Catcher in the Rye-Holdens Relationship with Women

He couldn’t give a single, solid answer to the question. All he said was Allie. But Allie is gone, and Holden is holding on the the past, a place where he feels, or felt, safe and wants to go back to his times with Allie, who he misses very much. This conversation with Phoebe made Holden really think about what he was been doing for the past years, pushing everyone to the side, not caring about anyone or anything; no friends, failing school, and he comes to recognize that childhood was good, not adulthood or this awful in-between that he is stuck in.

In the novel, The Catcher in the Rye, Holden is a rather unique character. He has several complications with other characters that he runs into, and does not seem that he is able to relate to anyone. However, Holden has a younger sister named Phoebe, and he seems to connect with her in a way that he does not with anyone else. She is only ten years old, so she and Holden both have a childlike mind. On the other hand, Phoebe seems to have a positive outlook on life while Holden sees most things in a negative light. Another contrast between them is that Phoebe puts in effort at school, and Holden is clearly not concerned his performance at school.

Holden's younger sister Phoebe, is also in need of Holden's protection. He must protect her because he failed to protect his brother Allie from death. Holden feels that it is his responsibility to protect Phoebe from whatever may put her in danger, even himself: "I was glad. All of a sudden I wanted her to cry till her eyes practically dropped out. I almost hated her. I think I hated her most because she wouldn't be in that play any more if she went away with me." (207) He does not want Phoebe to turn out like himself. He wants

Although Holden describes the situation in a very attractive manner, he basically tells Phoebe that he wants to prevent children from growing up. He blames the world's evil on adults and believes that when he stops the children from growing up he will save their innocence and the world.

The novel “The Catcher in the Rye” by J. D. Salinger is about a 17-year-old boy named Holden. Holden gets in a very bad condition after his younger brother Allie dies from Leukemia. He gets mentally ill and suffers from serious depression. Holden goes through tough times in which he has a lot of trouble finding friends and keeping good relationships. Relationship and sexuality are big motifs in the novel, which come up very often. Holden is always on the look for a new friend but he always turns away in the last moment. When Holden interacts with women in the novel, he is very different than when he interacts with men. The women characters in the book all are very important because they represent and

In J. D Salinger 's novel, The Catcher in the Rye, the protagonist, Holden, goes through many hardships in his journey to self-knowledge. In the beginning, Holden has to deal with being kicked out of school and not having any place to call home. He is also struggling with the unfortunate tragedy of the death of his beloved younger brother Allie. At the same time, Holden is trying to deal with growing up and accepting the adult world. Throughout the novel Salinger addresses the conflicts faced by a young man struggling with the trials and tribulations of growing up while also confronting personal loss and loneliness along the way.

Allie was only 11 when he died, so has not completely live through his whole childhood, which he displays in Phoebe and other children. Holden felt like it was his responsibility for Allie’s death, which is why he is much closer to Phoebe. One day when Holden was walking along Fifth Avenue, he began to sidetrack and feel like he would never succeed to the other side of the street and that he kept on moving forward down, down, and down and no one would ever notice him again. This is where he began to imagine he was walking with Allie by saying to him, “Allie, don’t let me disappear. Allie, don’t let me disappear.

Both Holden and Phoebe are quite different characters in The Catcher in the Rye. Phoebe is often portrayed as a foil to Holden, but they do share some similarities. Holden and Phoebe don’t share many personality traits, but both are important to the other’s character. Holden is sixteen but acts younger and less mature. Holden wishes to protect innocence, while Phoebe is much younger, yet more mature, and she understands that people must grow up.

Holden and Phoebe share a lot of the same experiences because they are family. They both experienced the loss of their brother Allie, who died of leukemia. Holden describes Allie as the “most intelligent member of the family... also the nicest, in lots of ways. He never got mad at anybody.” (Salinger, 38) However, Holden takes Allie’s death much harder than Phoebe does. Holden grieves and even cries over Allie, even though Allie had died a whole three years ago in the story. It is also what made Holden begin to go mad, but seems to have little effect on Phoebe all these years later. Holden even says that “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

     This is shown when Holden meets Sunny, a prostitute at a hotel. He pays her, but sends her back without having sex with her. He feels depressed and sorry for her. The next morning Holden has a date with an old girlfriend, Sally Hayes.

Not only does Holden feel great affection for Phoebe, Phoebe feels great affection for Holden as well. It isn't too hard to understand that she and Holden are especially close since one of their brothers is dead and the other lives miles from their home. It is also surprising on how quickly Phoebe realizes that Holden came home earlier than expected. It is obvious that Phoebe is much more mature and articulate for her age to realize something like that so quickly. It is as if she is Holden's older sister instead of the younger one.

Lastly, Allie Caulfield is important to the book because Holden wants to keep Phoebe young. Near the end of the book when Holden spends some time with his younger sister Phoebe there are a few occasions were he tries to keep Phoebe young. For example when he tries to get her to ride the carousel but Phoebe didn’t really want too because she isn’t a little girl

Holden and Phoebe share very similar and different qualities. Holden is very mellow, and we get the sense that he isn’t all there. The heavy burden of the loss of his brother Allie affects him greatly. On the other hand, there is Phoebe. She is always up and energetic like your typical ten year old.

In the book The Catcher and the Rye, [book titles always get italicized, not underlined or quote marks] by J.D. Salinger, a lot of the central idea revolves around Holden missing his brother Allie, who died, and Holden missing his little sister Phoebe while at boarding school. Holden is distracted and put in distress by a lot of things such as girls. Today, in society, teens like Holden are confused with how to act with the opposite sex, very sad, and do not want to grow up.

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.”