Holden Caulfield Character Analysis

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Holden Caulfield, a character created by J.D. Salinger or a character created to use as an empty canvas? When analyzed through a psychoanalytic criticism lens, Holden Caulfield is a direct representation of J.D Salinger. The protagonist in The Catcher in the Rye and the author of the book are so alike that’s its even hard to tell whether or not Holden is a character or a real breathing human. The emotion and personality that Salinger packed into Holden can be seen as a cry for help from J.D Salinger, in which he describes his true feelings about life and why he acts the way he does. Throughout the book he describes the people around him as “phonies” and he constantly has well thought out descriptions of anybody he. Salinger took part in World