His Last Walk

Innocence doesn't last How old can kids be and still be considered innocent? In the novel, The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger, which is narrated by Holden, takes the reader through his life as a junior as he gets kicked out of his private school Pencey. Holden decides that he no longer needs school. Holden wants to move far away from the city where no one knows him. Before holden leaves he stays in the city for four days. During these four days he learns something important about what he…

character Holden Caulfield struggles with conformity throughout the novel as he is often pressured to do things he is opposed to but society deems acceptable and expected of someone his age, many of which he conforms to. Throughout the novel, Holden is characterized as a very hypocritical character, which often highlights his unintentional conformity. For example, he often labels people as “phonies” and continues to describe their pretentious attitudes, yet later contradicts himself by…

protagonist Holden experiences the tragic loss of his brother Allie, Catcher in the rye teaches the readers not to look what is on the surface but to look what's underneath it. Holden Caulfield suffers from Post Traumatic Disorder, he has a plethora of factors which have caused this disorder. The most important factor is his younger brother, Allie's death Due to leukemia. Holden is like any teenage boy who acts out because he doesn't know how to cope with his loss which people see him as insane…

the Rye by J.D. Salinger is about a young boy named Holden Caulfield. Holden is struggling with coping with his brothers death and also is very angry at the world which gets him into multiple conflicts. Salinger shows throughout the book that dreams can be good and bad and that Holden appears to be morally superior to other he has been acquainted to in his life. When Holden runs away from his fourth school he encounters many people that try to take advantage of him. Some of these people include…

secluded myself and I also even put on that brave smile. In The Catcher in the Rye Holden handles it it his own way. He tries to fit in, he wants to do stuff kids his age do like drink, smoke, and party. When first reading the story you think Holden is just a slacker who doesn't care about school, but when getting into the book you realize that Holden doing bad in school mostly has to do with the loss of his brother. Most parents should realize something that is happening to their son, but…

PTSD is a disorder that develops in some people who have seen or lived through a shocking, or dangerous event. In Holden’s case the cause of his PTSD could be the death of his younger brother Allie. The first instance where Holden shows this disorder is the night Allie died and how he was sent to the hospital, “I was only thirteen, and they were going to have my psychoanalyzed and all, because I broke all…

Holden envies the idea of childhood and holds onto his immaturity and childlike fantasies in order to escape the reality of growing up into a world full of “phonies.” This is proven by how much Holden brings up the duck pond he visited as a child, wondering where the ducks go in the winter. He says, “I was wondering where the ducks went when the lagoon got all icy and frozen over. I wondered if some guy came in a truck and took them away to the zoo or something. Or if they just flew away” (18).…

adventures. Hazel Levesque learns how to use the Mist (magic); Piper McClean fights Khione and the Boreas by herself; Leo Valdez meets Calypso and falls in love; Nico di Angelo confronts his crush towards Percy in front of Cupid and Jason; Jason Grace controls venti, wind spirits; Frank receives a blessing from his father, Mars, god of war, and is…

emphasises Caulfield’s obsession of keeping the younger children ‘pure’ and positions the reader to feel positive of his intentions towards the children. The protective feeling Caulfield has of the children demonstrates his own coming of age, that the exploration of the children’s innocence and how much he wants to preserve it indicates that he is growing up and reached a stage of his life where he realises he can make a difference. Caulfield feels mentally, socially and personally isolated…

Holden has profound difficulty in accepting the inevitable, which in turn delays any form of progression towards adulthood. Caulfield’s rite of passage is at last accomplished through the occurrence of independent events that allowed for an epiphany in the form of the Central Park carousel in the last lines of the novel. Consequent release from his pessimistic, childish…