Analysis Of George Moore 's ' The Catcher Rye '

Allie, who died of leukemia 3 years prior to the events of the book, was the only person who deeply understood Holden. When Allie died, Holden broke all of the windows in his garage while breaking his own hand. Holden even states that he tried to break his family’s station wagon, but his hand was broken. This event shows that Holden really cared about Allie and that his death had a huge impact on his life. The death of Allie created a fear for Holden, Holden became afraid of change.

One of the hardships Holden must cope with is his inability to come to terms with death, in particular that of his younger brother, Allie. Holden seems to have experienced a

The death of Holden’s brother Allie at a young age adds to Holden’s negativity as well as stopping Holden from accepting inevitable change. Allie dies immaturely of leukemia. “I slept in the garage the night he died, and I broke all the goddam windows with my fist, just for the hell of it” (p. 39). Holden is in the hospital because he broke his fist, and he was unable to attend Allie’s funeral. Holden has trouble accepting Allie’s death because he never said goodbye to Allie. His relationship with Allie is similar to his maturity. Just as Holden is unable to accept his brother’s death, Holden is not able to accept that

Salinger highlights the struggle after a loved one’s death through the protagonist, Holden, who accounts the memories of his brother Allie: “He used to laugh so hard at something he thought of at the dinner table that he just about fell off his chair. I was only thirteen, and they were going to have me psychoanalyzed and all, because I broke all the windows in the garage. I don't blame them” (Salinger 38). At an adolescent age, Holden had to go through the tragedy of his brother's death, where he demonstrated strange behavior due to his emotional instability. Holden had ruined his friendship with Stradlater, who’d asked Holden to write him an English prompt where Holden wrote about Allie’s glove, but had disappointed Stradlater, thus Holden tore the paper. Holden became furious due to the connection Holden had with his brother, he portrayed the misunderstanding that society and adolescents have of one another after a

Holden loved Allie, and was disturbed from the news of his death. Holden was hospitalized after punching his garage windows. When Holden explained Allie’s traits, he said, “But it wasn’t just that he was the most intelligent member in the family. He was also the nicest, in lots of ways” (Salinger 50).” Holden thought the most of Allie. He thought Allie had the most potential out of anybody he had ever met. He also thought Allie was a genuinely good person, and that he did not deserve to die. One of the greatest causes to depression is a death or a loss. When Holden finally came up with an answer to phoebe’s question to think of something that he liked, Holden’s answer was that he liked Allie. Phoebe told Holden that Allie is dead. Holden then said, “I know he's dead! Don't you think I know that? I can still like him, though, can't I? Just because somebody's dead, you don't just stop liking them, for God's sake especially if they were about a thousand times nicer than the people you know that're alive and all" (Salinger 222-223). Holden was constantly depressed about Allie because he was always thinking of him. Allie was the nicest person Holden had ever met. The death of a person with an impact like that would cause anyone devastation. His mindset makes him believe that no one else will be as good to him as Allie was. He thought the best person that will ever be in his life was gone

How would the death of a loved one affect you? Coming to terms is a difficult process for everyone, especially for Holden Caulfield, in The Catcher in the Rye. Holden Caulfield, 13, lost his brother, Allie, at 11 to leukemia in Maine in July 18 of 1946. Holden now 17 finds himself coming to terms to young Allie’s death, along with his own problems. After analyzing J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye, Holden Caulfield’s characterization matures and develops after acknowledging Allie’s death through reflection and this affects the plot by helping Holden come to terms with his own emotional problems.

(Salinger p8) Not being able to attend Allie's funeral really affected him. Ever since Allie died, Holden has struggled with change and growing up. Allie's death was a negative change for Holden and it made Holden have a negative association with change . Another main reason Allie's death caused Holden to be unstable is because it caused Holden's parents to

Holden experiences extreme difficulty accepting his current realities and one of the main factors causing this is the lasting negative impact his brother Allies death had on his life. Firstly, when Holden decides to leave his school, he tells readers , “I don’t care if it’s a sad goodbye or a bad goodbye, but when I leave a place, I like to know I’m leaving it. If you don’t, you feel even worse” (Salinger, 4). Holden’s need for closure is evident in this quote. When Allie died, it was very unexpected and he was not prepared to let him go, resulting in his denial that his brother is actually

He did this in an effort to gain attention from his family and show them how upset he was about the death. With the secondary source, it supports the idea of Allie’s death being the price Holden had to pay to fulfill his dream job. The article states, “To be the catcher in the rye in this world is only possible only at the price of leaving it. To be good is to be “case” a ”bad boy” who confounds the society of men . So Holden seeks that one role which would allow him to be a catcher , and that is the role of children,” ( Article 1- Heiserman and Miller).For Holden, being the catcher “ is only possible only at the price of leaving it.”

Promptly after Allie's death, Holden struggles to process what has happened. Allie had leukemia, meaning that his parents and Holden likely knew that he was going to pass long before his death. However, when Allie dies, Holden still cannot fathom the thought that his little brother has passed. Feeling lost and helpless, he retreats to violence to express his feelings. His parents recommended a psychoanalyst evaluate Holden after he, “Tried to break all the windows on the station wagon we had that summer, but my hand was broken so I couldn't do it” (49). Clearly, Holden cannot confront or endure the pain that Allie's death inflicted on him besides resorting to destroying windows and taking his anger out on God for taking away his beloved brother. Holden did this because his emotional pain severely impacted his well-being, and he wanted to express his pain in a physical manner. Breaking the windows indicates how strong this emotional pain resonated in Holden. However, the long-term effects of Allie's death still resonate with him many years later. From what Holden tells the reader, Allie played a significant role in his life. In fact, he still talks to

Allie’s premature death utterly broke Holden, which makes sense as it would break anyone if a sibling died. As shown throughout the book Holden idolized Allie which made it harder for him to let go. Because he refers to Allie throughout the novel the reader gets a sense that Holden isn’t dealing with this change very well, maybe not at all. Although he did learn from this, after the death he gained a sense of responsibility to protect children, even if

Holden never going to Allie’s funeral gives us insight into why Holden is still holding onto Allie. After Allie’s death, Holden still went through experiences that caused his BPD, neglect and separation. During the time following Allie’s death, Holden’s family was in great grieving, making Holden feel isolated and not getting the attention he needed to fully grow mentally as a child (“National Allegiance on Mental Health”). Holden also expresses twice, that his mother is still grieving over Allie’s death by stating his mother, “still isn’t over my brother Allie yet” (Salinger 155). Holden is also never close to anyone. He meets with his family a limited amount of time throughout the year, and is kicked out of schools, giving him no permanent guidance in his life. Holden constantly describes his expulsion as, getting “the ax” (107). He shows a continuous changing in guardians, because of his attachment to both Mr. Spencer and Mr. Antolini, both old school teachers from schools he flunked out of. He also dealt with the separation from D.B. his other brother, who moved to Hollywood, Holden seems to be very inspired by him throughout the novel, but is mad that he left (1).

This relates to the novel because Holden is depressed. Throughout the book Holden's depression gets worse. He shows lack of responsibility throughout the book showing that he feels unwanted. He frequently blames himself for Allie's death, and this makes him think that he had to save other people's innocence instead of his own.

One of the hardest parts of life is accepting the loss of a well-loved family member or friend. Although death happens in the span of only a few moments, the ghost of the memories linger long after the loss. In The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger, Holden lost his younger brother Allie to leukemia when he was only thirteen. The rest of the novel details Holden’s travels through New York City before checking into a hospital for his mental health. Allie died years prior, but much of Holden's mindset as a sixteen year- old is drawn from his brother's death.

In the story he says “ When somebody says please to you that’s depressing as hell”Also in the story he said “Boy, did she hit the ceiling when I said that. I know I shouldn't've said it, and I probably wouldn't've ordinarily, but she was depressing the hell out of me.” when things didn’t go as planned with Sally hayes. One of the major things that depress Holden is the death of his little brother Allie. Holden introduced us to his younger brother allie in the fifth chapter of the book. Holden says, “ He's dead now. He got leukemia and died when we were up in Maine, on July 18, 1946. You'd have liked him. He was two years younger than I was, but he was about fifty times as intelligent. He was terrifically intelligent.” this was an unusual way to introduce a loved one that past, at this point we can infer this upsets Holden. The same chapter also states, “ I was only thirteen, and they were going to have me psychoanalyzed and all, because I broke all the windows in the garage. I don't blame them. I really don't. I slept in the garage the night he died, and I broke all the goddam windows with my fist, just for the hell of it. I even tried to break all the windows on the station wagon we had that summer, but my hand was already broken”. At this point we know allie played a big part in Holden’s life and holden loves him a lot. Holden brings up Allie because he still has Allie’s baseball glove from