In the case of J.D. Salinger’s troubled teenager‚ Holden Caulfield‚ he finds himself coming off age in a society that is so repressive it is “phony”. This is more than just a case of teen angst‚ Holden’s general perception about his environment is widely relatable for all age groups. People lose or in many cases
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Everyone has their own problems. Some have more problems than others. Some people have many problems‚ and then there is Holden Caulfield. J.D. Salinger in The Catcher in the Rye‚ shows Holden as someone who has a great amount of problems. Holden’s little brother Allie died when he was young‚ and Holden has been kicked out of multiple schools. Holden is hypocritical throughout the book in various ways‚ showing that he is very confused. Holden says one thing but does the other various times in the
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In the book Matched‚ by Allie Condie‚ Cassia Reyes is transformed through the decisions that she has to make for not only her future‚ but the future of others as well. In the beginning of this book‚ Cassia is head over heals for her new to be match Xander Carrow‚ but that all changes with the click of a single button. Late one night‚ Cassia had decided to look at the micro card that was given to her with information about Xander‚ once the card was put into her port‚ two different faces appear on
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Holden Caulfield Medical Diagnosis Holden Caulfield Medical Diagnosis Dear Mister and Misses Caulfield‚ my name is Dr: Connor Grist and I have been mister Holden Caulfield’s psychologist over the past couple weeks. Asking him about his life story and what he has gone through. Through his explanation of his life story‚ I was able to uncover 3 key behavioral characteristics that I believe he suffers from. Through my research‚ I believe that he suffers he uses profanity laced vocabulary and abusive
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because he can not accept the truth that he died from Leukemia. Allie’s death causes Holden to live in the past‚ this is shown in the quote‚ “[T]hey all came when Allie died‚ the whole goddam stupid bunch of them… I wasn’t there; I was still in the hospital” (155). Allies death has been holding Holden back because he does not want to let Allie go. Holden still talks about Allie as if he is still in the physical world. Holden struggles to let go and move on with his life because he did not make it to his
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After multiple sessions of weekly therapy‚ my team of psychotherapists have come to the conclusion that our patient Holden Caulfield suffers from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)‚ Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)‚ and Major Depressive Disorder. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is a mental health condition that’s triggered by a terrifying event -either experiencing it or witnessing it. Borderline Personality Disorder is a mental health disorder that impacts the way you think and feel about
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Crazy Holden Caulfield In the United States today‚ a person commits suicide about every twenty minutes (Whybrow). Many of these people end their life‚ due to a mental illness. Extreme emotions and dramatic moods swings are part of being human‚ but at a certain point‚ they can take over someone’s entire existence. Mental disorders are common‚ and often show up in literature to add a deeper layer of complexity to a character. The human psyche is complex on its own‚ so when a emotional disorder is added
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that neglected children can understand. He’s depressed and can’t accept the reality of life because he is emotionally disconnected from society. He doesn’t know what it like is to have affections so he tries to be like Allie because he envies all of the attention he receives; Allie is the façade that Holden wants to become since his family has always neglected him‚ in which creates the absence of affection. Holden starts to introduce himself‚ but ends with a nonchalant and distant tone by describing
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From the beginning of Catcher in the Rye‚ Holden Caulfield has kept himself on the outskirts of society. The first time he really demonstrates this is on page 5‚ when he’s describing the view from on top of Thomsen Hill. Everyone is at the game‚ screaming and cheering for Pencey to win. He had just gotten kicked out of Pencey Prep for failing four of his five classes‚ so him standing on top of the hill is both a literal and metaphorical statement of how he doesn’t belong there. By being physically
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Holden Caulfield is a very sophisticated character created by J.D. Salinger‚ not comparable to many characters in other novels. One character he relates strongly with is Phoebe Caulfield. As Holden superior in age to Phoebe‚ she is clearly the more mature person in state of mind. Phoebe tries to be the best that she can be in school‚ achieving A’s on almost everything she does‚ while Holden doesn’t apply himself in anything but English class. One thing that they have in common is the knowledge to
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