How Does Isolation Cause Depression In Catcher In The Rye

"The thing about depression is, A human being can survive almost anything, as long as they see the end in sight. But depression is so insidious, and it compounds daily, that it's almost impossible to see the end. The fog is like a cage without a key." That is how Holden Caufield felt in the book Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger. In this book JD Salinger shows that isolation causes depression. he shows this through The empty New York Streets, holden Caufield lack of calls and Holden trying to make small talk with strangers. In Catcher in The Rye JD Salinger uses New York streets to show that isolation causes depression . Walking the streets alone Holden realizes truly how miserable and lonely he is. He connects the sides of the curbs to him disappearing. "Anyway, I kept walking up fifth Avenue, without any tie on or anything. Then all of a sudden, something very spooky start happening. Every time I came to the end of the block and stepped off the g*****n curve, I had this feeling that I never get to the other side of the street. I thought I just go down, down, down, and nobody'd ever seen again. Boy did scare me." (197). Here Holden shows how his isolation had got him to a point where disappearing was a reality to him. The whole thought of disappearing scared him a lot. The

Although Holden picks up the phone and is wanted to call many people he just can't bring himself to do it. "So I ended up not calling anybody I came out to both after about 20 minutes or so and got my badge and walked out of the tunnel with the cabs are and got my cab" (53). These quote represents shows how holden spends 20 minutes brainstorming people to call up, but doesn't come to actually dialing them up (isolation). All the times he doesn't call someone he says how he felt depressed/lonesome or "wasn't in the mood".therefore the lack of calls resemble that isolation causes