When Was Holden Crazy

Imagine being in a rest home, where people don’t care about you. They think you're different because you're crazy. Even though you might not even be crazy. Just like Holden the main character is J.D Salinger's book Catcher in the Rye. Holden does not belong in a rest home, because he is not crazy. One way that has made Holden seem crazy is all the deaths that he has encountered. Allie’s death was a huge blockade in Holden's life. Allie was Holden’s little brother. Allie was 11 when he died, he died from leukemia on July 18, 1946. The following night holden slept in the garage and busted out all the windows in the garage, breaking his fingers in the process. Allie’s death made Holden really depressed throughout the story. Allie was Holden's

This stressor made hold depressed, suicidal, have uncontrollable anger, and weeping. Another reason why Holden is not crazy is he seems like he suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder or PTSD. Holden gets mad at Stradlater, his roommate, because he says he’s giving the time to jane. ”Give her the time in Ed Banky's goddam car?" My voice was shaking something awful. "What a thing to say. Want me to wash your mouth out with soap?" "Did you?" "That's a professional secret, buddy." (53). After Stradlater says "That's a professional secret, buddy.” Holden enrages and takes a swing at Stradlater, but misses. After that Stradlater beats Holden up. A symptom of PTSD is uncontrollable anger. Another way holden shows PTSD is when he is the manager of the fencing team. “I was the goddam manager for the fencing team. Very big deal. We'd gone in to New York that morning for this fencing meet with McBurney School. Only, we didn't have the meet. I left all the foils and equipment and stuff on the goddam subway.” (1.3). Holden shows a good example of attention deficit, which is a symptom of PTSD. Holden clearly shows symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder. Which means he is not crazy he just has a problem with anger, memory, attention, and