... . I have a PhD from Stanford University and have been working with teenagers for ten years. However, Holden Caulfield has been different then any other patient I have ever had. Even though Holden and I have had a pretty good relationship it still has taken more than a year for me to get him to open up ... with me. Once he did open up through the free association activity I found out some interesting things. I think that the Id dominates the ego with Holden. He does things without really contemplating what the consequences will be. For example he doesn't apply himself in school because he...

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Holden Caulfield is suffering from the severe depression and is socially incompetent which enables him to not form lasting relationships with friends or family. This comes from being alone all the time not sharing his feelings with anyone. He constantly feels betrayed by society as Mr. Spencer who told him about his expulsion from Pencey Prep. Holden felt the adult world was full of ... of the cliff). Also, he finds comfort talking to his ten-year old sister, Phoebe, whom he feels is the most intelligent of all. This kind of behavior tells that Holden consider himself alienated from society t...

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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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... the main character is Holden Caulfield. He is a teen- age boy who goes through some major changes. His life is taken over by isolation and depression. This is all caused by his attitude towards others, his failure to accept the world around him and his various obsessions with sex and alcohol. Holden is not able to ... of going to New England or Colorado, to go anywhere, just so he doesn't have to face the people or situations around him. Holden also has an obsession with sex. Holden is a virgin, but he is very interested in sex, and in fact he spends much of the novel trying to lose his ...

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... Rye Context essay In order the to fully understand the "catcher in the rye" the analysis of all surrounding aspects of the main character's life must be taken into consideration. Holden Caulfield is at the complex age of sixteen, and refuses to follow his inevitable course of maturity being one of the underlying conflicts expressed in the novel. As a result of this ... ostracized and alienated. The historical and social contexts must be examined closely in order better understand the novel and actions of Holden Caulfield. Also the different settings in which Salinger has placed Holden a...

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... kicked out from other schools), The Catcher in the Rye is in fact a sensitive study of one individual's understanding of his human condition. Holden Caulfield, a teenager growing up in 1945s in New York, has been expelled school for poor achievement and losing school property on a train. In an ... to see the hopelessness of their own lives? When we are honest we can see within ourselves suppressed elements of the forces operating within Holden Caulfield, and because of that I would recommend this thought provoking novel as a fascinating and enlightening description of our current human ...

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... discoveries as to treat the mentally ill in the1950s, dangerous medicines and operations were used on people without much research. In the novel Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger, when Holden Caulfield tells his story from inside the mental hospital, there is a good chance treatment he is receiving is affecting the way the theme and tone of his story turn out. In ... psychotropic drugs, opened the door for future pharmacy drugs, and ended the harmful treatments with their success. Because of the extreme treatments used to "cure" mental illness in the 1950s, Holden Caulfield could have...

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... , however, there are many facts one must first look upon. As an adolescent, an individual may experience loss, grief, failure, numerous responsibilities, and being characterized into a social class of society. Holden Caulfield, the antagonist of J.D. Salinger's Catcher in the Rye, lives in an adult society when he moves into New York City yet he is only a teenager. As a result, he faces a ... self-identity struggle and is uncertain of his beliefs. Salinger portrays the difficulties that go along with the "coming of age" through Holden Caulfield's point of view. In The Catcher and the Rye...

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... between childhood and adulthood. Embellishing the separation between innocence and squalor in the grasps of society. The bridge that lies between these contrasting themes are personified through the novel's protagonist, Holden Caulfield and his visualization of a cliff, which depicts a dividing point between the evident beginning and end. The connection, which binds this gap in reality, was made clear through a ... new found compassion, consummating Holden's place in society through the realization of his surroundings from which he successfully crosses over. Focusing on the rebellious a...

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The Catcher In The Rye by J. D. Salinger The Main characters in this book are Holden Caulfield. He is the main character. The whole story pretty much revolves around him. He is telling this story to a psychoanalyst but you really start to ... sick and twisted mind. Another one of the characters is Phoebe. The reason I bring this character up is because a lot of this story has her involved in Holden's thoughts. Events that are going on in this story are not told in a normal fashion. The events in the story really aren't chronological order. He is telling ... story actually takes place in a Me...

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... in turn, embark on a journey that leads to both self-identification and maturation. The Narrator in Jay McInerney's Bright Lights, Big City, and Holden Caulfield in J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye, are two such characters. In Bright Lights, Big City, the Narrator escapes family and marriage problems, ... are insecure, and, above all, people who are "phony." He feels that almost nobody is genuine, and that everybody, specifically adults, is "phony."" Holden applies the term "phony" to those who conform to society and have ulterior motives, which he explains to Pheobe when he contem...

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... checkpoints throughout Red Badge of Courage and Catcher in the Rye. Each of the novices struggle psychologically during their novel's separation stage as their location exacerbates their insecure conditions; however, Holden's stubbornness creates a treacherous cycle in which the initiate is unresponsive to guidance. During the Separation Stage the first signs of change, subtle or obvious, begin to occur; the extent ... but he could not" (Crane 37). The symptom of instability confirms the idea that Henry has become indecisive in a time of change in his life. This contrasts heavily with Hol...

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... is because they cannot accept the world and set profound goals that keep this dream alive. An excellent example of a person like this is one, Holden Caulfield. He has the power to accept the world, but he chooses not to, which leads to his continuous suffering. He decides not to contribute any ... carries on with a callous attitude toward his life and that of others. His absence of astute goals brings him solitude and alienation from his environment. Holden is young and by nature cannot make many big decisions rationally, however, he has the choice to get an education and to gain wisdom ...

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... use of symbolism helps to develop this novel's tragic theme of self vs. self and the on going battle with change. The main character in this book, Holden Caulfield, is a curious young man which leads him to discover the first main use of symbolism in the novel. He has a strong curiosity about where the ... of youth and a carefree willingness to encounter the mysteries of the world. This moment in the book really stands out as an important symbolic factor, because Holden clearly lacks such willingness to learn and ask silly, yet genuine questions in other aspects of his life. The ducks an...

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... disturbed young sixteen year old boy named Holden Caulfield. Holden is telling this story in first person, although the whole thing is all one big flashback. The story is one of a young Boy trying to grow up in an Adult world, and trying to show that he is an Adult. As Holden is learning, there are many depressing ... things in the world. Holden, being the Idealist that he is, searches to find everything that needs to be changed, but never gives an alternative to the ... situation or thing. In the four total days that the story covers, Holden ends up getting himself from Pencey to New Y...

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... title, this book is an easily relatable story. Told through the eyes of a young boy, Holden Caulfield, The Catcher In The Rye is not a story to easily be forgotten. Expelled from boarding school Holden goes out into the world in search of non-phoniness, truth, and innocence. Holden was a very hypocritical character in the book. Believing that all his thoughts and beliefs were true ... and every one that differed in opinion was an idiot. Feeling that he knew a lot about human nature, Holden discusses his thoughts on many people's actions and personalities. Most of which were described ne...

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