Joan Didion

It seems like Holden Caulfield is suffering from Antisocial Personality Disorder according to the transcript that I have been given. It is important to realize that the difference between Teen Grief and APD lies in the motivations of the patients. Teen Grief is usually a reaction to a traumatic experience in life or even that causes the patient to have feelings of depression and helplessness. Teen Grief can essentially be characterized as a disregard for one's life. APD is a mental disorder that…

Each society has inherent faults. Though some insightful individuals living in the society could occasionally interpret and distinguish the faults, the majority cannot, and the few ignorant fails to even live in it. Despite differences in the understanding, everyone who lives in the society is affected by the faults, which become embedded permanently in his/her character. In the Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger, Holden Caufield is both among the insightful and the ignorant: he sees and…

A popular concept among Bildungsroman novels is the classic story of an adolescent struggling to find themselves among an endless sea of people, but that concept can extend beyond a tale of normal development. In particular, a key example would be Holden Caulfield of The Catcher in the Rye, a seemingly confident and rebellious teenager who does what he wants and doesn’t bow to authority without a fight. However, there is much to be said about Holden beyond his supposed exterior of arrogance.…

How much of yourself are you willing to lose to protect the innocence of a child? To change the child’s life? In the novel the Catcher in The Rye by J.D. Salinger, the protagonist Holden Caulifield is willing to completely strand himself to protect the innocence of children. His fierce desire to keep children’s innocence leads Holden to forget about himself and let himself fall into the abyss. Along the journey of his life he struggles with his desire to preserve the innocence of children, even…

Holden’s Failed Social Interactions In J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye, Holden Caulfield’s failed social interactions are a result of his cynicism to Ackley and jealousy towards Stradlater. Because of Holden’s hate towards accepting someone, his social interaction with Ackley fails. Holden has a fair friendship with Robert Ackley but judges his personality when, “He was one of these very tall, round shouldered guys-he was about six four-with lousy teeth. The whole time he roomed next…

The Catcher in the Rye illustrates within its masterful pages the gradual maturation of an immature boy into a self-reliant young man. It is the unorthodox story of seventeen year-old Holden Caulfield, who is growing up in the decadent world of New York. He has thus far been unable to come terms with the fact that eventually, he must grow up, and that the world will never be pure. Holden has profound difficulty in accepting the inevitable, which in turn delays any form of progression towards…

An effective composer will use their texts as a medium to explore significant concepts that impart compelling ideas. One such composer is J.D Salinger, who uses his novel The Catcher in the Rye to follow the experiences of troubled teenager Holden Caulfield as he recounts various incidents in his rebellious life. Through the narration of this journey the composer delves into the noxious impacts of grief on mental health and the fear of ageing due to the inevitable loss of innocence. Salinger…

Alienation is the state or the experience of being isolated from their environment or a group of people. It is a common state certain teenagers which can have many causes. It can be a side effect of big changes in their comfort zones, bullying or growing up. Not every adolescents go through it, but it is a part of the transition to adulthood. In the fiction novel The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger, Holden Caulfield, a sixteen years old teenager alienates himself from everyone and the world.…

Catcher in the Rye Essay Holden: Falling Into Darkness “This fall I think you’re riding for, it’s a special kind of fall, a horrible kind. The man falling isn’t permitted to feel or hear himself hit bottom. He just keeps falling and falling” (Salinger 186). Catcher in the Rye was written by J.D. Salinger. In the novel, Holden Caulfield struggles with growing up and accepting his brother, Allie’s death. He feels lonely, depressed and isolated from his parents who keep sending him away to…

Significant Quotations “I was surrounded by phonies...They were coming in the goddam window.” (pg 13) “Like hell it is.” I took it off and looked at it. I sort of closed one eye, like I was taking aim at it. “This is a people shooting hat,” I said. “I shoot people in this hat.” (pg 22) Both of these quotes, recommend the themes of protecting childhood innocence, and alienation. The first quote shows how Holden perceives others. He is alway hiding, and considers everybody “phonies.” this is…