The fear of change is very common among people all over the world. In the novel The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger, Holden is subject to an abundance of changes that he fears, which eventually causes him to realize that change is needed in some parts of his life in order to become more mature and to adapt to his surroundings. Holden´s fear of adulthood is one of his biggest fears throughout the course of the novel. When Holden first takes a taxi cab when he gets off the train station in New York, he becomes very curious and wonders ¨where the ducks went when the lagoon got all icy and frozen over,¨ (Salinger 16). When Holden asks the cab driver about where the ducks go in the winter, he is relating the question to his own life. Holden
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When Holden talks to Phoebe, he reminds himself of his childhood when he told Phoebe, ¨Thatś all I´d do all day. I'd just be the catcher and the rye and all,¨”(Salinger 191). When Holden talks about the catcher and the rye, he is talking about when he used to play the game in the fields with other kids when he was younger. As he has flashbacks of these moments, his realization of him not wanting to grow up becomes even greater than it was before. They make him want to stay in that stage of innocence, in which he has fallen so deeply in, and in which he has revolved his personality around. It´s very hard for him to escape to the next level in his life because he hasn't had people around him, to support …show more content…
Holden suffered with depression throughout the novel and he relates his own experience with someone else's when he says, ¨Finally, what he did, instead of taking what he said back, he jumped out of the window,¨”(Salinger 188). Holden is talking about when James Castle, a friend of his, jumped out of his dorm window, in order to end the bad things he had been dealing with. From James´ death, Holden realizes that he needs to change his personality, and become a different person for him to overcome the depression he is dealing with. He ultimately decides that committing suicide is the wrong option for his
When Holden talks to Phoebe, he reminds himself of his childhood when he told Phoebe, ¨Thatś all I´d do all day. I'd just be the catcher and the rye and all,¨”(Salinger 191). When Holden talks about the catcher and the rye, he is talking about when he used to play the game in the fields with other kids when he was younger. As he has flashbacks of these moments, his realization of him not wanting to grow up becomes even greater than it was before. They make him want to stay in that stage of innocence, in which he has fallen so deeply in, and in which he has revolved his personality around. It´s very hard for him to escape to the next level in his life because he hasn't had people around him, to support …show more content…
Holden suffered with depression throughout the novel and he relates his own experience with someone else's when he says, ¨Finally, what he did, instead of taking what he said back, he jumped out of the window,¨”(Salinger 188). Holden is talking about when James Castle, a friend of his, jumped out of his dorm window, in order to end the bad things he had been dealing with. From James´ death, Holden realizes that he needs to change his personality, and become a different person for him to overcome the depression he is dealing with. He ultimately decides that committing suicide is the wrong option for his