Compare & Contrast essay
“Depression is when you don't care about anything. Anxiety is when you care about everything. And having both is like hell.” ~ Anonymous, this quote relates to both the protagonists in the catcher in the rye and the edge of seventeen. Depression and anxiety play a large role in Holden Caulfield and Nadine’s decision making and impact their social life and sex life. The protagonist in both the novel and the movie find the hypocrisy and ugliness of the world around him almost unbearable. Which is why the effects of depression and anxiety are seen thought out both the novel, the catcher in the rye and the movie, the edge of seventeen.
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Depression and Anxiety impact Holden and cause him to smoke and drink, while it causes Nadine to have suicidal thoughts. An example of this is when the prostitute is in his room and he noticed that she was nevous by her leg shaking. To comfort her, more than once he offers her a cigarette, but she says no, “”She sat down in the chair next to the desk again. She didn't like it, though, you could tell. She started jiggling her foot again--boy, she was a nervous girl. "Would you care for a cigarette now?" (Salinger 95) I said. I forgot she didn't smoke.””. Holden offers Sunny the cigarette because he thinks it would calm her down, like cigarettes calm him down when he is nervous or he just wants to feel better. When Nadine feels like this she feels like she wants to commit suicide and holds self hate, this is shown in the first 2 minutes of the movie when she rushes to Mr. Bruner’s classroom to tell him her suicidal thoughts. This is Nadines way of coping with her depression and anxiety and problems in her life very different than Holden’s. Another example of their differences is instead of Holden dealing with he problems he drank, this negatively affects him, but is the one of the only ways to make him calm. One night he becomes too drunk to the point where he can not see properly, he drunkenly calls Sally Hayes on the phone, and tries to conversate with her but it doesn’t work out because he’s so impaired. “"Sally? That you?" "Yes--stop screaming. Are you drunk?" "Yeah. Listen. Listen, hey. I'll come over Christmas Eve. Okay? Trimma goddarn tree for ya. Okay? Okay, hey, Sally?" "Yes. You're drunk. Go to bed now. Where are you? Who's with
“Depression is when you don't care about anything. Anxiety is when you care about everything. And having both is like hell.” ~ Anonymous, this quote relates to both the protagonists in the catcher in the rye and the edge of seventeen. Depression and anxiety play a large role in Holden Caulfield and Nadine’s decision making and impact their social life and sex life. The protagonist in both the novel and the movie find the hypocrisy and ugliness of the world around him almost unbearable. Which is why the effects of depression and anxiety are seen thought out both the novel, the catcher in the rye and the movie, the edge of seventeen.
The protagonists in the catcher and the rye and the edge of seventeen …show more content…
Depression and Anxiety impact Holden and cause him to smoke and drink, while it causes Nadine to have suicidal thoughts. An example of this is when the prostitute is in his room and he noticed that she was nevous by her leg shaking. To comfort her, more than once he offers her a cigarette, but she says no, “”She sat down in the chair next to the desk again. She didn't like it, though, you could tell. She started jiggling her foot again--boy, she was a nervous girl. "Would you care for a cigarette now?" (Salinger 95) I said. I forgot she didn't smoke.””. Holden offers Sunny the cigarette because he thinks it would calm her down, like cigarettes calm him down when he is nervous or he just wants to feel better. When Nadine feels like this she feels like she wants to commit suicide and holds self hate, this is shown in the first 2 minutes of the movie when she rushes to Mr. Bruner’s classroom to tell him her suicidal thoughts. This is Nadines way of coping with her depression and anxiety and problems in her life very different than Holden’s. Another example of their differences is instead of Holden dealing with he problems he drank, this negatively affects him, but is the one of the only ways to make him calm. One night he becomes too drunk to the point where he can not see properly, he drunkenly calls Sally Hayes on the phone, and tries to conversate with her but it doesn’t work out because he’s so impaired. “"Sally? That you?" "Yes--stop screaming. Are you drunk?" "Yeah. Listen. Listen, hey. I'll come over Christmas Eve. Okay? Trimma goddarn tree for ya. Okay? Okay, hey, Sally?" "Yes. You're drunk. Go to bed now. Where are you? Who's with