Holden Bowler

Occasionally teens do not want to face adulthood and have trouble going through adolescence. J.D. Salinger in The Catcher in the Rye reveals how one teenager, Holden Caulfield, avoids the adult world and have desire to disappear. Salinger often uses language of depression and name-calling to express Holden's fear of growing up and need to escape. Holden constantly feels depressed throughout the novel because he does not find himself in the adult world. Before a conversation with two grown girls…

I, Dr.Jared Grizzle, diagnose Holden Caulfield as a normal teenage boy that is just going through stuff. Though I initially believed that Holden suffered from depression but upon further sessions with Mr.Caulfield it became clear that he is just a normal teenage boy because of his desire for independence, like majority of teenage boys he thinks about sex a lot, and Mr.Caulfield meets the following criteria, according to the DSM-V, for said diagnosis: Mr.Caulfield like most teens has the desire…

Spragans English 2 HP 13 October 2015 Catcher in the Rye: Themes Holden experienced many events in his life that cause him to lose his innocence. One such occurrence was the loss of his younger brother, Allie. These events resulted in him feeling a need to protect other from the harsh reality of the world. This is most clearly demonstrated when Holden’s sister, Phoebe, questions him on what he wants to do with his life. Holden respond “I keep picturing all these little kids playing some game in…

Comparing and Contrasting Phoebe and Holden In the novel, The Catcher in the Rye, J.D. Salinger shows many differences between Holden and Phoebe, and although there are not many, also similarities. Holden Caulfield shows many characteristics of not being mentally stable through his pessimistic comments, while Phoebe seems to be one of the only Stable people in this book. Although holden not nearly as innocent as Phoebe he still maintains a childlike mind and that is one of the few…

the Rye’ is a 1951 first person novel by J.D Salinger, depicting the life of Holden Caulfield. The protagonist Holden, became well known in the 1950’s as the majority of the audience could relate to his alienation and disillusionment. The book is based around a very short yet critical time in Holden’s life which mainly took place in New York, during a period of only three days. My interpretation of the book identifies Holden as a very confused sixteen year old boy, who doesn't exactly know what…

and the boy in Catcher´s name was Holden. When these 2 boys finally see their importance in society, they then work to give the society what it was lacking. These 2 stories are similar because they both have people that have trouble accepting themselves. Two characters who face the trouble are Holden and Betty. Holden´s trouble of accepting himself comes up 2 times in the story. One time was when Phoebe had his red hunting hat and put it on his head and when Holden was watching Phoebe on the…

novel, The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger, Holden is typical highschool boy, except for the part about how he has been kicked out of four schools. Also, that everyone in his life either does not like him very much or is dead. He doesn’t have any real friends, besides his little sister, Phoebe. He loves Phoebe, and his dead brother, Allie. His roommate, Stradlater, is a jerk. His old friend Sally, does not really want anything to do with him. Holden is a very negative person, who complains…

D. Salinger, Holden Caulfield deviates from society’s expectations and feels alienation and loneliness. Salinger conveys this theme by using language patterns such as Language of depression and Name-calling through Holden has a lot of denial and anger inside of him, resulting in anger. Holden uses name calling to take out his anger on others, while he is mad at himself. Here, Stradlater gets mad at Holden for writing his composition on Allie’s baseball glove. Stradlater pins Holden to the…

place over the span of a few days in New York, and the readers follow Salinger's main character, Holden Caulfield, as he navigates the transition from childhood to adulthood. During this difficult time, Holden is rejected by taxi drivers, strangers, and peers. Holden reacts by abusing alcohol, contemplating suicide, and falling into a deep depression. Through the book, there are many moments were Holden contemplates suicide. There are also a few instances where he is drunk, and he’s depressed…

song “Falling From You,” in many ways applies to Holden Caulfield in J.D. Salinger’s novel, The Catcher in the Rye. The lyric “Nothing but drama, holding on strong to making me feel your woes,” applies to Holden. In the novel, Holden deals with the consequences of the death of his younger brother Allie. “I was only thirteen, and they were going to have me psychoanalyzed and all, because I broke all the windows in the garage” (Salinger 38-39). Holden could not yet understand what had happened to…