Holden

After reading The Catcher in the Rye, the reader can infer that Holden Caulfield does not have many positive feelings towards adults. This is mainly due to Holden’s desire to maintain innocence in the world. Holden feels that adults are nothing more than hypocrites and phonies, which is why Holden typically surrounds himself with children and teenagers rather than adults. It is shown quite often that Holden is quite passionate about his desire to protect children, especially his younger sister

Holden Caulfield, a boy who doesn’t seem to know what he wants to do with his life, finally figures it out. He decides that he wants to become a catcher in the rye, but without the influence of his little sister Phoebe, none of this would be possible. Holden started off as a lost and depressed character who did everything along and who also didn’t like many people. Holden’s actions may have been because of his past experiences or because of his childhood. To try to overcome his lost and depressing

Holden Caulfield is the protagonist in the novel, “The Catcher In The Rye.” He has changed dramatically since he left Pencey Prep. At the beginning of the book. Where he started to tell what happened in his life, at the beginning he was Rebellious and didn’t seem to care about what was going to happen to his future. An example of this is when Mr. Spencer sat Holden down on the bed and gave him a lecture on why he flunked and that he should care about his future, but you could tell that he could care

in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger follows a teenage boy named Holden Caulfield through a mental crisis he’s having in New York City during the 1950s. Its revealed in the book that Holden has been kicked out of three schools and has just been kicked out of his fourth. Most of the book and its events happen in the few nights that Holden spends in the city by himself after being kicked from his fourth school. It is also revealed to us that Holden had a younger brother that cared very much about who died

People change, you can’t ask people not to. Change is a part of the book The Catcher In The Rye by J.D. Salinger. Holden Caulfield, the protagonist and narrator of the novel longs for intimacy with other human beings. Throughout the book, Holden hesitates between wanting relationships and rejecting relationships. In the book Holden has different types of relationships and these relationships affect and change his character throughout the story. In this essay I am going to discuss how two of Holden's

see what the world has in store for you? Not Holden Caulfield, from the The Catcher in the Rye by J.D Salinger. In fact, that's holdens biggest fear. He is so consumed in the image the world has on how to grow up and what happens after, he doesnt get to live his life to it’s full potential. He thinks adults get caught up in paying bills and their jobs and your set to a routine you can't get out of. However, Holden does show hope of growing up. Holden uses the ducks to represent himself, because

main character Holden Caulfield and his experiences with others that are around him and how is his living by himself in New York after he got expelled from Pencey Prep. Basically Salinger is trying to write what’s in a teenagers mind and how they are experiencing about the world around them. Holden is mostly driven to women and sometimes is confused when he had sex. For example, when he was in the car with Stradlater and his date making out and Holden making his move. Once Holden date said stop

This significance links to how inexperienced Holden actually is which is contrasted with how he portrays himself; physically fighting with a member of staff in the hotel, at which he is staying. The baseball mitt allows Holden to digress from the physical object to the memory of his brother Allie and the impact his death had on Holden, who broke

Salinger, Holden Caulfield changes as a result of his younger brother, Allie Caulfield, dying. The way that Holden Caulfield changes is that he falls into depression, he can’t decide whether to grow up or not, and he makes bad impulsive decisions. Holden Caulfield changes as a result of Allie's death because Holden falls into depression. It is clear at the beginning and at the end of the book that Holden is in a mental facility getting help for his mental health. The book starts off with Holden explaining

the main character, Holden, seems to have a little different experience. In the beginning of the book, Holden seems to care about no one but himself. He gets kicked out of school and doesn’t really think it is important to inform his parents because he is scared of what his father might do or say. As the story progresses, Holden seems to learn that maybe everything isn’t always about him. He starts to develop a different mentality where the world doesn’t revolve around him. Holden tears up the essay