Spencer Seton
Ms. Maggert
English Honors 3
01 November 2016
The Transition
In J.D. Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye we follow a young teen Holden Caulfield. We follow him throughout the emotion filled process of leaving childhood and entering adulthood. Holden grew up in a time where you were either a kid or an adult, the 1950’s. There was no teenage growing period for young adults and Holden suffered greatly due to this. Holden is an immature coward who constantly lies to himself and everyone around him because he won’t accept advice, he lets no one into his personal life, and most importantly he struggles over not receiving closure for his brother Allie’s death.
Holden Caulfield has went to school only to be kicked out numerous times. He claims …show more content…
Allie was the sweetest and most intelligent kid in the family. Holden wasn’t old enough to understand what was going on and the fact that he didn’t receive proper closure in attending the funeral further haunted him. The night that Allie died Holden had lost all control of himself completely. “I slept in the garage the night he died, and I broke all the goddam windows with my fist, just for the hell of it”(Salinger 50). Allie’s death ultimately hit him the hardest, when he was growing into the transition to adulthood. Holden tried hard to mask his feelings and be deceitful in attempting to do so. This came to affect all of his relationships with friends and the family that didn’t fully understand him and his …show more content…
He loved her and she truly cared for him. His brother D.B. was off in California and couldn’t help Holden through this childhood transition into adulthood. Without the help of Phoebe, Holden would’ve abandoned his daily life and gone off to the west in seek of a new one. His life was going out of control because of his inability to grow up and stop letting the past affect him. During this time of the 1950’s, mental illness and emotional disorders weren’t handled correctly. Holden’s parents couldn’t give their son the help he needed in a time he was most innocent and exposed. The Catcher in the Rye shows how a life so young can be shaped and abused by unfortunate events. Without the right support group and treatment, a young soul can be misguided and left off to understand growing up merely by themselves. The world can always be too much for everyone. Holden Caulfield was just getting used to
Ms. Maggert
English Honors 3
01 November 2016
The Transition
In J.D. Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye we follow a young teen Holden Caulfield. We follow him throughout the emotion filled process of leaving childhood and entering adulthood. Holden grew up in a time where you were either a kid or an adult, the 1950’s. There was no teenage growing period for young adults and Holden suffered greatly due to this. Holden is an immature coward who constantly lies to himself and everyone around him because he won’t accept advice, he lets no one into his personal life, and most importantly he struggles over not receiving closure for his brother Allie’s death.
Holden Caulfield has went to school only to be kicked out numerous times. He claims …show more content…
Allie was the sweetest and most intelligent kid in the family. Holden wasn’t old enough to understand what was going on and the fact that he didn’t receive proper closure in attending the funeral further haunted him. The night that Allie died Holden had lost all control of himself completely. “I slept in the garage the night he died, and I broke all the goddam windows with my fist, just for the hell of it”(Salinger 50). Allie’s death ultimately hit him the hardest, when he was growing into the transition to adulthood. Holden tried hard to mask his feelings and be deceitful in attempting to do so. This came to affect all of his relationships with friends and the family that didn’t fully understand him and his …show more content…
He loved her and she truly cared for him. His brother D.B. was off in California and couldn’t help Holden through this childhood transition into adulthood. Without the help of Phoebe, Holden would’ve abandoned his daily life and gone off to the west in seek of a new one. His life was going out of control because of his inability to grow up and stop letting the past affect him. During this time of the 1950’s, mental illness and emotional disorders weren’t handled correctly. Holden’s parents couldn’t give their son the help he needed in a time he was most innocent and exposed. The Catcher in the Rye shows how a life so young can be shaped and abused by unfortunate events. Without the right support group and treatment, a young soul can be misguided and left off to understand growing up merely by themselves. The world can always be too much for everyone. Holden Caulfield was just getting used to