden Caulfield, who is a deranged and psychotic 17 year-old, seems to not be in the right state of mind. Holden acts around
having profane language, vulgar scene descriptions, and mature themes. In the plot of the book, Holden Caulfield tells the story from a mental hospital where he is receiving treatment. We get a detailed picture from the story that Holden bounces around from place to place doing things that he is trying to keep his sister from and just get sucked in to how someone can be so badly hypocritical, and how he is above the impact of making unconscientious decisions.
protagonist Holden Caulfield who is afraid of the reality of change since he was traumatized at a young age. Caulfield is a 17-year-old boy who lived with his parents as well as his two younger siblings, Phoebe, and Allie before being sent off to attend Pencey Prep, a boarding school. Whilst Holden was 13 years old and living with his family, his younger brother, Allie, who had been fighting Leukemia, was killed by the cancerous disease. After his brother’s
Holden Caulfield spent most of the first and second acts of J.D. Salinger's novel, The Catcher in the Rye, desperately trying to find his calling in life. The book's narrative began shortly after Holden's expulsion from Pencey Prep, as he again veered off the path to a prestigious college and a suitable job set for him and the other 'high-class kids'. Holden decided to avoid his parents by going to New York, and although he arranged dates and socialized on multiple occasions, he internally derided
Literature (A) 8 September 2014 A Spinning Wheel of Adulthood As a micro planner, J.D. Salinger opens his novel Catcher in the Rye, with an unclear direction of how this book is going to end. Through an internal journey of Holden Caulfield exploring the adulthood as he encounters the obstacles in his life, the little boy determined to protect the precious innocence of children and guide them to their right path. The novel features micro writing style to open the paragraph and set
The Catcher in the Rye In J. D. Salinger’s novel The Catcher in the Rye, teenager Holden Caulfield goes on a quest, unknowingly, for self-knowledge. Holden narrates his journey from the future where he does not specify where he is, but it is shared he is seeing a psychologist and receives visitor, therefore is most likely in some sort of treatment center. From the start of the novel, Holden is a poor student with no will or determination to change his ways. He has been kicked out of three-going-on-four
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
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