Mental illnesses can take over a persons life altering what a healthy human would decide as a better choice. In the classic, The Catcher in the Rye, by JD Salinger, Holden is a boy who has a mental illness and is trying to run from his past. Throughout his personal journey he has trouble interacting with the people he encounters, wether it be his family or a complete stranger. Though his language is not always appropriate, at Holden's core he is moral and innocent like the children he wants to protect and makes choices to help people end up in a better place than him. When thinking of innocence, children are usually what come to mind. Holden always seems immature or kiddish but he's always respectful to others. 'Boy' I said. I also say
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.
Nineteen million American adults suffer from a major case of depression (Web MD). That is a staggering one in every fifteen people (2 in our classroom alone). Holden Caulfield is clearly one of those people. Depression is a disease that leads to death but is also preventable. Psychology, stressful events, and prescription drugs are causes of depression. Stressful events brought on Holden’s depression. Holden has been trying to withstand losing a brother, living with careless parents, and not having many friends. The Catcher in the Rye is a book that takes us through the frazzled life of Holden Caulfield, who appears to be just a regular teen. But by hearing his thoughts and through heart-wrenching events in the book, the reader learns that
Holden mental and emotional states. In the book called catcher in the rye, Holden emotion is very depressed and thinking about Jane. Holden became acquainted with Jane two summers before the novel begins and is someone with whom Holden almost had a romantic relationship. Holden say that when he found allies’ baseball mitt “My brother Allie had his this left handed fielder mitt.
Holden Caufield emphasizes on the loss of innocence in children. He feels that once they lose their innocence, they will soon turn into phonies like everyone else. The loss of innocence is very common in the development in human existence. It is caused by many factors. Past a certain age, children are either forced or led unintentionally into a pathway of corruption. A child is also known to lose their innocence by desires, fantasies, and attention. But once they lose their innocence, they tend to desire to go back and pretend to be young again. In the Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger, Holden discusses the importance of innocence in children's lives. He feels that once a child loses his/her innocence, he/she will soon be leaded to a
In The Catcher in the Rye, J.D. Salinger tells a story of a young boy, Holden, who never quite understood his stance on life. Throughout the novel, Holden struggles to adapt to the inevitable transition into adulthood, often worrying more about others than himself. In The Catcher in the Rye, J.D. Salinger uses connotative diction, repetition, and specific diction to convey Holden’s struggle of accepting life changes that led him to becoming mentally unstable. To start off, Salinger illustrates Holden’s nature by using connotative diction.
Since the Middle Ages, people have been mistreating the mentally ill and retarded because they simply did not meet the norms that defined their society. Provoked by their unusual behavior and the lack of understanding of their actions, people who were not affected by the disorders began to isolate the mentally ill from the rest of society. To illustrate, during medieval times, society began locking the mentally ill behind iron gates between civilization and the wilderness; this symbolized the how society perceived the ill as part human and part beast. As time past, this cruel behavior developed into one that only punished severely those who were mentally ill and committed a heinous crime. Those with serious mental illness should not be punished or held accountable for their crimes because their mental
In the article “The Danger of Suppressing Sadness” by Walter Kirn, he states multiple claims about the effect that medication has on children. A focus of his is the role that medication plays in children’s lives and the actual outcome that there is after taking medication. The article says what Holden Caulfield, the protagonist of the book The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger, would have been like if he had taken the drug Prozac in order to help with the mental state that he is in during his young adulthood. Even though medication is not recommended for all cases, it is a necessity for a small group the Holden is a part of. Throughout the novel Holden shows examples of his mental illnesses. He considers suicide, gets distracted easily, thinks that everyone is a phony, and he also lies a lot.
Depression negatively affects how someone feels, the way they think and how they act. Depression causes feelings of sadness or a loss of interest in activities or people. Holden’s negative thoughts indicate he has a personal struggle with depression, which strongly influences him, and shapes the way he acts. For example, after Maurice, the elevator operator, picks a fight with Holden over a deal that they made, Holden starts to cry spontaneously, this is alone a sign of depression. After Maurice leaves, Holden shows his desire to die when he says, “What I really felt like, though, was committing suicide” (Salinger 136). He seriously considers killing himself, but he doubted that he would be covered up and he did not want people passing by to
‘The Catcher in the Rye’ is a classic novel set in the 1950’s. Holden Caulfield is a young 16 year old boy walking through life, hardships, and criticism towards life. Throughout Holden’s story, his odd behavior is displayed in a manner which opens the readers’ eyes to an entirely new persona. One that sees the worst in everything, one that doesn’t see the reality of things, a mind unable to decipher the beauty which the world holds within. Through his behavior and thoughts, the reader is led to believe that, from the start, there’s an abnormality to Holden’s thought process. His hopelessness and lack of motivation are signs of Major Depressive Disorder. Major depressive order is a mental health disorder characterized by mood swings,
Christopher Moore once said “If you think anybody is sane you just don’t know enough about them”. J.D Salinger continuously suggests that Holden Caulfield could be mentally ill, by intertwining the events happening in his life with the twisted and often macabre images and behaviors that Holden constantly exhibits throughout the novel The Catcher in the Rye. Holden appears to exhibit three very real and potentially dangerous mental disorders this is shown through Holden’s questionable actions for example burning matches just to watch them burn, having vivid images about killing or harming others, and his constant need to control others lives and that is just the tip of the questionable iceberg that is Holden. Could Holden really be classified
Schizophrenia is present within 1.1% of people worldwide, regardless of economic, ethnic, or racial background. Schizophrenia is a debilitating mental illness that is a culmination of many symptoms related to mental illnesses, there is no cure. Holden is seen as an outsider but not entirely a pariah, but he appears to be off in his behavior. In the novel “The Catcher in the Rye” by J. D. Salinger,Holden appears to have symptoms of schizophrenia such as delusions, lack of pleasure or interest in life, and disorganized speech.
Holden’s immaturity causes him many problems throughout the story. Although he is physically mature, he acts more like a child. “All of a sudden I
J.D. Salinger 's "The Catcher in the Rye" portrays a troubled teen in New York City. Over the few days the novel depicts, the boy displays his critical and unhealthy mindset. Eventually he has a mental breakdown. Through psychoanalysis of Holden Caulfield, one may suggest that Allie 's death, social development, and an identity crisis are large contributing factors in Holden 's mental breakdown.
According to one national survey “approximately 5 children die everyday because of child abuse”. Throughout the years reports of childhood sexual abuse have risen, but there is still a substantial amount of unknown facts surrounding the topic. Most sources provide information on how to identify a victim of childhood sexual abuse, other known as CSA, but very little research has been done on effectively treating these victims. This broken system is depicted by Salinger through the protagonist of The Catcher in the Rye, Holden. Salinger used information he knew to give Holden the qualities of someone who has experience CSA, and uses the characters in Holden’s life to represent the many broken parts of government agencies established to help victims. In J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye, protagonist Holden struggles with the mental health issues associated with prolonged childhood sexual abuse, likely having been implemented by his own father, jeopardizing the mental stability of Holden, yrt like the many broken systems in the US and world governments, Holden’s family fails to help him and any chance of being saved is left alone to holden.
In today’s society, many teenagers struggle in their everyday lives due to the fact that they have different qualities than others. The novel, Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger, is about a young man named Holden Caulfield, who suffers from multiple mental illnesses, causing him to be treated different by others. Due to tragedies he has suffered from in the past, and all that is going on in is present life, Holden can no longer cope and runs away to New York. Christopher Boone, from the novel, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, by Mark Haddon, also suffers from multiple mental illnesses and has experienced life changing tragedies over the years. For many years Christopher’s father has been