Clayton Cissell Mr. Notestine English II 13 December 2014 Loneliness Affecting a Life The novel, The Catcher in the Rye, is about a teenage boy who cannot simply find comfort in his own life. Holden, the main character, is affected greatly by other people’s criticism, causing him to feel a sense of loneliness. Holden finds a special comfort in conversing with strangers, mostly because they do not judge him. Holden is a boy whom does not like to be helped; he is solely lost in his own world, and does
Sigmund Freud’s psychoanalytic theory argued that human behavior was composed of three fundamental parts of the mind such as the id, ego and the superego. The protagonist in the book the Catcher in the Rye depicts some traces of Freud’s psychoanalytic theory. In the narrative The Catcher in the Rye the protagonist, Holden Caulfield, is a perturbed adolescent who isolates himself from the world and has a difficult time being a part of society, much like the author himself. Holden begins his psychoanalytical
Individuality in The Catcher in the Rye “I have to catch everybody if they start to go over the cliff... I’d just be the catcher in the rye” (173). This quotation shows Holden Caulfield’s views on the transition from childhood to adulthood, and the comparison to a cliff shows that there is a sharp fall and great loss that accompanies it. This loss is one of uniqueness and individuality and is a theme that is seen constantly throughout J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye. A strong aspect of this
he states “All men that are ruined, are ruined on the side of their natural propensities.”. It should come as no surprise, therefore, that popular American works in the 20th century, such as Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men and J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye, would reflect this saying in their characters. In fact, both novels aptly demonstrate the validity of Burke’s statement through both the fate of their main characters Lennie Small and Holden Caulfield and the fortunes of various side characters
However, many tend to forget that the adolescents of today are the future of tomorrow. The teenagers of a much-earlier era, the 1950s, 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
Symbolism in The Catcher in the Rye The novel, The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger, is a tale of a seventeen year old boy who struggles to fit in with the conservative crowd of the late forties to early fifties. The boy, Holden Caulfield, is often looked at as troubled or disconnected with the world around him. Throughout the novel Holden references certain people, places, and items multiple times. When this occurs we can presume that these represent symbols in Holden’s life. The major representations
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
Deep in chasm between childhood and adulthood emerge two remarkably similar young men: one from J.D Salinger’s novel “Catcher in the Rye” and one from Dave Eggers’ memoir “A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius”. Salinger’s Holden Caulfield and memoirist Dave Eggers both hail from families spearheaded by big city lawyers, both tell eccentric lies, lead turbulent love lives, share a taste for profanity, and retreat to California after a traumatic event. However, amongst their myriad similarities
Holden’s life in The Catcher and the Rye has been a perpetual struggle followed by 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
On July 16th, 1951, reclusive author J.D Salinger, introduced an exceptional novel, The Catcher in 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