This Crazy Life

This act causes the teenager to alienate himself from the parents and the society. In the fiction novel “Catcher in the Rye” by J.D. Salinger, Holden Caulfield feels neglected by his parents. His relationship with them shows he is emotionally unsteady.…

kicked out of yet another boarding school because of his dismal attitude towards life and growing into an adult. He feels most adults are phonies and he is reluctant to become one himself. Holden has a great mistrust of adults and he is constantly at odds with them. The only time he is truly happy is when he is thinking about or around children, he admires their purity, innocence and authenticity. While Holden’s view on life is very depressing, his sister, Phoebe, his childhood friend, Jane…

The Theme of Teen Depression in The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger This book study will explore the theme of teen depression in The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger. In Salinger’s novel, the main character, Holden Caulfield, is a teenager that experiences problems with depression. Holden is unable to concentrate and has vey little interest in talking with other people. These behaviors define the some of the psychological traits of depression, which prevent Holden from getting close to…

independence from the world’s phonies, but also of his brother and sister, who both share the same red hair. Holden states how his father wishes for him to attend an Ivy League college, and become a more typical version of success. Yet, Holden flouts this normative goal saying “I wouldn’t go to one of those Ivy League colleges, if I was dying”(85). He believes that attending one of those expensive schools filled primarily with carbon copies of the next student would be phony, an adjective which…

Psychological Case Study Case #44 PATIENT NAME: HOLDEN CAULFIELD BACKGROUND INFORMATION Holden Caulfield is a 17-year-old boy living in California who is currently admitted to this psychiatric ward. He is originally from New York and attended Pencey Prep in Pennsylvania, until his recent expulsion. Holden is a very skinny teen who, claims he doesn’t like to talk much, yet he does. EDUCATION Holden has attended many schools, from which he has failed out of. He…

one 's confidence and human respect. Introduction to ceaseless dehumanization definitely drives one to be dehumanized, constraining one to fall back on mental, physical, and social adjustment keeping in mind the end goal to hold one 's life and identity. It is in this adjustment that the line isolating good and bad starts to obscure. Even with stark misery and assurance of death, holding one 's mental strength turns into an overwhelming errand. Living in bizarre conditions and being subjected…

“When we are children we seldom think of the future. This innocence leaves us free to enjoy ourselves as few adults can. The day we fret about the future is the day we leave our childhood behind.” (Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind) Patrick Rothfuss analyses how childhood innocence and the lack of responsibility can be irresistible. For some, transitioning from the simplicity of youth to the daunting reality of adulthood can be a demanding task. Holden Caufield in The Catcher in the Rye and…

The Treatment of Women by Holden Caulfield in The Catcher in the Rye Women, the existence and treatment of, have been a controversial conversation for decades. Before the feminist movement, women were housewives. They were mothers, they cooked for their family, and cleaned the home. These stereotypes have had a negative impact on the way men view women. In The Catcher in the Rye, Holden Caulfield’s opinions on women are shown through his interactions with the female gender. As Holden Caulfield…

forced to navigate from the world of our carefree simplistic childhoods to the more terrifying complex world of adulthood. For most people, this journey is fearsome and full of struggles and obstacles that they 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…

innocent childhood. Holden Caulfield, in J.D. Salinger’s novel The Catcher in the Rye, is an iconic representation of the American teenager. Holden dwells in the past due to his personal struggles and the difficulty he has understanding controversial life topics such as death and sex. The Catcher in the Rye, a post-war era novel, remains prevalent in education and society more than 60 years after its initial publication, greatly due to Holden’s personable thinking and behavior. At its core, the…