Crazy People

Holden Caulfield faces many challenges over the course of a long weekend in which he adulterates the innocence he tries so hard to hold on to. After losing his younger brother to illness, Holden finds himself alienating the world around him and pushing people that he loves, and that love him away. The novel is set in a cold and dour 1950 New York after Holden is kicked out of one of the many boarding schools that he has already attended. Salinger expresses throughout the novel that Holden is not fond of

The Catcher in the Rye is a classic novel about an eventful week of Holden Caulfield. Holden lives a pretty interesting, yet depressing, life. One event, that makes this book so famous, is his misinterpretation of the poem, Comin’ Thro’ the Rye. Holden Misinterpretation of the poem leads to his deep feeling of wanting to stop children from growing up and Salinger's point that growing up is ok. Holden first hears this poem being sung by a six year old. He is on his way to meet up with old friend

novel and gives off many messages about life and people. Three themes where about isolation, phoniness, and innocence. Isolation is one of the themes that get shown through Holden’s actions in the novel. For example he says "People never notice anything". Throughout the novel what Holden does is that he uses the word people a lot including in the quote to separate himself from others. He doesn’t like to be thought of as being like other people. If anything he feels like the world is against him

Introversion and extroversion are fundamental traits that describe you as a person. It allows people to view you differently from others and outline your likes, dislikes, etc. Although many people aren’t just one side of the coin, you may resemble behaviors from both areas. In the book Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger, the main character Holden Caulfield is a sixteen-year-old kid living in the 1940s. He is openly disappointed by everyone he’s around except for a select few, but throughout

Holden is taking a walk to visit Phoebe at school to give her a note. On his way back, Holden sat down for a second. “But while I was sitting down, I saw something that drove me crazy. Somebody’d written “Fuck You” on the wall. It drove me damn near crazy”( Salinger 201). This exposes him to the reality of the world around him. He also tried to get rid of it to help his sister Phoebe and other kids from losing innocence while looking at it. He doesn’t want younger

little kids, and nobody's around - nobody big, I mean - except me. And I'm standing on the edge of some crazy cliff. What I have to do, I have to catch everybody if they start to go over the cliff - I mean if they're running and they don't look where they're going I have to come out from somewhere and catch them. 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” (191 Salinger). Holden wants to protect the innocence

The novel Catcher in the Rye, by J. D. Salinger, is about the protection of innocence. It shows that Holden is struggling with growing up. He is afraid of the responsibilities that come with becoming an adult. He also wants to protect people, things, etc. from losing their innocence. In Chapter 2, as Holden talks to his teacher he thinks, "I was wondering where the ducks went when the lagoon got all icy and frozen over. I wondered if some guy came in a truck and took them all away to a zoo

to protect innocence. Example: “Anyway I keep picturing all these little kids playing some game in this big field of rye and all. Thousands of little kids, and nobody’s around - nobody big, i mean, except me. And I’m standing on the edge of some crazy cliff. What I have to do, I have to catch everybody if they start to go over the cliff - I mean if they’re running and they don’t look where they’re going I have to come out from somewhere and catch

perception on people to shift as well as his development of loneliness. Holden's poor relationships with his classmates and teachers, or people in general, was evident before he went to Pencey Prep as well as during his stay at Pencey Prep. When Holden thinks back to his previous school,

D. Salinger shows through Holden Caulfield how people cannot help being phony and fake, no matter how diligently they try. Phoniness cannot be overcome by any man, including Holden, even though he loathes people who are phony and do not speak their true mind. In search for a solution, Holden hid from the real world and felt extreme loneliness, and he broke down because he wanted the impossible. J.D. Salinger shows the lack of connection between people, especially during times of trauma and depression