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teenagers for ten years. However‚ Holden Caulfield is different from any other patient I have ever had. Even though Holden and I have a pretty good relationship it still has taken more than a year for me to get him to open up and tell me anything about his life. Just recently he has opened up to me. Whenever we are in one of our sessions though‚ Holden seems lifeless and stares out the window. I have finally come to my conclusion on Holden and his depression. Holden suffers from severe depression
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Isolation Isolation is prevalent in all three texts. In The Virgin Suicides‚ Mrs. Lisbon believes she is protecting her daughters from the dangers of the world by isolating them from the dangers of civilisation. However‚ the real dangers are in the home as the Lisbon girls seem to become mentally unstable with the lack of normality and human interaction outside of their own family. Keith Whilite states that “Cecilia’s suicide may be the first indicator that something is unstable in the Lisbon house”
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Patient Analysis Report: Holden Caulfield‚ age 17‚ was brought to me‚ Dr. Joseph M. Guerrieri M.D. at Sutter Center for Psychiatry‚ by his parents as a result of his recent behaviors. Holden is a 6‘2” tall and healthy young man. In multiple therapy sessions he has brought up his family and friends. One family member in particular that was brought up was his younger brother‚ Allie‚ who passed away of leukemia when Holden was 13 years old. (Salinger 49) Allie’s death seems to be the root of Holden’s
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a. Holden does in fact have many unique and grotesque qualities. In fact‚ Holden has Schizophrenia. Because of this‚ Holden has trouble expressing his emotions externally‚ relating with others‚ and perceiving reality. Throughout the entire novel‚ Holden interacts with a number of individuals‚ but these interactions are not sincere‚ meaningful‚ or significant. This is due to Holden’s inability to realize‚ understand‚ and accept where others are coming from. b. In the novel‚ Holden does have
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Holden Caulfield is a teenage boy living in a society in which he believes to be full of hypocrites and "phonies". Everything with any connection to his life he believes to be a phony. From teachers to his friends‚ to people he does not even know. Holden always found some kind of a reason to give off the impression that he is superior because they are just fake. He is in belief that he is capable of understanding everything about a person just by looking at them and judging their first impression
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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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Isolation and Society What motivates you to be reasonable when it comes to normal requests? The ultimate question in need of an answer: Who determines what is reasonable and normal‚ and should we not determine these matters for ourselves? Chaos would result if every individual were granted that freedom. Herman Melville‚ through the interpretation of a man who prefers to follow his own path in Bartleby the Scrivener‚ subjectively conveys the mental anguish he experienced as a writer and man when
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Holden Caulfield‚ the novel’s protagonist‚ is a pivotal character in The Catcher in the Rye. Holden is characterized as an innocent‚ apathetic‚ naive teen who is seeking knowledge of life and the meaning of becoming an adult. Holden’s struggle with seeing the genuine nature of people is something that acts as a barrier for him throughout the novel. Holden is troubled and burdened throughout the story‚ which causes him to have a warped view on an array of subjects. Holden passes strict judgement on
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Miss. Emily is the main character. After her father‚ had passed away for at least three days he is not dead. Mid-thirty she has already committed a murder. Theme: This story “A Rose for Emily” shows isolation from her townspeople and the lawmakers. I don’t think Emily had a choice in her isolation due to her family keeping her away from most. Her father raised her to believe she was better than others‚ but she could never fit in the town and becomes isolated. As a living monument to the past‚ she
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