Maribel Gonzalez
Mrs. Maggert
English III
3 October 2016
Stuck Between Two Worlds
Holden suffers from depression and anxiety. He carries so much pain in his heart and obsesses over his little brother’s death who died of leukemia and that prevents him from wanting to grow up. He also shows anger and deception by his actions. Holden is stuck between childhood and adulthood because he hasn’t fully dealt with the loss of his little brother, Allie.
Allie was the bullet that triggered Holden’s downfall. That breakdown led to failing in schools he attended. He’s been kicked out from numerous of schools from his poor academics due to his depression. When he got kicked out of Pencey, he decided to leave early to get away from the phonies. Everybody …show more content…
When he finds himself in New York City, he has the need to talk to people which leads to new relationships with new people. When he runs into a problem, running away is the best option for Holden. During the journey, Holden sees everything in a new way, he starts to feel lonely that leads to depression. He wants to start over and leave everything behind. He shows that he is lonely because he is traveling on his own and continues on an endless journey, yet he still keeps running away from his surroundings. Holden wants to distance himself from people as far as possible so that he never has to experience the pain of loving someone and then losing them again because what happened to Alle he cannot take another heartbreak.He wants to get away from Phoebe from possibly losing her or watching her grow up so he wants to stay away from her as far as possible. When she wants to accompany him he can't bear ruining her life by letting her come with him or by leaving without …show more content…
Holden has the desire to be the catcher in the rye, because he wants to protect children’s innocence before they fall or grow up into adults. Throughout the book, Holden calls every adult or anyone who isn’t a kid pony. Anyone who has been exposed to the adult world is phony through Holden’s eyes. He admits that it bothers him that Allie’s dead while everyone gets to keep living and experiencing new things. “That’s what nearly drove me crazy. All the visitors could get in their cars and turn on their radios and all and then go someplace nice for dinner-everybody except for Allie.”(Salinger 156). He can’t connect with others because he’s too busy in his own little world wanting to be the catcher in the rye. All he literally wants to do is save other children’s innocence. Preventing them to go over the edge because he couldn’t save someone as special as Allie. “I’d just rather be the catcher and the rye and all. I know it’s crazy, but that’s the only thing I'd really like to be.”(Salinger 173). While Holden’s dream is unrealistic, no one can actually stop children from growing up and shield them from the problems that go with
Mrs. Maggert
English III
3 October 2016
Stuck Between Two Worlds
Holden suffers from depression and anxiety. He carries so much pain in his heart and obsesses over his little brother’s death who died of leukemia and that prevents him from wanting to grow up. He also shows anger and deception by his actions. Holden is stuck between childhood and adulthood because he hasn’t fully dealt with the loss of his little brother, Allie.
Allie was the bullet that triggered Holden’s downfall. That breakdown led to failing in schools he attended. He’s been kicked out from numerous of schools from his poor academics due to his depression. When he got kicked out of Pencey, he decided to leave early to get away from the phonies. Everybody …show more content…
When he finds himself in New York City, he has the need to talk to people which leads to new relationships with new people. When he runs into a problem, running away is the best option for Holden. During the journey, Holden sees everything in a new way, he starts to feel lonely that leads to depression. He wants to start over and leave everything behind. He shows that he is lonely because he is traveling on his own and continues on an endless journey, yet he still keeps running away from his surroundings. Holden wants to distance himself from people as far as possible so that he never has to experience the pain of loving someone and then losing them again because what happened to Alle he cannot take another heartbreak.He wants to get away from Phoebe from possibly losing her or watching her grow up so he wants to stay away from her as far as possible. When she wants to accompany him he can't bear ruining her life by letting her come with him or by leaving without …show more content…
Holden has the desire to be the catcher in the rye, because he wants to protect children’s innocence before they fall or grow up into adults. Throughout the book, Holden calls every adult or anyone who isn’t a kid pony. Anyone who has been exposed to the adult world is phony through Holden’s eyes. He admits that it bothers him that Allie’s dead while everyone gets to keep living and experiencing new things. “That’s what nearly drove me crazy. All the visitors could get in their cars and turn on their radios and all and then go someplace nice for dinner-everybody except for Allie.”(Salinger 156). He can’t connect with others because he’s too busy in his own little world wanting to be the catcher in the rye. All he literally wants to do is save other children’s innocence. Preventing them to go over the edge because he couldn’t save someone as special as Allie. “I’d just rather be the catcher and the rye and all. I know it’s crazy, but that’s the only thing I'd really like to be.”(Salinger 173). While Holden’s dream is unrealistic, no one can actually stop children from growing up and shield them from the problems that go with