Examples Of Depression In Catcher In The Rye
Sadness and Depression
Lauren Shipman
Block 4
Mr.Devine
English 11 H
3/9/14
Sunday, March 9, 14
Sadness in Catcher in the Rye
Catcher in the Rye is a book of many themes of many different types of different things Sadness is one of them. The main character of the book is Holden
Caulfield, he has major problems, he finds nearly everything depressing. Today we’d say that Holden
Clinically is depressed. He has no reason to be so sad all the time. He’s alone and he knows it, he also hates everyone and judges them. The conclusion is that isolation and alienation from others is the source of his depression. The hard part comes in where the fact that escaping this isolation is a struggle that can often be quite sad. For example, …show more content…
Sunday, March 9, 14
Check out all those things that make holden depressed. Do they have anything in common?
It seems as if just about everything bothers him and he doesn’t like many things. Also, he doesn't say many positive things, and if he does, it’s closely followed by a negative. We know that
Allie’s death was hugely significant for Holden. Most of the things Holden is depressed about is different types of people they all have in common his judment for these different types of people. For example Bros, “He was one of those guys that think they’re being a pansy if they don’t break around forty of your fingers when they shake hands with you. God, I hate that stuff.” Another example is women, “I mean most girls are so dumb and all. After you neck them for a while, you can really watch them losing their brains. You take a girl when she really gets passionate, she just hasn’t any brains.” Then phonies “You never saw so many phonies in all your life, everybody smoking their ears off and talking about the play so that everybody could hear and know how sharp they were.” By the end of the novel,
Holden's depression starts to get physical: he's nauseous,
Lauren Shipman
Block 4
Mr.Devine
English 11 H
3/9/14
Sunday, March 9, 14
Sadness in Catcher in the Rye
Catcher in the Rye is a book of many themes of many different types of different things Sadness is one of them. The main character of the book is Holden
Caulfield, he has major problems, he finds nearly everything depressing. Today we’d say that Holden
Clinically is depressed. He has no reason to be so sad all the time. He’s alone and he knows it, he also hates everyone and judges them. The conclusion is that isolation and alienation from others is the source of his depression. The hard part comes in where the fact that escaping this isolation is a struggle that can often be quite sad. For example, …show more content…
Sunday, March 9, 14
Check out all those things that make holden depressed. Do they have anything in common?
It seems as if just about everything bothers him and he doesn’t like many things. Also, he doesn't say many positive things, and if he does, it’s closely followed by a negative. We know that
Allie’s death was hugely significant for Holden. Most of the things Holden is depressed about is different types of people they all have in common his judment for these different types of people. For example Bros, “He was one of those guys that think they’re being a pansy if they don’t break around forty of your fingers when they shake hands with you. God, I hate that stuff.” Another example is women, “I mean most girls are so dumb and all. After you neck them for a while, you can really watch them losing their brains. You take a girl when she really gets passionate, she just hasn’t any brains.” Then phonies “You never saw so many phonies in all your life, everybody smoking their ears off and talking about the play so that everybody could hear and know how sharp they were.” By the end of the novel,
Holden's depression starts to get physical: he's nauseous,