Holden Caulfield

Latina 1 Mr. Salazar Pre-AP English 4 18 April, 2016 Holden Caulfield Does Change I mentioned to one of my teachers that I was reading The Catcher in the Rye, and the first thing he most likely thought of was the main character as he said: “Holden Caulfield, a lost soul!” ...But he was only a lost soul until the end. This most well known bildungsroman by J.D. Salinger is about this identifiable character, Holden, and the truth of what he had been through and what had happened…

short comings act as fuel for many of his mental ramblings, and social interactions. Obsessed with finding “phonies” the main character Holden Caulfield often times causes himself mental anguish with this obsession. Constantly angering himself over the actions of others, actions that may not even affect him in the slightest. One could denote that Holden Caulfield suffers from a condition called Misanthropy “A condition characterized by a need for solitude, and skepticism about the nobility of…

School, Holden Caulfield, the protagonist of the novel, takes a 48-hour trip to New York in order to avoid confronting his parents until Wednesday, when he is supposed to arrive home. Throughout his journey, Holden meets many different types of people and has some revelations about himself. Although mentioned numerous times throughout the book, Holden Caulfield is not in love with Jane Gallagher because does not have any knowledge her now and he avoided talking to her. Holden Caulfield is not…

This becomes apparent in J.D Salinger’s “The Catcher in the Rye”. In the novel, the narrator Holden Caulfield, is telling a story about two days of his life. The whole story is about Holden dealing with the past and becoming spiritually mature as he tells the story while at the mental hospital. To be honest, I don't think Holden is a typical teenager compared to me. Before I talk about why I don't think Holden is a typical teenager, lets talk about what makes a typical teenager. According to…

Undergoing emotional turmoil, Holden Caulfield a 16 year old ex student at Pencey Prep talks about the “madman” events around Christmas, that has brought him to receive help at a mental hospital. Holden is having a tremendous difficulty trying to surpass his emotional turmoil, and struggles dealing with the phoniness of the world. With the fact that someday he will have to grow up leaving his innocent young life, to become some phony adult wearing a suit, carrying a briefcase, riding to work in…

have behavioral problems that can affect their lives and how the live in a negative way. For some people, like Holden Caulfield, other factors such as a death of a relative can cause problems in a teenager’s life. When Holden was thirteen his younger brother, Allie, died due to leukemia which caused Holden to become fixated at the age of thirteen and have the behavioral problems he has. Holden is very overdramatic and also very outspoken which causes him to get hurt in some way whether it’s…

If there’s one thing Holden Caulfield hates most, it’s phonies. Throughout the whole novel, Holden points out when someone is being phony or being fake, being precise with every detail. Most people he comes across happen to be “phony” or doing phony things. Regardless of what Holden may say or think about others, he is also a phony. Everytime he speaks to someone a lie comes out and he’s often portrayed doing phony things. By calling others phonies, it makes it easier for him to deal with…

Patient: Holden CaulfieldDoctor: Robert Barnett Psy.D.Case #: 1234Admission: March 20, 1948Date of Report: March 23, 1948 The patient, Holden Caulfield, has been admitted to my facility by his parents and by suggestion of his sister two days ago, because he has recently been expelled from his school due to academic failure, depression and alcoholism. He is the middle child of three children. The patient is a heavy smoker and drinker. There are no unstable members of his family. While…

everything Holden encounters he refers to as phony. He does not like anything fake, especially when people act like something they are really not. Holden is so confused about the phoniness that he fails to realize that he himself is just as guilty of being phony as everyone else around him. Holden desires someone to care about, but his constant lookout for phoniness in people makes it hard for him to make any sort of connection. In a world of so much confusion and loneliness, all Holden wants in…

cases, the dynamic character of the novel is the protagonist. In this case, it is the same for this novel. Holden Caulfield is the main character of The Catcher in the Rye and he develops quite a lot throughout the novel. Most of these changes that he goes through are abstruse to realize at first glance but at further inspection, you realize that Holden matures a lot throughout the novel. Holden begins off as an eleventh grader in high school who attends Penecy Prep. He is then kicked out of the…