Joan Caulfield

Many people were significant during the life of Holden Caulfield. The three main people I feel were important were his younger brother Allie, his younger sister Phoebe, and his old English teacher from Elkton Hills, Mr. Antolini. Allie his younger brother ended up passing away from leukemia. When Allie passed away, he left Holden his baseball mitt with many different poems on it written in green ink. Allie was very intelligent and sweet boy. Holden loved his brother but when Allie past away he…

Society has always been scathing. However, there is some strange reasoning to their own sense of judgement, and most people do not publicly express an opinion about a complete stranger, unless the individual is audacious. Holden Caulfield, a teenager who despises the world is too judgemental that he cannot fathom how there is another side with every story, making civilization’s faults seem bearable than being stuck inside this boy’s pessimistic mind. Thus instead of thinking that humanity is the…

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.…

The desire to be accepted by others is what most people strive for in society. At various points in life, young people understand that they had to leave their childhood behind, to fully mature and feel accepted into society. However, for Holden Caulfield, he saw adults as “phonies” and “fake,” which showed him being judgmental and snobbish, to the people around him. Yet, he has a desire to be accepted by others, which is shown in his interactions with Ackley and the three girls he met at the…

Society consists of many teenagers who 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…

must overcome in order to venture to the other side. No matter how difficult this journey is, growing up and becoming an adult is necessary for our life experience. In the novel The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger, the main character Holden Caulfield struggles with the concept of becoming an adult and leaving his childhood behind. Like most people, Holden tries to find an outlet for releasing his fears about growing up. One of Holden’s most important coping mechanisms is isolating himself…

“People never grow up, they just learn how to act in public,” (Brian White). In J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye, we follow the endeavors of a 17 year old Holden Caulfield as he struggles to find himself. He begins the book as a perceptive but disinterested youth who, after being expelled out of one of many preparatory schools, finds himself wandering the city of New York. Throughout the story, Holden strives for adulthood but at the same time being unable to truly escape his naive…

the instant, yet drastic change. Holden Caulfield and Esther Westwood, the main characters of each of the books, have quite a difficult time adjusting. Both books share similarities, although the characters’ interactions with certain difficulties vary. While, some of their most difficult struggles, are based upon the recurring themes in the novels. The books allow the readers…

Protection Through Depression “No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear” (C.S Lewis). In the novel Catcher in the Rye by J.D Salinger, the protagonist, Holden Caulfield, faces severe emotional struggles that are reflected through his actions after his younger brother’s death. An important symbol in the novel is Allie’s baseball glove, and it symbolizes Holden’s deep grief and love for his brother, Allie. Though grief is significantly represented throughout the novel, Holden’s…

Sanths 2 Main conflict Ed is a 19 year old that feels has not done anything prospective or good for himself and is searching to change; this is the main conflict of I am the Messenger. Ed expresses that he has having no achievements and no goals in life until he begins to get distracted by a game of cards that take him on new adventures leading him to ultimately overcome his dissatisfaction with life. The reader can notice the struggle the main character is going through during the rising…