Holden Caulfield's Breakdowns
Holden Caulfield vs. His mind
Often times in life as a result of complex family situations or events, we experience anxiety and breakdowns. Events in the book The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger are powerful examples of this. The experiences in Holden Caulfield’s life lead to academic, social, and mental breakdowns from which he struggles to recover.
One factor that leads to Holden Caulfield’s breakdowns is failing out of three schools, including, Pencey Prep. Social stresses also lead to his breakdowns. He feels that everyone is phony and the world is worthless. Once Holden is kicked out of Pencey Prep he visits his history teacher, Mr. Spencer, who reviews his previous test with him.
“DEAR MR. SPENCER [he read out loud]. That is all I know about Egyptians. I can’t …show more content…
Constantly Holden would think about past events in his life that corrupted him, and the core thought was the death of his brother, Allie. Holden admired his brother, and when he died, he could not handle all of the thoughts hat were going through his mind.
“I slept in the garage the night he died, and I broke all the goddamn windows with my fist, just for the hell of it.” Holden held in all of this rage for until he was alone to get it out of him. He could not process all of the pain and heartache he felt after Allie had passed away. Getting kicked out of Pencey Prep made Holden take a turn for the worst, but he knew that he would find himself again when he traveled back to New York.
“Holden Caulfield flunks out of Pencey Prep in Pennsylvania and starts out on the terrible journey to his home in New York…. He must face his parents after this latest series of expulsions.” Being flunked out of school made Holden think bad about himself, he started to imagine himself dying and ending it all, but when he went to go visit Phoebe he knew that he could not leave her behind anymore and knows he now needs to stay with
Often times in life as a result of complex family situations or events, we experience anxiety and breakdowns. Events in the book The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger are powerful examples of this. The experiences in Holden Caulfield’s life lead to academic, social, and mental breakdowns from which he struggles to recover.
One factor that leads to Holden Caulfield’s breakdowns is failing out of three schools, including, Pencey Prep. Social stresses also lead to his breakdowns. He feels that everyone is phony and the world is worthless. Once Holden is kicked out of Pencey Prep he visits his history teacher, Mr. Spencer, who reviews his previous test with him.
“DEAR MR. SPENCER [he read out loud]. That is all I know about Egyptians. I can’t …show more content…
Constantly Holden would think about past events in his life that corrupted him, and the core thought was the death of his brother, Allie. Holden admired his brother, and when he died, he could not handle all of the thoughts hat were going through his mind.
“I slept in the garage the night he died, and I broke all the goddamn windows with my fist, just for the hell of it.” Holden held in all of this rage for until he was alone to get it out of him. He could not process all of the pain and heartache he felt after Allie had passed away. Getting kicked out of Pencey Prep made Holden take a turn for the worst, but he knew that he would find himself again when he traveled back to New York.
“Holden Caulfield flunks out of Pencey Prep in Pennsylvania and starts out on the terrible journey to his home in New York…. He must face his parents after this latest series of expulsions.” Being flunked out of school made Holden think bad about himself, he started to imagine himself dying and ending it all, but when he went to go visit Phoebe he knew that he could not leave her behind anymore and knows he now needs to stay with