Holden Caulfield

Holden Caulfield and Jim Stark Holden is a depressed teen with a negative attitude towards life and people, he wants to protect kids from reality and want to protect their innocence. Jim is a good person who makes good connections with people around him, he has a complicated relationship with his family especially his father who he thinks is a coward. These two characters have important similarities and differences. Similarities include romantic relationships and family.…

Holden Caulfield’s Degenerative PTSD There are many ways that Holden goes through the symptoms and stages of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. It can be proven that Holden Caulfield has PTSD because he faces several emotional and physical symptoms of PTSD, he has a hard time overcoming the death of his brother and as a result he can not move forward in life. “Post Traumatic Stress Disorder develops after a terrifying ordeal that involved physical harm or the threat of physical harm. The…

narrator with multiple mental health issues, including depression and addiction. Holden Caulfield has shown many clinical signs of mental illness, one being depression, a serious mental illness, is known for causing constant drowsiness, good grades to drop down to failing, self harm, suicide, constant feelings of being unworthy, feeling guilty, and as though you don’t belong among the loved ones and belongings you have. Holden has a form of depression likely spawning due to the loss of his…

The symbol of the catcher in the rye was introduced in chapter 16. One kid was just simply singing a tune “If a body catch a body coming through the rye.”(150). Holden Caulfield couldn’t help, but to be flattered by the ways of this little boy. Holden Caulfield chuckles because he knows that was him one day. This same idea appears again during a conversation between him, and his little sister Phoebe. After his sister Phoebe asked him what he wanted to be his response was, “Anyway, I keep…

Catcher in the Rye, the main character, Holden Caulfield, experiences symptoms which effect his mind and body. I am diagnosing Holden Caulfield with clinical depression based on the following observed symptoms. According to WebMD, the symptoms of depression include sadness, trouble sleeping, increased fatigue, thoughts of death or suicide, mood swings, and increase in purposeless physical activity. Holden displays many of these symptoms in his behavior. Holden feels that he is on the "losing…

speculation on how autobiographical the novel is, if at all. The rumors it is have led readers since the initial launch of to wonder how similar the protagonist Holden Caulfield and J.D. Salinger the writer are. This essay explores the theory J.D. and Holden Caulfield are one through their individual traits and life events. Both Salinger and Caulfield from a from similar backgrounds based in New York. Salinger’s father ran a thriving family business of importing Kosher products. Caulfield's…

(Winston Churchill). Holden Caulfield is a sixteen year old who has few interests and went to Pencey Prep. He has been kicked out and now has to face the real world and struggles to connect with other people. In the novel Catcher in the Rye, author J.D. Salinger reveals how people in a society handle stress and breaking down from failure through the motif of Holden’s loneliness, the symbol of the museum, and the allegory of the Catcher in the Rye. To begin with, Holden Isn't the most…

J.D Salinger, the main character, Holden Caulfield, faces this exact confusion. Some scholarly critics claim that Holden Caulfield feels inferior while others argue that he feels superior. But how is this possible? To understand Holden as a character, it is important to first recognize the inferiorities that he faces. There are multiple types of inferiorities that people can experience. However, Holden’s organ inferiorities, or physical defects, are shown…

experienced by the main character, Holden Caulfield. Holden has gone through a heavy emotional burden of his younger brother, Allie’s death. Holden’s teacher, Mr. Antolini, sets him up to understand his misdirected ways as he points out Holden’s downfall. He tries to integrate the idea that Holden must ignore the corrupt society to fully experience good and positive relationships…

Holden Caulfield is an interesting character; he gives off the persona of being a tough guy who is sarcastic and witty. In chapters 21-23 though it highlights his complete obsession with innocence and maybe that he is a more compassionate, caring, and loving person than he leads on to be. You can say that one of Holden’s biggest weaknesses is his little sister, Phoebe. In chapter 21 Holden makes an attempt of returning home in which he tricks an elevator operator in getting his up to his…