The Catcher In The Rye: Depression, Loneliness, And Isolation
Depression, Loneliness, and Isolation
Can you relate? There is a story about a young man who lost his younger brother, Allie, and it caused a huge impact on him that no one saw coming. This young man's name is Holden Caulfield. The novel The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger, is about a troubled young soul trying to find himself. Depression, confusion, loneliness, isolation, and fear are what Holden is feeling through this book. These feelings are contributing to his offbeat behavior. Holden is a vigorous liar, but is curious. Holden is not sure what he wants in life.
Holden feels alone after his younger brother, Allie, passes away. Allie was the only person Holden actually knew, so know that he has died he feels like he has no one. An …show more content…
“What I have to do, I have to catch everybody if they start to go over the cliff – I mean if they're running and they don't look where they're going I have to come out from somewhere and catch them. That's all I'd do all day. I'd just be the catcher in the rye and all” (p.g. 225).He wants to protect the kids from all of the bad things in this world. Keep the innocent virtuous.
Holden isolates himself from everyone he cares about. An example of this is when Holden says, “ Don’t ever tell anybody anything. If you do, you start missing everyone” (last sentence of the book). Holden isolates himself because they either leave you or disappoint you. When Allie died Holden decided to separate himself from everyone so he wouldn’t have to go through the pain of losing someone again. Holden isolates himself from everyone he cares about.
Tragedy struck in Holden’s life and caused Holden to act different. Allie's death affected Holden. Holden Caulfield is a confused young man who is trying to find himself. He separated himself from everyone. He became depressed, lonely, and scared. With all of Holden’s mixed emotions he behaves differently from most. Holden behaves like a sex maniac. He also behaves like he is older than he really is. Holden doesn’t know what he wants to get out of in life with is contributed to his behavior and his
Can you relate? There is a story about a young man who lost his younger brother, Allie, and it caused a huge impact on him that no one saw coming. This young man's name is Holden Caulfield. The novel The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger, is about a troubled young soul trying to find himself. Depression, confusion, loneliness, isolation, and fear are what Holden is feeling through this book. These feelings are contributing to his offbeat behavior. Holden is a vigorous liar, but is curious. Holden is not sure what he wants in life.
Holden feels alone after his younger brother, Allie, passes away. Allie was the only person Holden actually knew, so know that he has died he feels like he has no one. An …show more content…
“What I have to do, I have to catch everybody if they start to go over the cliff – I mean if they're running and they don't look where they're going I have to come out from somewhere and catch them. That's all I'd do all day. I'd just be the catcher in the rye and all” (p.g. 225).He wants to protect the kids from all of the bad things in this world. Keep the innocent virtuous.
Holden isolates himself from everyone he cares about. An example of this is when Holden says, “ Don’t ever tell anybody anything. If you do, you start missing everyone” (last sentence of the book). Holden isolates himself because they either leave you or disappoint you. When Allie died Holden decided to separate himself from everyone so he wouldn’t have to go through the pain of losing someone again. Holden isolates himself from everyone he cares about.
Tragedy struck in Holden’s life and caused Holden to act different. Allie's death affected Holden. Holden Caulfield is a confused young man who is trying to find himself. He separated himself from everyone. He became depressed, lonely, and scared. With all of Holden’s mixed emotions he behaves differently from most. Holden behaves like a sex maniac. He also behaves like he is older than he really is. Holden doesn’t know what he wants to get out of in life with is contributed to his behavior and his