“The Catcher in the Rye” J.D Salinger In the book “the Catcher in the Rye”, Holden Caulfield demonstrates what a rebellion teenager is. At a young age when his parents contemplate Holden being psychoanalyzed, when he loses his temper on people, and all his lies. Rebellion back in 1950 compared to now is different for so many reason from, things that would not be considered as bad as they would be back then and things are bad now that you could get away with back in 1950. In chapter five of “the Catcher in the Rye” we get a look at what happened when Holden’s brother Allie died and how Holden reacted to it. Holden tells the readers “I was only thirteen, and they were going to have me psychoanalyzed and all, because I broke all the windows in the garage. I don't blame them I …show more content…
In chapter six, Holden loses his temper and gets in a fight with him. Holden described it “All I know is I got up from the bed, like I was going down to the can or something, and then I tried to sock him, with all my might, right smack in the toothbrush, so it would split his goddam throat open” (43). There is not a difference from the 1950s to now when it comes to fights it is still a form of rebellion and if someone gets mad at another person they don’t know too well the chances of them calling the police are high. Throughout the book there are plenty of times that Holden lies about a variety of things. He lies about his name, what he is doing, how he feels about people, and plenty unnecessary lies. A lie that was unnecessary was Holden saying “Rudolf Schmidt, I told her. I didn’t feel like giving her my whole life history. Rudolf Schmidt was the name of the janitor of our dorm” (54). It wasn’t really a good reason for Holden to lie about something so simple. Steeling someone’s identity is a form of rebellion in the 1950s and 20th century because you could go to jail for