Holden’s Grief Grief is one of the only emotions that can get a pathological liar to tell the truth. That is why Holden sometimes tells the truth. He tells the truth because he has to show his true emotions about his late brother. “The Catcher in the Rye” is a 1951 novel written by J.D. Salenger, about a teenager (Holden Caulfield) who describes the events of his life in 1949. The events in “Catcher in the Rye” describes most of the problems that developing teenagers go through. A recurring theme throughout the book is Holden grieving his younger brother (Allie’s) death. In the book, I believe that Holden goes through the stages of grief for his dead brother. The stages of grief are denial/isolation, anger, bargaining, depression, and
