Holden Caulfield Mental Health Essay

In The Catcher in the Rye, Salinger explains faith, relationships, and immaturity. Holden Caulfield is a sixteen year old in 1946 that attends a private school. Holden expresses very little faith in The Catcher in The Rye. Holden tells us not long after the story begins that he is writing the story not long after the events happen and that he is in some sort of asylum (Brooks). Holden’s overall attitudes about his life is actually very negative and he acts as if he has no faith in him ever…

The Catcher in the Rye is written about a boy, Holden Caulfield, around the 1950’s in an institution in California. Salinger makes clear in the beginning that he is troubled in some way because he 's already attended two other private schools, Whooton and Elkton, but unfortunately got kicked out of both. We find this out when Holden is explaining he also got kicked out if his present school Pencey Prep for not applying himself academically even though they have warned him what would happen if he…

S.E. Hinton’s book The Outsiders certainly has many elements that are rooted in the outcast mentality that Holden simultaneously embraces and uses as a shield. That questioning of conformity that both Ponyboy and Holden do so well. As well as the feeling of isolation even when surrounded by people. The need for someone, anyone to just stick around and listen. Ponyboy describes himself at the beginning, as a book…

published 1951 displays many elements of how youth is longed to be preserved. Holden Caulfield who is the narrator and main protagonist of the story is the biggest contributor to this theme in the novel. Other characters, such as Allie and Phoebe Caulfield, also display the ideology that youth is precious. Holden’s little sister Phoebe is still in her youth throughout the novel. The reader observes how much Holden admires his sister and how she perceives the world around her. Phoebe is…

Catcher in the Rye, a novel written by J.D. Salinger, is a book about a young adult who has trouble dealing with his education and his personal life. Holden, the main character of the book, is conflicted on how to tell his family about getting kicked out of yet, another school. The novel Jack written by A.M. Homes is about a boy named Jack who is having trouble coping with the idea of his dad being gay and how he believes that this has ruined his family. They’re many challenges that people face…

which they may relate to as they journey through their teenage struggles. Teens often face many hardships as they grow up into adults, feeling as if they become ostracized from society. While teens may feel as if they have no one to relate or talk to, Holden gives teens a relatable outlet in which they may draw similarities to within their hardships. We see an example of Holden's struggle, as he wanders through the empty streets of New York, he expresses his loneliness, describing, “New York’s…

Bryan Alvizures March 6,2018 Mr. Amoroso. Period 9 Concept questions 3 In the play “Fences” by August Wilson, Troy(the main character) has a a type of dualistic nature within him. Sometimes he teaches lessons while sometimes he shows complete anger and no control. On page 66 he states “ I’m trying to find a way to tell you ...I’m gonna be a daddy. I’m gonna be somebody’s daddy.” Troy is showing himself as a person who doesn’t respect his wife and went out to have a baby with…

The Catcher in the Rye is a story about a boy who is named Holden who struggles in life and making his own decisions but, he finally gets his life straightened out after he’s in a mental hospital. The Catcher In the Rye By: J.D. Salinger is a story about a teenager who is explaining his life story while he is in an Asylum. He has three things besides Phoebe that helps him get through his struggles including, The red hunting Cap, Allie’s Baseball Mitt and the Carousel these all represent…

Holden begins his story at Pencey Preparatory, an exclusive private school (fictional, though based on Salinger's own experience at Valley Forge Military Academy) in Agerstown, Pennsylvania, on the Saturday afternoon of the traditional football game with rival school Saxon Hall. Holden ends up missing the game. As manager of the fencing team, he loses their equipment on a New York City subway train that morning, resulting in the cancellation of a match. He goes to the home of his history teacher…

with the story of Holden Caulfield. Holden, when he is depressed and/or feeling lost, he turns to his red hunting hat for comfort. In the novel Salinger writes about this hat Holden buys on his way back from New York, “It was this Red hunting hat, with one of those very very long peaks…” (17-18). When Holden was feeling uncomfortable while he was in the cab, he put on his hat to calm his nerves “I’d put my red hunting hat on in the cab for the hell of it but took it…