Analyzing Holden's 'Mad World'

Holden’s Mad World People all around the world have exposed profound insights by divergent forms of expressive illustrations. Songs are forms of artistic expression in order to deliver an emotional connection to the life of the receiver. Throughout the novel, Catcher in the Rye, the reader is able to decipher the bottled emotions of Holden Caulfield and his perpetual battle with depression. During research, an abundance of songs accommodated his distress frequently interpreted in his sojourns of the past, though only one song truly intertwined with Holden’s life. Holden endlessly relates to the song Mad World because of his depressing journey of growing up, which perfectly connects with Roland Orzabal’s lyrics and past. Through Catcher
To begin with, 19 year old Roland Orzabal composed Mad World due to his persistent psychological disturbances from his past. The birthplace of the song was in Dole, England during the year of 1982. “I’m going to have a crack at something like that” (Simpson 1). According to Dave Simpson, Orzabal was immersed in the radio version of Duran Duran when his engaging mind was galvanized to compose an impactful sensation such as the fore spotlight. Orzabal was immensely discouraged at the tonality of his voice so he demanded that his partner of their band, Curt Smith, to cantillate instead, which was a prosperous arrangement. As a result of the expeditious production in Roland’s apartment, their third single was polished. “It’s looking out at a mad world from the eyes of a teenager” (Edgers 1). Curt Smith was able to
In the last thirty years, concerns of anxiety and depression in fifteen to sixteen year olds have doubled, along with horrendous developments in sixteen to eighteen year olds. In the mid-1980s, over forty percent of sixteen to nineteen years were in full time employment and unconditionally dedicated to their education. Strainful labor can advance to depression, anxiety, etc., which proceeded to the twenty percent decrease of employment rates in teens. Moreover, movements of drug and alcohol use dismally inclined in the 1980s till the present due to the fact that underage drinking in the UK dejectedly surpasses most countries’. Equally important, stress among parents between the 1980s and 2000s have dramatically elevated, negatively influencing single parents and parents receiving low incomes; one of the neverending hardships for Roland’s mother as she deliberately fended for their family by herself. As parents in the 1980s were prone to improbability about where their children were, parents and teens today are willingly choosing to spend more time together (Hagell 2). By proliferating efficacious involvement in their children’s lives, parents can harvest a practical corollary as they can regulate their children’s time, which impacts their well-being. In addition to the quandaries of the 1980s and