“You felt like you were disappearing every time you crossed a road”; Diagnosing Holden with PTSD in Catcher in the Rye Lexie He lived everyday not knowing when his little brother’s time was going to come. He knew it was soon‚ but just not that soon. Holden Caulfield‚ the protagonist in “The Catcher in the Rye”‚ by J.D. Salinger‚ seemed to have an ordinary life‚ until he watched his little brother‚ Allie‚ suffer from Leukemia. This traumatic event heavily affected Holden’s life. Most people that
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event in which the hero receives some sort of reward which is then used to bring enlightenment to those around them. Aristotle defines the tragic hero as someone who has noble goals and ideas who is unable to achieve their goals due to their own flaws. There are many examples of tragic heroism in Holden Caulfield‚ the main character of The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger. Holden has several goals throughout the course of the novel but his progress is often interrupted by his hypocrisy‚ immaturity
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hypocritical nature of the adults makes the world Holden Caulfield lives in a bleak moral climate that destroys the soul in pieces. And if he were alive today‚ Holden would despise the current society because of it’s superficiality and obsession with technology. From the beginning of the story‚ Holden Caulfield’s interactions with the people around him reflect the obliviousness of others toward his problems. His roommate Stradlater resorts to interacting with him‚ only to gain something. He uses Holden’s
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Caroline Dillon 5/15/13 Mrs. Lynch Period 3 While reading The Catcher in the Rye‚ Holden Claufield suffers from abnormal behavior. It’s safe to say that Holden doesn’t exactly act like a normal teenager does. Holden suffers from bipolar disorder. A mental illness which causes you to be depressed‚ feeling low and useless‚ as well as manic behavior that causes him to be sleepless‚ irrational‚ and act out with wild behavior. Bipolar disorder can be expressed as a manic-depressive illness. It is
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2/1/15 Character Analysis: Holden Caulfield Holden Caulfield‚ the main character in the famous novel “The Catcher in the Rye”‚ by J.D Salinger‚ is a strange character. Holden is a teenager‚ 16 years old to be exact‚ who is conflicted about moving on to adulthood‚ or growing up. Although in many ways physically mature enough to pass for an adult‚ Holden enjoys the innocent childlike pleasures he enjoys‚ and fights to hold on to his childhood for as long as possible. Holden Caulfield changes throughout
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Analysis on Holden Caulfield in The Catcher in the Rye Analysis on Holden Caulfield in The Catcher in the Rye Thesis statement: Holden Caulfield is in many ways a typical teenager of the complicated and paradoxical youth. He has a naïve and kind heart with a great ideal‚ and he is willing to pursue the wonderful life. He only wants to be a catcher in the rye to be the guardian of innocence and the protector of innocents. I demonstrate his honesty‚ generosity‚ and kind from the descriptions and
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Holden Caulfield is a character whose actions speak more than his words. In J.D. Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye‚ Holden is an innocent person who expects the world to be perfect. He knows that there are choices available for every decision he makes‚ but doesn’t have any particular instructions to go with it. He seems to be a very positive person who has just given up trying to make better of him after his Brother Allie’s death. This plus his "teenage mood and attitude changes‚" the society thinks
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self-discovery that Holden Caulfield undergoes in “The Catcher in the Rye”. J. D. Salinger uses a variety of linguistic and literary techniques such as characterisation and setting to take the audience on Holden’s journey. Holden Caulfield is a teenager who is struggling to fit into adult society. This is evident from very early on in the book when Salinger immediately characterises Holden as a very judgmental and cynical person. Examples from the very first page include when Holden refers to his brother
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and a lack of guilt‚ shame and empathy. Sometimes‚ this illness is called psychopathy or sociopathy. Unfornately‚ Holden is a sociopath because he is deceitful‚ irresponsible and he lacks remorse for action that harm others.(56) Holden Caulfield is described as a really trouble six`teen-year-old boy who is telling a story about how he got expelled from Pencey Preparatory School. Holden is deceitful. Deceitfulness is defined as a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive or an intentional
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main character‚ Holden Caulfield‚ is a 16 year old troubled boy who is trying to find his own identity and his purpose in the world. Along the way‚ Holden shows many increasing signs of an emotional/ psychological breakdown throughout the book. Holden shows symptoms of an incoming emotional/ psychological breakdown from thoughts of suicide and death. For instance‚ when Holden was alone in a hotel lobby‚ he felt “Depressed and all. [He] almost wished [he] was dead” (90). Holden is a very sad and
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