Crazy Eddie

Many people do not struggle with going into adulthood. People are wanting to be able to be an adult and do what they want. They do not want to follow other adults rules or their parent's rules. But in J.D. Salinger's novel The Catcher in the Rye, Holden Caulfield does not want to go into adulthood. He does not want to deal with all the adult responsibilities. Holden from The Catcher in the Rye struggles a lot with staying a child and becoming an adult, Holden is always connecting his thoughts…

The Reason Behind Holden’s Behavior Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder is a disorder caused by people experiencing an unusual and frightening event that overwhelms their ability to cope with the stress. The book, Catcher in the Rye, by JD Salinger is about a seventeen-year-old boy named Holden Caulfield, who wants to preserve the innocence of children. He has seen the adult world and resents to enter it, ever since he dropped out of his high school. Holden wants to resist change because he fears…

“Grow up” We’ve all heard it before. Maybe it was your parents or siblings who muttered it under their breath with dissatisfaction. You hated hearing it, but deep down you knew they were right. Holden, the main character, in J.D Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye fortifies the idea of preserving innocence throughout the novel. In an age where kids are trying their hardest to grow up as fast as they can, I agree with Holden. I think it is important to always have that childlike side to you, no…

Then Phoebe says, “It if a body meets a body…” Later Holden claims, “Anyway, I keep picturing all these little kids playing some game… Thousands of little kids, and nobody’s around- nobody big, I mean- except me. And I am standing on the edge of some crazy cliff. What do I have to do, I have to come out from somewhere and catch them”(191). This quote show that Holden firmly believes that if kids are not caught falling off the cliff, or doing something wrong, he would have the feeling to save…

Throughout The Catcher in the Rye, written by J.D. Salinger, we see the narrator, Holden Caulfield, sink deeper and deeper into his mental instability. This began when Holden lost his brother, and went on as he started his adventure, fearing he would lose the rest of his family as well. Though this causes him not to be a very reliable source, it does make him more relatable to the book’s teenage audience. In your teenage years, you begin to question not only yourself, but the world around you,…

“If a body catch a body comin’ thro the rye”. This quote is relevant because it is the song that holden said he wanted to be when grew up. In J. D. Salinger novel Catcher In The Rye is about a kid named Holden Caulfield is about a sixteen year old boy that has trouble with his sex life and also struggle with his life because he had a tragic accident when he was young. This accident was when his brother Allie past away, he had a huge impact in Holden's life because Allies Death mentioned many…

“Little Shirley Beans” In The Catcher in the Rye, there are many symbols to represent something with a much greater meaning. “Little Shirley Beans” could be an example of a symbol in this novel by J.D Salinger. “Little Shirley Beans” is a record Holden wanted to buy for his younger sister Phoebe. Holden heard this album while he was at Pencey and he just knew Phoebe would ‘get a kick out of it’. The record was hard to get, but he just had to get it for Phoebe. The record costed him five…

The great American novel The Catcher in the Rye, by JD Salinger, accurately portrays American society through the eyes of its protagonist, Holden Caulfield. Upon being published, this novel was one of the most controversial of the time, causing adults to rise up in outrage over the ideas the novel represents. What these people were not willing to accept was that this novel in fact represented American society and its ideas. Some may say that the view of America that Holden gives in the novel is…

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D Salinger centers around a boy named Holden. Throughout the book Holden is depressed and is having a hard time fitting in. He lost his brother at a young age. He has been expelled kicked out of four schools and is scared to face his parents. He then goes to New York to try to escape the loneliness. In Holden’s case, all of these events bring him down and lead him to self harm and depression, but as J.D Salinger shows us this can all be overcome by letting someone…

The Catcher in the Rye is a book that has been famous for years, for its main character Holden Caulfield. The book is about a series of events that took place in his life told by himself in the past tense. By writing this book through Holden’s point of view, the reader gets a much deeper sense of who Holden Caulfield is as a person. Right from the start, it is made obvious that Holden is struggling in his school life, his social life, his romantic life, and with his family. Holden resents…