Catcher In The Rye Character Analysis
Brad McCord-4
Rye Catcher The Catcher in the Rye is a novel by J.D Salinger that deals with acceptance of the modern world, alienation, and the retention of youth. The Catcher in the Rye is portrayed through the eyes of Holden Caulfield; a lousy student that is fed up with society and the phoniness of the adult world. J.D Salinger mirrored himself through Holden Caulfield by projecting a shared adolescent life and a favorability toward alienation. J.D Salinger provided many aspects of his life growing up in New York City into The Catcher in the Rye. A very first noticeable aspect is that the setting of the book is New York City. Holden often brings up Central Park and the ducks and how his siblings and he always went there and rejoiced during the weekends. Salinger as a little boy would always exhaust countless hours in Central Park with his siblings, a very fond memory from his youth. Mr. Caulfield, Holden’s father, is said to be a lawyer …show more content…
Salinger portrayed the character of Holden as being a very anti-social kid. For instance, instead of Holden being “down at the football game with all of his peers”(Salinger,2) cheering on the team, he is standing at the top of a hill watching by himself. Salinger displays that Holden embraces alienation as a choice and not that it is forced upon him by his peers. Holden uses the reclusive actions in order to try and protect himself from the world. Holden’s thoughts about the world are derived directly from Salinger. Salinger despised western culture and disapproved the society that surrounded him. These thoughts arose from Salinger as he attracted more publicity due to The Catcher in the Rye. Salinger, at the height of his fame became a very reclusive man. He relocated his estate from New York City to a secluded 90 acre place in Cornish, New Hampshire. So, even though the novel displays an adolescent with the alienation issues, Holden is just a representation of how J.D Salinger felt when he was an adult in his
Rye Catcher The Catcher in the Rye is a novel by J.D Salinger that deals with acceptance of the modern world, alienation, and the retention of youth. The Catcher in the Rye is portrayed through the eyes of Holden Caulfield; a lousy student that is fed up with society and the phoniness of the adult world. J.D Salinger mirrored himself through Holden Caulfield by projecting a shared adolescent life and a favorability toward alienation. J.D Salinger provided many aspects of his life growing up in New York City into The Catcher in the Rye. A very first noticeable aspect is that the setting of the book is New York City. Holden often brings up Central Park and the ducks and how his siblings and he always went there and rejoiced during the weekends. Salinger as a little boy would always exhaust countless hours in Central Park with his siblings, a very fond memory from his youth. Mr. Caulfield, Holden’s father, is said to be a lawyer …show more content…
Salinger portrayed the character of Holden as being a very anti-social kid. For instance, instead of Holden being “down at the football game with all of his peers”(Salinger,2) cheering on the team, he is standing at the top of a hill watching by himself. Salinger displays that Holden embraces alienation as a choice and not that it is forced upon him by his peers. Holden uses the reclusive actions in order to try and protect himself from the world. Holden’s thoughts about the world are derived directly from Salinger. Salinger despised western culture and disapproved the society that surrounded him. These thoughts arose from Salinger as he attracted more publicity due to The Catcher in the Rye. Salinger, at the height of his fame became a very reclusive man. He relocated his estate from New York City to a secluded 90 acre place in Cornish, New Hampshire. So, even though the novel displays an adolescent with the alienation issues, Holden is just a representation of how J.D Salinger felt when he was an adult in his