Similarities Between Holden Caulfield And The Walking Dead

Holden is the main character in The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger and Carl grimes is a character in the show The Walking Dead. Holden is 16 years old and has been thrown out of 3 schools. Carl is about 15 years old and is living during a zombie apocalypse. They are both lonely because they don’t trust people and they’ve lost people they care about and they are both pessimistic because they are growing up in a strange world. Both Holden Caulfield and Carl Grimes are pessimistic about the world and are lonely.

Holden and Carl from the walking dead are similar because they both are pessimistic about the world around them. Carl mistrusts people because he has been betrayed many times. Carl is always angry and mistrusts anyone that the group he’s with meets. Holden is pessimistic because he believes that all people are phonies. Holden says that everyone is a phony and
Carl watched his mom die and most of his friends die so he has just stopped forming relationships with people. Holden's brother Allie dies and that is when be began to go crazy. Holden doesn't make new friends and pushes people away. “The trouble was, though, my address book only has about three people in it. Jane, and this man, Mr. Antolini, that was my teacher at Elkton Hills, and my father's office number” (Salinger 151). This shows that he has few friends because his address book is almost empty. He also misses his little brother Allie. Carl only really talks to his dad and also misses his mom. He also sees his friend Sophia as a Zombie. They both have few friends and have lost someone they cared about.

Both Holden Caulfield and Carl Grimes are pessimistic about the world and are lonely. They’ve both lost people and are mistrusting. They seem like they are different but they are quite similar. Both characters are lonely is a changing world and they are pessimistic because they believe they can’t trust