Holden believes it is his role to stop and save children from losing their innocence. In reality holden's perfect world of him being the “catcher in the rye” will never become true. This will never become true, because maturing into adulthood is a major change for the next steps of life. Holden believes museum are perfect, no change, nothing ever occurs. “Nobody'd be different.…
Holden fears the possibility that he may spend the rest of his life as an outsider looking in. Although Holden attempts to change his social position, his mindset is out of place, preventing him from relating to how a normal individual would feel. Therefore, Holden struggles immensely in terms of making lasting connections with others, mainly because he cannot see eye to eye with them. “He focuses on the danger and potential death instead of love and a personal relationship” (Edwards).…
Holden 's epiphany leads him to understand that a loss of innocence in children is inevitable, but you can always be there to “catch” them when they fall. This epiphany causes Holden to abandon his irrational ideals about society. Unlike Chris McCandless, it is not too late for Holden. After the realization of his mistakes, Holden is able to go home and receive help. At the end of the book, Holden appears to be receiving treatment and is beginning to come to terms with his unhealable wound and resolve…
J.D. Salinger and Holden Caulfield Psychoanalysis J.D. Salinger, the author of The Catcher in the Rye, writes about a cynical teenage boy named Holden Caulfield who has a difficult time expressing his emotions to other people. Salinger also had a hard time with his social life, so he composed this novel to express his own difficulties through Holden Caulfield. When analyzing this novel, it is clear to see the similarities between Salinger’s own personal life and the life he creates for Holden. J.D. Salinger uses the character Holden Caulfield in The Catcher in the Rye to reflect his own social problems: interacting with other people, relationships, and status expectations.…
Mr. Spencer represented a wise, mentor figure in Holden’s life. He is important because he is one of the first and few people in Holden’s life who wants Holden to succeed despite Holden’s lack of desire to do well. Holden respects Mr. Spencer and appreciates his concern but he still does not take in Spencer’s words to him. Instead of internalizing and taking the concern for him to heart, Holden feels depressed and exhausted by the encounter and simply tells Mr. Spencer what he wants to hear to get it over with. Something Holden does often is shoot “the bull for a while” and he “told [Spencer he] was a real moron, and all that stuff,” even adding “how most people didn’t appreciate how tough it is being a teacher” (Salinger 12).…
Throughout the book, Holden deals with individuality and obedience. The very first encounter Holden had with obedience would have been a time rather before the time the book was set. Ever since Holden’s brother had come to an end of his life, Holden had been expelled from numerous schools, as he hadn’t put any effort into any of his classes, as well as not taking any advice from his teachers. An example of this would be Holden’s interaction with Spencer. During his talk with Spencer, Holden’s old teacher, Holden wanted to say goodbye to Spencer as he had been kicked out of yet another school.…
On September 6, 2017 I met Holden Caulfield. He was recently reassigned to be as the other psychologist was having trouble with Mr. Caulfield. Holden often described a family including a child and the parents coming out of the church. He told me that he was focused on the boy who was, “walking in the street, instead...of the sidewalk… [the parents] not paying attention...…
Holden is talking to Mr. Spencer, who is one of his favored teachers at Pencey Preparatory Academy and the professor says to him, “Life is a game, boy”(8). On the outside, he completely agrees with what the professor says, “Yes, sir. I know it is. I know it. ”(8).…
Holden demonstrates to us that he doesn’t have a lot of maturity in the period that he talks to us, but from time to time Holden would surprise us with some maturity from time to time. Maturity isn’t a giant thing in Holden’s life, he goes around doing things however he wants without caring and not taking responsibilities for his own things. One time that Holden showed responsibility was here “Some game. If you’re on the side where all the hot-shots are, then it’s a game… but if you get on the other side… then what’s a game about it?” Holden said this correcting headmaster’s remark to life being a game.…
As the novel opens, Holden stands alone on a hill that separates him from the rest of his peers. His stance is ironically similar to his view of the world; _______________________. Thus, when Mr. Spencer tells him that life is a game he states “if you get on the side where all the hot shots are then it’s a game” (Salinger 8). He believes the world to be a mere collection of all of the so called phonies that he despises, so he "holds" back to avoid becoming a part of the ugliness that surrounds him. Thus his name "Holden" accurately portrays his inability to integrate himself within society due to high ideals for it.…
In one point of our lives, we've all experienced or felt an ambivalence towards someone or something. It could possibly be this new type of food you’ve just tried out, it could also be about the general aspect of life. The facts that you were once told about when you were young, are now something you're unsure about. This is how Holden sees the world around him. He views others by describing them as putting on a facade, and that truly disgust's him.…
The Catcher in the Rye is a story about a teenage boy named Holden Caulfield and has many themes. Some of them include insanity, phoniness, childhood, and sex. Throughout the story Holden criticizes people and labels them “phonies”. Ironically, in The Catcher in the Rye, Holden acts phony in many ways which one can see through his thoughts, words and actions. Because of this Holden cannot have functioning relationships with others, and it take a toll on him.…
Holden shows maturity before leaving school since he went to go to his favorite teacher at Pencey. He wanted to tell him he was leaving himself since he actually cares about him and plus he knows he is a wise man so he wants to get some advice. Old Spencer tells him something that did not sit well with Holden. Spencer told him:“Life is a game. Life is a game that one plays according to rules.”…
Holden becomes upset when others lie or fake something but he does the same thing all the time. The entire novel he is judging others, trying to pinpoint their life by how they act. Holden calls out his classmates for being phony but then when he leaves he creates an alias for himself with new characteristics and everything, showing he wants to be fake. Every person he meets thinks he’s someone else. When he was on the train, he told a lady he was a janitor at his old school and on other occasions he lies about his name and face.…
In Holden’s eyes, the adult world is filled with lies and deceit. He despises those who look or act differently than they normally do and dislikes actors because “they…