Catcher

What is adulthood? Biologically adulthood is after a person hits puberty, yet politically it is the day one turns 18 and their parents no longer are responsible for their care. However, none of these really describe adulthood. The novel, Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger is about a rebellious prep-school teenager trying to navigate into the life of a mature adult. Like adulthood, Holden struggles to find what maturity really is. He struggles to realize that maturity is not something that just…

At the beginning, Holden is shown as innocence for most of the book which is related to his struggle with growing up. But as the story progresses, Holden must learn maturity for himself and learn to move on eventually though there are going to be circumstances that may come with a price. In this case, he can’t accept the death of Allie, which is shown as a death of innocence that had no good reason to die. In the beginning of the book when Allie, “got leukemia and died…on July 18, 1946” when…

This quote was interesting because it revealed a more childish and curious side to Holden’s typical angsty character. Salinger uses the ducks in the pack as a metaphor to represent change, something Holden fears, due to them migrating during different seasons. Holden question of where will the ducks go, is actually a question for his future after running away from Pencey. This resonates with since I share the same question of “What will happen to me in the future” due to college being just…

Holden really wouldn’t go away with Sally because he only likes her for her looks. Sally is not the kind of girl Holden would want to take. His ideal girl to go to Vermont would be Jane because he truly loves how Jane plays the game strategically and she is a very natural person. As Holden says he “probably wouldn’t’ve taken her even if she’d wanted to go with [him]. She wouldn’t have been anybody to go with” (174). Holden also says that she is a “royal pain in the ass” (173). Plus afterward he…

relationship overtime between you and maybe a character that experienced some sort of hardship. You will remember this type of book. It is a book that to you, is almost certainly one of good composure. Holden Caulfield is the main character in The Catcher in the Rye. One of the reasons this…

Teen Depression IS Relevant During the 1950’s, 6% of teenagers experienced depression. Today 20% of teens will experience depression before adulthood. That’s 1 in every 5 teens versus in the 1950’s where the rate was 1 in every 17 teens. The Catcher in the Rye is completely relevant to today's teens, if not more relevant than in was when it was written. The amount of teenagers that experience depression has tripled since the 1950’s, therefore this book is relevant to the teens today who…

Imagine staying young forever and not being able to grow into an adult. This novel “The Catcher in the Rye”, by J.D. Salinger is about a certain teeager named Holden Caulfield, who struggles accepting the growth of life and wished kids would never grow into the adult “phony” hood. “Boy, i felt miserable. I felt so depressed, you can’t even imagine.”, Holden was going through a lot of problems which most teenagers can relate to. This story makes you feel like you’re in the life of Holden…

In J.D Stalinger’s novel, the catcher in the rye, Holden Caulfield is a sixteen year old boy terrified of adulthood. He is resenting the changes in his life and The novel is told from his perspective as he looks back on a bleak December before he entered the institution where he is now. The ending of The Catcher in the Rye is ambiguous and that appropriately concludes the novel because like Holden’s life, his story is not yet over. The tone of the ending of the catcher in the rye is hopeful…

In J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye, scholars tend to agree that Holden Caulfield feels inferior towards others, which lowers his self-esteem, so in order to gain confidence with himself, he feels the need to be superior. Finally, in the article, Anna Freud and J.D. Salinger’s Holden Caulfield by Robert Coles, Coles introduces a new way of how Holden Caulfield is superior. Coles and Freud discuss different ways Holden Caulfield influences our youth and how that makes him superior…

Empathy is defined as the ability to understand and share the feelings of another. Throughout J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye, main character and narrator Holden Caulfield displays a deep desire for someone to simply hear him out. In his eye, the world is simply a bunch of “phonies” who are, for lack of better words, too self-involved and egocentric to listen to anybody. He may be the only person to ever pay for a prostitute with the mere purpose of having someone to talk to. In his…