Holden Bowler

Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye, 16 year old Holden is telling the readers about the events that happen in his life after he is kicked out of Pencey Preparatory school and finds himself back in his hometown, New York City. He gives readers insight to the struggle and depression he goes through that is solely caused by the grief he is dealing with. He is so caught up in the innocence of childhood that he does not want to enter the world of adulthood. Holden claims this world is full of…

Catcher in the Rye is a book about a boy named Holden Caulfield. Now Holden isn't an ordinary boy: He's been kicked out of multiple boarding schools; flirts with older women; and somehow managed to end up in some sort of mental hospital by the beginning of the book. Or chronologically rather, the end, it's all a flashback of sorts; it's Holden telling his story the way he sees it. But Holden's biggest issue is the idea of the word "phony,"—a word so vague and versatile he applies it to…

judgement. Holden, the sixteen year-old boy with internal struggles of the human nature, is the main character of The Catcher in the Rye; a novel written by J.D. Salinger. Holden often fights his vexation against people with fake, shallow, hypocritical, inauthentic, and superficial personalities; by criticizing them all in one word, “phony”. Someone phony often times shows their fake, thin personality, when trying to impress someone. Throughout The Catcher in the Rye, Salinger…

portrays Holden Caulfield to be like any teenage boy in the 1950s, a perverted, alcoholic smoker, who just wants to be on his own. Although Holden may seem like he wants to grow up, in actuality, throughout the novel, Holden is trying to escape adulthood in its totality. However, Holden is willing to grow up to preserve childhood and protect children from the dangers and corruption that come along with maturity. Holden sees adulthood as a horribly twisted stage of life that one must avoid.…

Catcher in the Rye, Holden Caulfield demonstrates as an example of a drop out student. As a sixteen years old teenager striving in New York in the 1940s, Holden frequently mentions his loneliness and depression as he repetitively faces problems that he is unable to resolve, which build up his sickness over time. Initially, the motif of “Loneliness” appears when Holden isolates himself from friends and classmates to feel the protection. Then the motif of “Depression” comes in as Holden fails to…

that causes a persistent feeling of sadness and loss of interest in everyday activities. This is the word that comes to mind when i think of Holden Caulfield's mental state. In the book The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger, Holden has traits of depression and is a recurring theme throughout the novel. For instance, in the beginning of the book, Holden explains, “What I was really hanging around for, I was trying to feel some kind of good-by. I mean I’ve left schools and places I didn't even…

4 April 2018 Understanding the Mind of Holden Caulfield The inner workings of the human mind is hard to understand, especially if it is a teenager who we are trying to understand. Although life as a teenager is chaotic, many of us have not gone through what Holden Caulfield has. With the many series of events the readers of the novel, The Catcher in the Rye, written by J.D Salinger could come to the conclusion that these all were the reason as to why Holden is the way he is. The readers believe…

The Catcher In The Rye by J.D. Salinger Holden tries to be the ‘catcher in the rye’ by keeping children from growing up too fast. Holden had a very traumatic childhood, he was sexually assaulted many times, didn’t have a choice in life, and he had to experience the death of his younger brother, Allie. Holden’s childhood traumas is the reason why he wants to be the catcher in the rye. When Holden was younger his younger brother, Allie died of leukemia. Holden took this really hard because they…

Through the hero Holden Caulfield, J.D. Salinger catches the perplexity…

Holden starts his story at Pencey Preparatory, a restrictive non-public school in Agerstown, Pennsylvania, on the Saturday evening of the conventional football game with opponent school Saxon Hall. Holden winds up missing the amusement. As administrator of the fencing group, he loses their gear on a New York City tram prepare that morning, bringing about the abrogation of a match. He goes to the home of his history educator named Mr. Spencer. Holden has been removed and isn 't to return after…