... is a negatively charged person, doesn't want himself or others around him to grow up and suffers from depression because of his brother's death. In JD Salinger's' Catcher in the Rye, a troubled teenager named Holden Caulfield struggles with the fact that everyone has to grow up. The book gets its title from Holden's constant ... asked him to name something that he would like to be when he grew up, the only thing he would have liked to be was a catcher in the rye. He invented an illusion for himself of a strange fantasy. He stated that he would like to follow a poem by Robert Burns: If a...

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... own life and realizing that it is not just a "phase" he is going through but an essential part of his self. In the novel The Catcher in the Rye, Holden's character matures and develops which not only changes the way he views the world around him but also how he views himself. Holden ... the reality that he needs to make something for himself instead of dreaming of being a saviour or hero like when he wanted to be the Catcher in the Rye. When he tells Phoebe that he will not run away, he really is telling the truth and this is an example of him facing his ... changing and that is someth...

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... -I mean if they"re running and they don't look where they"re going I have to come out from somewhere and catch them. That's all I"d do all day. I"d just be the catcher in the rye and all. I know it's crazy, but that's the only thing I"d really like to be. I know it's crazy (Salinger,156). Holden wants to catch children before they fall out of ... is inevitable, Holden learns to deal with it and accepts his responsibilities. By the end, the books leaves most reader wondering whether or not Holden Caulfield finally succeeds in his dream of becoming a "catcher in the rye". Although Holden s...

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• Grade Level: High School