Examples Of Loneliness In Catcher In The Rye

Young people try hard to find themselves in society, these inquisitions to find themselves cause these young people to feel lonely and excluded from the world. Holden Caulfield, J.D. Salinger's main character in the book The Catcher In the Rye, is not different, he is a depressed and isolated teenager, one of the main contributors to this is the loneliness that he experiences. This is visible in the absence of friends, the ache feeling of his dead brother, and the need of acceptance from others. Holden does not want to create friendships, he believes that everyone is a phony. In the beginning of the book, Holden sits lonely by himself on top of Thompson Hill while all the Pencey students were cheering on the Football team. He always finds himself being better than others. …show more content…
For example, he does not like roommate because he owns a generic leather luggage, he finds his next door roommate Ackley’s face ridiculous because he has a lot of pimples. Holden had no friends, his only close friend was his dead brother Alli. Holden said references that let the reader know that Allie and him acted more as friends than brothers. Holden did not go to Allie’s funeral, creating a world where Allie would still be alive. Allie was the only one he would talk to freely about his life, he was the only one who he truly trusted. Whenever Holden did try to socialize, he would try so hard to fit in, he drank, cursed and criticized everything. When he wore the hunting cap he acted as if he did not care what people said about it, he believes that people will accept him more when he acts as a phony since to him everyone acts like a phony. Holden’s loneliness is brought on himself, he has yet to find his place in society. However, this causes him to be fearful of the unknown and his