“Pray that your loneliness may spur you into finding something to live for, great enough to die for” -Dag Hammarskjold. This quote is saying that in light of loneliness maybe it will bring along something great. I feel this quote relates to Holden because his loneliness brought him to many realizations about his life and his future. Many people in the world deal with issues of loneliness, fitting in and growing up. In J.D. Salinger’s story “The Catcher in the Rye”, Holden deals with many issues that still relate to teenagers and people today. In the book Holden has the issue of feeling lonely, fitting in and growing up. All of these issues are still very relevant today as they were back then. Holden loses many people in his life leaving him
