Growing up for kids can be easy or a struggle depending on their living situation and the choices that they make. In J. D. Salinger's Catcher in the Rye, Salinger displays a boy finding his meaning in society. Being a kid can be a lot harder than what people think. People can get lost when maturing, and feel like they no meaning in this world. Holden Caulfield is one of those people. Holden growing up experiences a hard time expressing and dealing with his emotions. Holden has recurring thoughts that he doesn’t really understand. Holden would often get confused about what is true morals and beliefs were.
Holden experiences a hard time expressing and dealing with his emotions. Holden would experience random outbursts of anger and extreme …show more content…
Holden either feels sorry for people or thinks they are phonies, there is almost no in between. He tries to explain his thoughts and questions but no one really understands them. In this scene this is one of the first “phonies” Holden explains; “One of the biggest reasons I left Elkton Hills was because I was surrounded by phonies. That's all. They were coming in the goddam window. For instance, they had this headmaster, Mr. Haas, that was the phoniest bastard I ever met in my life” (18). Here Holden is basically categorizing the people he likes and the people he strongly dislikes. Everyone he meets he continues to put them into categories. Holden is judgemental and straightforward with what he likes and doesn’t like and what he wants. Holden also continues ask himself a certain question that he does find the answer to until he has his realization: “ I said. "You know those ducks in that lagoon right near Central Park South? That little lake? By any chance, do you happen to know where they go, the ducks, when it gets all frozen over? Do you happen to know, by any chance"’(78)? This was a powerful quote because Holden doesn’t realize it quite yet he was starting to realize that he feels lost and needs to find his way. Here he felt like he could relate to the ducks but in the end he realized he was the ducks. In this scene he was trying to ask the taxi driver this question but the taxi driver didn’t care and was a bit …show more content…
Holden would sometimes get caught up in the moment and lose his way and question he beliefs. At the hotel one night Holden ask for a prostitute to come to his room: “Anyway, I kept walking around the room, waiting for this prostitute to show up. I kept hoping she'd be good-looking. I didn't care too much, though. I sort of just wanted to get it over with” ( ). In this scene holden just randomly invited a prostitute over and then realizes that he's doing a stupid thing that he knows aren’t his morals. In the end he didn’t end up doing anything and he just wanted to have a conversation. You see this trend a lot of Holden making a decision and then change his mind. Holden would also go back and forth about if he’s missed home: "Oh, I have a few qualms, all right. Sure. . . but not too many. Not yet, anyway. I guess it hasn't really hit me yet. It takes things a while to hit me. All I'm doing right now is thinking about going home Wednesday. I'm a moron"( ) Here you can see Holden is wrestling with his mind about if he should go home or not. He didn’t know the right answer and he had no one to talk
Holden experiences a hard time expressing and dealing with his emotions. Holden would experience random outbursts of anger and extreme …show more content…
Holden either feels sorry for people or thinks they are phonies, there is almost no in between. He tries to explain his thoughts and questions but no one really understands them. In this scene this is one of the first “phonies” Holden explains; “One of the biggest reasons I left Elkton Hills was because I was surrounded by phonies. That's all. They were coming in the goddam window. For instance, they had this headmaster, Mr. Haas, that was the phoniest bastard I ever met in my life” (18). Here Holden is basically categorizing the people he likes and the people he strongly dislikes. Everyone he meets he continues to put them into categories. Holden is judgemental and straightforward with what he likes and doesn’t like and what he wants. Holden also continues ask himself a certain question that he does find the answer to until he has his realization: “ I said. "You know those ducks in that lagoon right near Central Park South? That little lake? By any chance, do you happen to know where they go, the ducks, when it gets all frozen over? Do you happen to know, by any chance"’(78)? This was a powerful quote because Holden doesn’t realize it quite yet he was starting to realize that he feels lost and needs to find his way. Here he felt like he could relate to the ducks but in the end he realized he was the ducks. In this scene he was trying to ask the taxi driver this question but the taxi driver didn’t care and was a bit …show more content…
Holden would sometimes get caught up in the moment and lose his way and question he beliefs. At the hotel one night Holden ask for a prostitute to come to his room: “Anyway, I kept walking around the room, waiting for this prostitute to show up. I kept hoping she'd be good-looking. I didn't care too much, though. I sort of just wanted to get it over with” ( ). In this scene holden just randomly invited a prostitute over and then realizes that he's doing a stupid thing that he knows aren’t his morals. In the end he didn’t end up doing anything and he just wanted to have a conversation. You see this trend a lot of Holden making a decision and then change his mind. Holden would also go back and forth about if he’s missed home: "Oh, I have a few qualms, all right. Sure. . . but not too many. Not yet, anyway. I guess it hasn't really hit me yet. It takes things a while to hit me. All I'm doing right now is thinking about going home Wednesday. I'm a moron"( ) Here you can see Holden is wrestling with his mind about if he should go home or not. He didn’t know the right answer and he had no one to talk