I’ve read the novel Catcher in the rye by J. D. Salinger. The novel tells us about a week of the life of Holden Caulfield. He is seventeen year old boy, who seems to be very depressed and lonely. Due to his mental state he failed his exams, again got knocked from another school, and had quarrelled with some mates. Through the pages of the novel we can see that Holden is trying to make good relationships with family members and some acquaintances, but at the same time he pushes them away due to his behavior. He really loves his family, especially his younger brother and sister. Holden’s character development has been influenced by his family and what happened when he was younger. When Holden was thirteen, his family lost Allie, who died from
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He loves her as much as he loves Allie, because they are almost the same: both red-haired, intelligent, and nice. Holden thinks that Phoebe is so smart, emotional, and affectionate in her ten years old. He really admires that she can listen him and understand his problems. “You’d like her. I mean if you tell old Phoebe something, she knows exactly what the hell you’re talking about” (p. 67). Therefore, Holden doesn’t want Phoebe to grow up, because he afraid that one day she will change and lose her child innocence. She is the one he can trust and she is not “phony” like almost everyone else. He was able to open her a secret about his dream to be catcher in the rye for kids, someone who will hold them from falling, because when he was young nobody helped him. Phoebe wanted to show him that he is not alone, and that there is at least someone who cares about him. She decided to leave the town and the family with him. Her decision changed something in Holden, and he refused to go away from the town, from school, and, especially from Phoebe. He understood that he couldn’t leave the one who believes in him and support him. “I felt so damn happy all of a sudden, the way old Phoebe kept going around and around. I was damn near bawling, I felt so damn happy, if you want to know the truth. I don’t know why” (p.213). For some moments Holden forgot about all his problems, about his depression, and
He loves her as much as he loves Allie, because they are almost the same: both red-haired, intelligent, and nice. Holden thinks that Phoebe is so smart, emotional, and affectionate in her ten years old. He really admires that she can listen him and understand his problems. “You’d like her. I mean if you tell old Phoebe something, she knows exactly what the hell you’re talking about” (p. 67). Therefore, Holden doesn’t want Phoebe to grow up, because he afraid that one day she will change and lose her child innocence. She is the one he can trust and she is not “phony” like almost everyone else. He was able to open her a secret about his dream to be catcher in the rye for kids, someone who will hold them from falling, because when he was young nobody helped him. Phoebe wanted to show him that he is not alone, and that there is at least someone who cares about him. She decided to leave the town and the family with him. Her decision changed something in Holden, and he refused to go away from the town, from school, and, especially from Phoebe. He understood that he couldn’t leave the one who believes in him and support him. “I felt so damn happy all of a sudden, the way old Phoebe kept going around and around. I was damn near bawling, I felt so damn happy, if you want to know the truth. I don’t know why” (p.213). For some moments Holden forgot about all his problems, about his depression, and