& Powell (2011) narratives are “central to nursing” because it reveal significant information about health experiences of the individual shared in a clinical or non-clinical setting (p.7). Every individual has experience facing challenges on health issues to pain and illness (Hall & Powell, 2011, p. 3). This paper will examine the impact of illness and other contributing factors that shaped an individual’s overall health. The nature of the topic dictates the use of a narrative analysis based from
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