Holden's Loss In Catcher In The Rye

Holden is weakened as a result of the hardships he faces in many way but mostly because of the loss of his brother and the separation from his parents. Holden reveals how much his brothers death weakened him through his description of Allie “He's dead now. He got leukemia and died when we were up in Maine, on July 18, 1946. You'd have liked him. He was two years younger than I was, but he was about fifty times as intelligent. He was incredibly intelligent… But it wasn't just that he was the most intelligent member in the family. He was also the nicest, in lots of ways. He never got mad at anybody” (Salinger 43). Holden's description of his dead brother Allie reveals how much Allie meant to Holden and how much of an impact Allie made on Holden …show more content…
Holden's reaction to his brothers death reveals how much anger and confusing went through his head the day of his brothers death. The anger and confusing from his brother's death was not left in the garage that night he still thinks about Allie every day. Holden's hand demonstrate his struggles to fully recovery and get over his brother's death. Holden's hand reminds him constantly about his brother because everytime he tries make a fist and everytime it rains he is reminded of the day he lost his brother through the pain of his hand. Both Holden and his hand have weakened more and more everyday since his brother's death and just like his hand Holden seems to not be able to release the pain that he felt the day of his brothers death. Inside everyone who has lost someone extremely close in their life is a empty essay and pain that causes them to stray away from meeting others and traps them in a negative reality that everything is bad from the day their loved one died. Holden has been stuck in this negative reality because of his brothers death and he needs a support system to save him from this …show more content…
“Why should I?’ I said - I was practically yelling. ‘That's just the trouble with all you morons. You never want to discuss anything. That's the way you can always tell a moron. They never want to discuss anything intellig- Then he really let one go on me, and the next thing I knew I was on the goddam floor again” (Salinger 50). Holden's argument with stradlater reveals his struggles communicating with friends. Instead of just talking with Stradlater about Jane,he decides to complain about how Stradlater never wants to discuss anything and how stupid he thinks Stradlater is causing him to end up getting beat up by Stradlater. SHowing if one has trouble communicating their feelings about a situation then they will cause a situation to get out of hand.Holden does exactly this, constantly driving people away, causing him to lose friends. His trouble with communicating, high expectations and his trouble with accepting people's flaws leads to loneliness and isolation. This is demonstrated through his explanation of Ackley. “You could hear old Ackley snoring. Right through the goddam shower curtains you could hear him. He had sinus trouble and he couldn't