In The Perks of Being Wallflower and Catcher in the Rye, both of the protagonists seem to be has anger management problems in other words ‘passive aggressive’ which can be seen from many different points. Passive aggressive people tend to hide their anger and feelings from others only to take it out on something else. In Charlie’s case, Sam “really did look sad, and [he] wished [he] could have made her feel better, but sometimes, [...] you just can't.” (Chbosky 123). He grieves with Sam’s grieves and keeps everything inside of him, which will rise to the surface after some time and make him an unstable person. Likewise It can be clearly seen when Charlie gets totally fed up with Mary Elizabeth. He cannot confess his feelings to her until
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When they meet before Holden leaves, Phoebe wants to go with him but Holden says “Shut up” to his beloved sister. “I mean I didn't mean to tell her[Phoebe] to shut up and all, but I thought I was going to pass out again.”(Salinger 227). Even though Phoebe is one of the few people that Holden truly loves and finds innocent, Holden behaves rudely towards her because he doesn’t want his sister or any other kids to lose their innocence as he mentioned to Phoebe that: “ I'd just be the catcher in the rye and all.”( Salinger 191). He wants to stand on the edge of cliff and save children(innocence) metaphorically. He hates the fact that if his sister goes with him, she will become like him and will leave the innocence she already has behind. Holden has a secret anger to himself and instead of expressing it, he consoles himself. Besides, in the case of Stradlater, after Stradlater's date with Jane, he smokes to irritate Stradlater and provoke him to talk about Jane. “ I ignored him.[Stradlater] I really did. I went right on smoking like a madman.”(Salinger 47),Because Holden is jealous of Jane and tries to suppress his anger and envy inside himself by directing his anger towards Stradlater. He denies to show that he is actually angry to himself because he didn’t communicate with Jane since Stradlater did what he wanted to do first. In conclusion, both characters have anger management problems, which can be differentiate as Charlie leaves this anger inside unlike Holden, who redirects his anger from one thing to
When they meet before Holden leaves, Phoebe wants to go with him but Holden says “Shut up” to his beloved sister. “I mean I didn't mean to tell her[Phoebe] to shut up and all, but I thought I was going to pass out again.”(Salinger 227). Even though Phoebe is one of the few people that Holden truly loves and finds innocent, Holden behaves rudely towards her because he doesn’t want his sister or any other kids to lose their innocence as he mentioned to Phoebe that: “ I'd just be the catcher in the rye and all.”( Salinger 191). He wants to stand on the edge of cliff and save children(innocence) metaphorically. He hates the fact that if his sister goes with him, she will become like him and will leave the innocence she already has behind. Holden has a secret anger to himself and instead of expressing it, he consoles himself. Besides, in the case of Stradlater, after Stradlater's date with Jane, he smokes to irritate Stradlater and provoke him to talk about Jane. “ I ignored him.[Stradlater] I really did. I went right on smoking like a madman.”(Salinger 47),Because Holden is jealous of Jane and tries to suppress his anger and envy inside himself by directing his anger towards Stradlater. He denies to show that he is actually angry to himself because he didn’t communicate with Jane since Stradlater did what he wanted to do first. In conclusion, both characters have anger management problems, which can be differentiate as Charlie leaves this anger inside unlike Holden, who redirects his anger from one thing to