At some point in life, everyone is going to lose someone close to them. J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher In The Rye follows Holden Caulfield, whose younger brother, Allie, died at a very young age. Holden gets kicked out of four different schools and after the fourth ends up exploring New York City. The death of Allie affected Holden and all of his family in many ways.
Throughout the story he shows an interest in his sister Phoebe, and other strangers alike. For the duration of reading, the Catcher in the Rye suggests that the texts focuses on Holden’s depression and his unwillingness to let go of the past and that Salinger is concerned with his inability to grow up; however, in many scenes Salinger portrays Holden as a boy who is always out acting older than his age, but still holds on to innocence. Holden’s depression is portrayed throughout the entire story. He becomes unhappy
In The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger, there are minor characters such as Phoebe and Stradlater that resemble the different characteristics that Holden has, and this is presented through their relationships with him suchs the innocence and hope that Phoebe has and gives peace to Holden, and the corruption and falseness that Stradlater maintains while showing his “phoniness” which causes Holden anger, yet it shows his hypocrisy. While he does have a good side to his personality because he wants the best for the future of the younger kids and praises honesty as well as innocence, Holden also has a negative side to his character that shows his loss of hope and corruption through the use of his language and angry nature towards others and
Holden wants his sister, Phoebe, to see an everlasting childhood, but Phoebe is a strong character that does not think the same way as Holden, she has no desire to keep her childhood for long since she knows that one day she will grow into an adult. Phoebe helps Holden by comforting him with being “the catcher in the rye” who saves kids from falling. She has a good understanding that one must move on because for her Allie is dead and that people should need to interact and not try to save something that is completely
Although he thinks his life is full of phonies, he tries to make his way around them and continue living with his parents and sister in New York after his brother died. In The Catcher in The Rye, J.D. Salinger conveys the idea of being immature and the interests of this teenage boy that fears for his future and is curious about being an adult. Holden is not acting like an adult throughout the book, every time something unusual happens he thinks about killing the person behind the event. He is full of hatred and anger throughout the story. Holden’s old friend Jane Gallagher is dating his roommate, Stradlater who is considered to be a phony by Holden.
In The Catcher in the Rye, Salinger explains faith, relationships, and immaturity. Holden Caulfield meets some very interesting people and reconnects with old friends throughout the book. To say the least, Holden probably has the best relationship with his sister, Phoebe. The people he thinks he can trust, teachers and friends, turn on him. The only thing close to a relationship is a baseball glove from his dead brother, Allie.
However, because Allie and Phoebe were too young and innocent, Holden would never criticize them. For Allie, Holden would remember him as an intelligent kid. " His teachers were always writing letters to my mother, telling her what a pleasure it was having a boy like Allie in their class." (Salinger, Chapter 5, Page 38). In chapter 22, Holden describes Phoebe as someone who would always listen. "
Annie Nguyen Mr. Montalbano AP Language and Composition, Period 4 17 February 2016 Catcher in the Rye Essay In the novel, Catcher in the Rye by J.D Salinger, the main character Holden tries to find himself in the world while being pressured to change and be more mature. Throughout his journey, his interactions with various minor characters such as Ernest’s mother, Sunny, Sally, Ackley, Stradlater, Mr. Antolini, Mr. Spencer, Phoebe and many others highlight Holden’s qualities as a young adolescent experiencing adult life.
Holden Caulfield has often been depicted as rebel against the norms of 1950s American society by the readers of The Catcher in the Rye because of his desire to escape society and by rejecting the ideal of the American dream that societal institutions attempt to instill within him. However, throughout J. D. Salinger 's novel, the 16 year old’s anguish and actions reflect that he is still coming to terms with the death of his younger brother, Allie. Due to his grief, Holden is someone who cares more about assisting and protecting children and because of this, resists considering his own place within society and the process of becoming an adult. Through Holden’s recollections of his deceased brother, his interactions with children, and how he changes when interacting with his younger sister, it is evident that Holden wrestles with the expectations placed on him to grow up because he wishes to retain and preserve childhood innocence within others to cope with his grief.
Every single person has had relationships. Relationships come in several different ways, some are more pleasant than others, but everyone experiences them. Holden from “The Catcher in the Rye” by JD Salinger is no different. Holden has many issues that affect his relationships. Most of his relationships are with girls, including, Jane, the Lavender Girls, and his sister Phoebe.
The Catcher in the Rye, written by J.D. Salinger, is about an angsty and depressed, but inquisitive teenage male named Holden Caulfield. Through the duration of the novel, Holden’s characters personality was stagnant. He stayed the same throughout the entire novel, and had little to no character development. Holden was the main character of the novel with a few supporting characters. He encountered many different people on his journey to finding himself.
Since the death of his younger brother Allie, Holden has been dealing with the shock of having lost one of his idols. This surprise was so impactful that it ended up getting Holden stuck on trying to stop time so that he could live out his past without the challenges of life. This reflected in everything that Holden did from his fight with Stradlater to the experience with the prostitute. Throughout each of these events in The Catcher in the Rye, J.D. Salinger takes Holden’s transition into adulthood and brings to light the painful nature of maturity through Holden’s frustrations of finding his place in society.
In J.D. Salinger’s, The Catcher in the Rye, the main protagonist, Holden, encounters a spectrum of characters throughout the book— many of whom are women. Holden shows varying attitudes towards these women, mainly because many of these characters are vastly different from the next. The women in the Catcher in the Rye are uniquely illustrated through an assortment of female characters in the book, such as: Phoebe, Sally Hayes, and the Nuns. These specific characters all have their own unique portrayals, and they all play important roles in presenting different themes and ideas, and revealing certain characteristics about Holden. Of these females characters, Phoebe is surely the closest one to Holden.
Holden Caulfield, the main protagonist in The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger, embodies the classic teenager in the process of discovering himself, and how the world works. But, regardless of Holden 's rich, prep school lifestyle, the series of events that have mapped out his life up to this point have utterly affected his emotional well being and perception of the world. Many traumatic events such as the death of holds brother Allie, the death of a class mate, and countless numbers of awkward incidents with adults have all added up to affects Holden 's well-being and detach him from reality. The death of Holden 's younger brother Allie has caused him to confuse his perception of reality and to alienate himself.
While many argue that Holden Caulfield from The Catcher in the Rye does not deviate from the traditional anti-hero attributes and, therefore, does not display any prominent change, an argument can be made to the contrary. Holden Caulfield goes through some noticeable character development and is in a better place emotionally at the end of the book because he speaks with Phoebe. His meeting with Phoebe and Phoebe’s message to him shows him a youth’s perspective on his world, rather than the superficial sincerity of his elderly professor and his favorite teacher that makes advances on him. Additionally, him being able to successfully communicate with a member of his own family puts him in a better place. His time with her lets him see his own self-image of a “catcher in the rye.”
