Poverty In Catcher In The Rye

There are several different clear examples of different types poverty given through my experiences in english and through my time at Sacred Heart Cathedral. Through my trip to St. Anthony's I got a first hand look at economical poverty and deprivation. 12 Angry Men the son of the bigot juror is beat by his father which leads to social and emotional deprivation because he has created this hatred between himself and his son. And in The Catcher in the Rye we can see another form of poverty through the emotional and social deprivation because of the type of person he is and his negative outlook on most of the world. All these types of poverty can severely impact people on many levels both physically, emotionally, and spiritually. First there is a very visible example of poverty through both economic and physical deprivation of the body of food, healthcare, and the effect of drugs on people. These people at St. Anthony's have are mostly unable to find jobs to care for themselves for various reasons and escape the suffering of physical and economical deprivation. Even though these people are unable to find jobs or have drug problems they still, in many cases, are what we could consider "normal" and are simply struggling to find a living and take …show more content…
Because Holden has a very negative outlook on most of the world, and potentially a mental health issue, we can see that he suffers from emotional and spiritual poverty and deprivation because he struggle with perceived flaws of people he meets and cannot get past these things which leaves him alone in the world with the exception of his family. This causes him to suffer emotionally and be alone in the world. He also suffers spiritually because he feels that the loss of innocence of children is such a bad thing and it affects at a personal level and causes him to struggle with the