Everyone goes through hardships. Hardships are what makes you. Holden goes through his own hardships making him more relatable like his school hardships “I wasn’t coming back to Pencey. I forgot to tell you about that they kicked me out” (Salinger 4). This is realistic holden is not some perfect student that never fails. He is human he goes through problems and struggles.
Not everyone goes through
the same hardship some it isn’t physical but emotion like Holden. Not everyone can relate exactly. you can understand and feel for Holden. he is depressed but never tells anyone only to himself like at the hotel he said “Boy I felt miserable, I felt so depressed you can’t imagine”(98) when he was sitting by himself in his room. this is something people do they don’t say anything so there friends and love ones don’t have to worry about them this is another thing that makes him relatable
Holden’s hardships and emotional state make him more realistic and relatable. The Catcher in the Rye by J.D.Salinger really shows us a character that could be real and feels real. I feel that more people are similar to someone who fails a lot then some person who is perfect at everything. This is how holden represents the voice of real people.