In the real world, people deal with the feeling of being alone and not being able to cope with it. Many people get depressed when they have nobody to talk to and tend to feel alone and have no one to turn to. J.D. Salinger taps into this in his 1951 book, The Catcher in the Rye. This book has been banned in multiple libraries and schools all around the United States, and is very good at describing the life of one who has lost so much and has nobody to turn to. The book is about a depressed teen who, throughout the whole story, looks for someone to listen to him and help him through his depression. This story is trying to prove that even though one person is depressed, they don’t always show it. They can be depressed and looking for someone
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James said something offensive to a group of children and they didn’t like it very much. They confronted him in the bathroom and tried to make him take it back, and instead of taking it back, he jumped out of the window and killed himself. Holden admires it because, he would rather die than take it back. James threw himself out of the window, and Holden respected him for that. Holden respected James for the fact that he refused to take back what he said without reason. James Castle had no reason to take back what he said, because in his mind what he said was true. So he never took it back and decided to kill himself rather than …show more content…
This is valuable to human experience because, many people go through this everyday and have nobody to turn to. Some of the most important things to remember about this story is how Holden reacted when he lost his brother, Allie, and when he thought he was going to lose his sister, Phoebe. We should remember this because, the way Holden deals with these things is how one shouldn’t act. Holden went a little over the top when Phoebe got mad at him for getting kicked out of another school. She repeated “Daddy’s going to kill you.” (190) over and over to Holden. This quote shows us that Phoebe is worried about Holden and all he does is shrug it off and move
James said something offensive to a group of children and they didn’t like it very much. They confronted him in the bathroom and tried to make him take it back, and instead of taking it back, he jumped out of the window and killed himself. Holden admires it because, he would rather die than take it back. James threw himself out of the window, and Holden respected him for that. Holden respected James for the fact that he refused to take back what he said without reason. James Castle had no reason to take back what he said, because in his mind what he said was true. So he never took it back and decided to kill himself rather than …show more content…
This is valuable to human experience because, many people go through this everyday and have nobody to turn to. Some of the most important things to remember about this story is how Holden reacted when he lost his brother, Allie, and when he thought he was going to lose his sister, Phoebe. We should remember this because, the way Holden deals with these things is how one shouldn’t act. Holden went a little over the top when Phoebe got mad at him for getting kicked out of another school. She repeated “Daddy’s going to kill you.” (190) over and over to Holden. This quote shows us that Phoebe is worried about Holden and all he does is shrug it off and move