Who Is The Most Important Character In Holden's Life

Many people were significant during the life of Holden Caulfield. The three main people I feel were important were his younger brother Allie, his younger sister Phoebe, and his old English teacher from Elkton Hills, Mr. Antolini. Allie his younger brother ended up passing away from leukemia. When Allie passed away, he left Holden his baseball mitt with many different poems on it written in green ink. Allie was very intelligent and sweet boy. Holden loved his brother but when Allie past away he was very nervous to love anyone they way he loved his brother in fear of losing them too. It left Holden in a position where he was very nervous to put his love out there because he thinks they will just disappear. When Holden talked about Allie he always mentioned his red hair. When he past away Holden took it very hard, that night he didn’t sleep in his bed he slept in the garbage and broke all of the windows by punching them. Allie meant so much to Holden and when he lost him, Holden was devastated. …show more content…
She was very intelligent and mature for her age. Phoebe knew something about Holden that the parents didn’t know; he was having a hard time dealing with reality. Holden was very kind, respectful, and loved spending all the time he could with her. Holden treated her with more respect than anyone else in his life. When Phoebe realized how much Holden was struggling, she wanted to do anything to help him. Toward the end when Holden is not able to deal with the world around him and thinks about running away, it was Phoebe that stopped him. Phoebe knew there was something wrong and wanted to go with him but the parents wouldn’t let her. Holden knew how much Phoebe cared about him and knew how much she helped him. He stays behind because he can’t accept the fact that if he runs away, Phoebe will be hurt and will suffer. It showed how Holden had grown and