Literary Analysis Of Catcher In The Rye

Holden is an immature person but also one with a cause and a mindset. Not because he is thinking of committing suicide, but because he is just letting life run by and pointing out the things he hates in life. When in reality, a second later he does the things he hates himself, proving to the

He connects with life on a very idealistic level which causes him to feel the flaws of others so deeply that he tries to cover himself by being in a state of disbelief. Part of Holden yearns for a connection with others on an adult level, while the other part of him wants to repudiate the adult world as “phony” and unjust and to recede into his own memories of childhood where things seem to be easier to deal with. He attempts to connect with other people over the development of the novel which leads him to interacting with other people as an adult and then deciding that he wasn’t ready for it. When Holden meets Sunny, it becomes clear to him that he is far from ready to be able to handle an adult situation. He starts to feel uncomfortable and makes the woman leave. Another encounter he had was at the end of his date with Sally Hayes, Holden tries to get her to run away with him, resulting in her strongly rejecting his dreams and him getting so upset that they part ways. Lastly, in his departure from Mr.Antolini’s apartment, he begins to question his ability to judge peoples characteristics. He had gone to the apartment to confide in his teacher about the choices he had made, but Mr.Antolini made him realize that his arguments weren’t very strong which made him unsure of himself and his views. Holden finally comes to terms with himself at the end of his story as he watches Phoebe ride the carousel. Everything seems to all come together at that moment. Holden shows signs of growth as he’s watching Phoebe. He realizes that the compassion he was missing had been there all along within his little

Holden shows how much he needs someone to talk to such as a psychologist, because he is suffering from depression and no one can tell. “Allie, don’t let me disappear. Allie don't let me disappear. Please, Allie. And then when I’d thank him”(Salinger 218).The only person he trust is his older brother but, he is dead and makes him seem crazy. With this it shows how Holden hasn’t been social in the longest time, which affects him now because he is going through a phase where he needs some to guide him to the right path. He

Within these three days that the book takes place, many things happen to Holden. For starters, he is already getting kicked out of his current school. Holden seems to hate this school. He hates the people, the classes, and he hates how everybody is so phony. Holden continues to tell us that all adults are phony through this book. He can’t stand that all the adults are trying to imitate someone they aren’t and they continue to do awful

Holden’s story takes place in the 1950s. Because of this, it is necessary that the reader reads the story from multiple points of views. As Foster puts it, “don’t read with your eyes” (Foster 228) meaning that it is sometimes necessary to read from a perspective that will let you relate to and sympathize with the characters. The time period is shown many times such as when Holden goes dancing and asks a girl if she feels like “jitterbugging a little bit” (Salinger 72) referencing an iconic dance from that era. What people said and how they said it were very different in the past, and it is important to keep that in mind while reading.

This is a battle for Holden because of the fight to act as an adult while he is still a child. His immaturity clashes with the situations and characters he interacts with, his immaturity dealing with change impacts the way he views the world. Holden

Holden faces many challenges throughout his life such as getting in fights and he try’s to stop the world from losing its purity . These challenges stem from his immaturity and his opposition to growing up and they are magnified in the one weekend of his life that the readers get to see. Holden is very stubborn character, he takes a very long time to mature but eventually at the end of the book he has an epiphany by watching Phoebe on the carousel. Holden realizes that instead protecting Phoebe from falling off the carousel he realizes he has to let her fall and maybe get hurt.

First of all, in the book, the tone of Holden’s character showed the transaction between childhood to adulthood. Therefore, the character of Holden seems to be whiny, irresponsible, and unfavourable and it was the snapshot of teenagers: “I'm quite illiterate, but I read a lot. ” This quote conveys that Holden is growing up and he is starting to realize his personality. In contrast, it was difficult to find a line in the movie version that showed Holden’s progress. At the end of the book, Holden mentioned that he missed everyone and he felt sorry “I'm sorry I told so many people about it” and “Don't ever tell anybody anything. If you do, you start missing everybody”. This showed the progress of childhood to adulthood and Holden has grown up

This incident displays how that if Holden really cherishes something that he does not want to be ruined, them he needs to make sure it is safe and he is wise on how he handles it. He does not want to let go of something that has been a part of his life for so long, he is afraid to let go. Another motif that is also shown throughout the novel is Holden’s attempts of calling people. Holden attempts to call “this girl [he] used to go around with quite frequently, Sally Hayes”(59), but did not because he “was afraid her [mother would] answer the phone [because] her mother knew [his] mother”(59). This shows that

Speaks to me: This is the first part in the novel where Holden truly grows. I have seen his development throughout the novel, but here Holden officially questions his own morals and decisions. It is partly because of his disease, but it is mainly because he is learning to decide what is important to him. His family is very important to him, even though he will

Holden has been looking more in depth at the world to try and make sense of it because he can no longer just ask his parents for the answer to life's many mysteries. Holden has to find out for himself what things mean and his loss of innocence is one step toward finding

“I was surrounded by phonies. . . They were coming in the goddam window. “ “The Catcher In The Rye”s , novel by J.D Salinger is about a struggled teenager named Holden Caulfield struggling with the fact that everyone has to grow up , having a concern with the loss of innocence. J.D Salinger’s purpose in writing The Catcher In The Rye was an act of liberation reflecting on Holden’s faith . He wrote this to get closure and to put words in his feelings in a way that others can relate to.

Spencer tries to lecture Holden about his future and how he should apply himself, but Holden just says that he does not feel much concern towards his future. The discussion does not help Holden’s attitude, and he makes up an excuse to leave the old man’s house.

Image. Everyone would like to show something else than who they really are. By portraying a different image, some people are enabled to show a better side of themselves. Others show a side that they think others would approve of. In the book The Catcher in the Rye, Holden Caulfield is shown to be a cynical and a bit of a pessimistic person. However much he adopts this personality, is it his true nature? Throughout the book, Holden makes use of a frame narrative to show a different person than who he might truly be.

In the Catcher in the Rye, Holden Caulfield is in a mental institution narrating the events the previous December. Holden was expelled from three schools and was bound to fail out of his fourth school, Pencey,” I forgot to tell you about that. They kicked me out” (Salinger 1). Caulfield is supposed to go back to Manhattan in three days. Holden visits his former teacher Mr. Spencer, who criticizes his academics,” I doubt very much if you opened your textbook even once the whole term. Did you?” ( Salinger 6). In annoyance, he then leaves and returns to his dorm to find his roommate Ward Stradlater, who is going on a date with one of his past loves, Jane Gallagher, and Ackley being disgusting,” I'm thinking . . . Uh. Jean Gallagher. Boy, I nearly dropped dead when he said that” ( Salinger 17).