... kind of behavior is typical of a severely mentally ill person that needs help. At the end of the novel, Holden briefly mentions "what [he] did after [he] went home, and how [he] got sick and all" (213). It is implied that Holden Caulfield is currently in a mental hospital, indicating that his downward spiral had been completed. Since this is his present ... stress, depression, and lack of food and sleep in the past few days cause Holden to faint. He is treating his body so horribly that it is pushed to the limit of shutting itself down. Holden's physical disintegration is the last phase...

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... society. Some people have a religious reawakening while others fall into a deep depression, leaving people unable to do normal, everyday chores, or the entire personality can change. In the case of Holden Caulfield, the protagonist within the novel The Catcher in the Rye, the death of his brother Allie brought upon him grief but also something worse ... . His one time teacher, Mr. Antolini, mentioned this symbolic plunge to Holden, "This fall I think you"re riding for- it's a special kind of fall, a horrible kind"(pg. 187, ch. 4). The fall that Holden Caulfield is experiencing stems from...

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... fall into a deep depression, which can disrupt their ability to do normal, everyday chores. The person's entire personality can also change. In the case of Holden Caulfield, the protagonist within the novel The Catcher in the Rye, the death of his brother Allie brought upon him much pain and grief but it also caused him ... somebody laughs on the street very late at night. You can hear it for miles. It makes you feel so lonesome and depressed."(pg. 81, ch. 12) Holden is a very dependant person and is always looking for a relationship to become involved with, but he always becomes too inse...

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Holden Caulfield's Update Holden Caulfield is a child with many different issues. Some of these issues are stronger than the rest. Holden's breakdown, in my mind, is the presumed suicide attempt and/or hospitalization of himself. Holden used phrases such as "getting sick" to describe what had happened to him, but the ideas he puts across are clear ... apply himself. By not applying himself, it seems that he is getting his parents back for sending him to a private school. Yet I think that if Holden chose to apply himself, then he would be able to get good grades and prove his parents wrong for ...

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... all about a young man named Holden Caulfield. Holden was a michevious boy from New York City whom always lacked off in his doings. He would never care about school and his grades, but always managed to get a good passing grade in English that was taught by a teacher named Mr. Spencer. Holden learns the most valuable lessons about ... everyday life and wonders why he has to live the life he has. Holden had three siblings" back home that he thought of most of the time, two of which were older ... . He would talk about her the most around people and brag about her. She was only eight years...

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Catcher in the Rye Holden and His "Phony" Family The protagonist, Holden Caulfield, interacts with many people throughout J.D. Salinger's novel The Catcher in the Rye, but probably none have as much impact on him as certain members of his immediate family. The ways Holden acts around or reacts to the various members of his family give the reader a direct view of Holden's philosophy surrounding each member ... . How do Holden's different opinions of his ... referring to the subject of this metaphor as -- someone who discriminates against others, is a hypocrite about something, or has manifesta...

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... look into the life of Conrad Jarret, a teenage boy who lives with his mother and father. The Catcher in the Rye deals with Holden Caulfield, a seventeen-year-old boy who is returning home from school to his parents and younger sister. These two characters have some differences yet ... lost a brother to death. Their brothers, however, affected them differently. Conrad's brother, Jordan, died in the same boating accident, which Conrad survived. Holden's brother Alie died of leukemia. Conrad feels guilty about Jordan's death because Conrad survived the accident. He feels that Jordan shoul...

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... struggle to understand themselves and the world that surrounds them. Three prime examples of adolescent struggles are in the characters Ellen Foster, from the novel Ellen Foster by Kaye Gibbons; Holden Caulfield, from the novel Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger; and Gordie from the movie Stand by Me. Each of these children has conflicts with their parents. For Ellen, she experiences ... grief due to her mother's death, and her father's abusive behavior. Holden has problems accepting adulthood; this is why he does not like adults and therefore isn't close with his parents. Gordie expe...

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