Let's Go Crazy

He finds himself feeling the need to “buzz” a certain someone or the want to just talk to people and tell them about his crazy ideas but this doesn’t last long until Holden feels in solitary. “I felt so lonesome, all of a sudden. I almost wished I was dead,” (Salinger, 48). Holden is so lonely that most times he feels as though he’s better off dead. His loneliness is apparent…

When writing, authors often make reference to objects, people, and even conversational or grammatical errors in attempt to draw the reader’s mind to a deeper, more analogical train of thought. In the novel Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger, Holden Caulfield is a teenage boy living the life of a stressed out, depressed, and even suicidal student in the late 1940s. He claims to always see himself as different, even alienating himself from society. During the beginning of his story, he buys a…

Innocence doesn't last How old can kids be and still be considered innocent? In the novel, The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger, which is narrated by Holden, takes the reader through his life as a junior as he gets kicked out of his private school Pencey. Holden decides that he no longer needs school. Holden wants to move far away from the city where no one knows him. Before holden leaves he stays in the city for four days. During these four days he learns something important about what he…

In, both J.D. Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye and Dead Poets Society, the theme of conformity is present in the main character’s journeys in very similar ways. In Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye, the main character Holden Caulfield struggles with conformity throughout the novel as he is often pressured to do things he is opposed to but society deems acceptable and expected of someone his age, many of which he conforms to. Throughout the novel, Holden is characterized as a very hypocritical character…

In the book Catcher in the rye written by J.D. Starlinger the protagonist Holden experiences the tragic loss of his brother Allie, Catcher in the rye teaches the readers not to look what is on the surface but to look what's underneath it. Holden Caulfield suffers from Post Traumatic Disorder, he has a plethora of factors which have caused this disorder. The most important factor is his younger brother, Allie's death Due to leukemia. Holden is like any teenage boy who acts out because he doesn't…

the world as a negative place, he makes his life miserable. While Holden is sitting down with Sally, he begins to rant about materialism and superficiality. He says, “‘Take cars,’ I said. I said it in a very quiet voice. ‘Take most people, they’re crazy about cars. They worry if they get a little scratch on them, and they’re always talking about how many miles they get to a gallon, and if they get a brand-new car already they start thinking about trading it in for one that’s even newer. I don’t…

stomach, “But I'm crazy. I swear to God I am. About halfway to the bathroom, I sort of started pretending I had a bullet in my guts… I was on the way to the bathroom to get a good shot of bourbon or something to steady my nerves and help me really go into action” (Chapter 14, Page104). Holden also experiences mood swings, for instance after he bought a record for his sister “I can understand somebody going to the movies because there’s nothing else to do, but when somebody really wants to go,…

his cab driver: “Well-take me to the Edmont then ,” I said. “Would you care to stop on the way and join me for a cocktail? On me, I’m loaded.” “Can’t do it, Mac. Sorry” (The Catcher in the Rye 60). Even the cab driver rejects Holden’s invitation to go grab a drink with him even though Holden offers to pay for the drinks. This is how desperate Holden really is for companionship. Moving along, the fishing pole is in the ocean for Holden, but he is waiting for that one right fish to catch on and…

Dharani Nachiappan Ms. Catenacci ENG 4U1 08 April 2015 Salinger’s Fascination of Forlornness in The Catcher in the Rye The Catcher in the Rye is known internationally as an influential and analytical narrative. It follows the story of Holden Caulfield who goes through a series of events that make him feel alone and neglected in the world that he is living in. Many themes are present throughout the novel but the most recurring and dominant theme is forlornness. This is the feeling of…

spurns everyone and inequitably criticizes people, labeling them as “phonies.” In Holden’s view the perfect job would be, he states, “What I have to do, I have to catch everybody if they start to go over the cliff. . .That’s all I do all day. I’d just be the catcher in the rye and all. I know it’s crazy, but that’s the only thing I’d really like to be.” He wants to keep all the children-children. He never wants to grow up and face the hard grown-up world, and he does not want them to either. In…