If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll probably want to know is that the method of psychiatric therapy is when free association, dream interpretation, and analysis of resistance and transference are used to explore repressed or unconscious impulses, anxieties, and internal conflicts. Since 1951, The Catcher in the Rye has been critiqued by many people who wish to psychoanalysis Holden Caulfield’s personality and cynicism towards the people around him. J.D Salinger, in the novel The Catcher in the Rye, reveals through Holden Caulfield’s behavior and relationships at school and at home that Holden is psychologically and emotionally damaged by his insecurities and the unfortunate deaths of James Castle and his brother Allie.
