How Is Holden Caulfield Relevant Today

Fear is the demon that destroys the minds of the young and the old. Fear is the hardest emotion that alters a person’s reality. The dark deeds done in this world can create this growing fear. J.D. Salinger is an author that brings out most realistic human traits, such as fear, and displays them in his writings as his characters or certain sections of his plot. In the novel, Salinger displays the fears and exploitations in the teenage world that are affected by the adult world and that can affect the world of children.In The Catcher and the Rye, J.D. Salinger uses the loss of innocence as a result of the adult world to portray youth's reluctance to grow up. Holden is a trouble child at 16, he has been kicked out of many different schools and

In J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye, the main character, Holden, cannot accept that he must move out of childhood and into adulthood. One of Holden’s most important major problems is his lack of maturity. Holden also has a negative perspective of life that makes things seem worse than they really are. In addition to Holden’s problems he is unable to accept the death of his brother at a young age. Holden’s immaturity, negative mentality, and inability to face reality hold him back from moving into adulthood.

When we grow up we’re raised to do our best and to be mature. People know their right from wrongs. Throughout the novel The Catcher in the Rye by, J.D. Salinger the main character goes through a difficult life and time growing up. Growing up too fast is not the answer for everything. The main character Holden Caulfield is a misfit because he is very dramatic, he avoids facing things, and he shows reckless behavior.

Teenage years are difficult. Time tells this story of struggle again and again. The Catcher in the Rye is a classic novel showing the struggles a teenager goes through while transitioning into adulthood. The main character, Holden Caulfield, is a judgmental and temperamental boy who struggles to see the positivity in life. Throughout the story, Holden searches to find himself, as he feels forced to grow up. He holds onto aspects of his childhood and isolates himself so much that it is even harder for him to transition. J.D. Salinger uses the red hunting hat, the museum and cigarettes as important symbols in the story to convey the themes of transitioning from childhood to adulthood, loneliness, and isolation.

It takes many experiences in order for an immature child to become a responsible, well-rounded adult. In J. D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye, Salinger’s main character Holden Caulfield matures throughout the course of the novel. In the beginning of the novel, Holden is a juvenile young man. However, through his experiences, Holden is able to learn, and is finally able to become somewhat mature by the end of the novel. In The Catcher in the Rye, Holden Caulfield’s story represents a coming of age for all young adults.

One of the greatest American Literature writers, J.D. Salinger, was familiar with a rough childhood by experience. He was able to parallel his experiences to the experiences of Holden Caulfield, the protagonist in The Catcher in Rye. In this novel, Holden experiences conflicts that most youth are not familiar with. The conflicts in Holden Caulfield’s life are caused by various forces and circumstances.

Holden Caulfield is the protagonist in the novel, “The Catcher In The Rye.” He has changed dramatically since he left Pencey Prep. At the beginning of the book. Where he started to tell what happened in his life, at the beginning he was Rebellious and didn’t seem to care about what was going to happen to his future. An example of this is when Mr. Spencer sat Holden down on the bed and gave him a lecture on why he flunked and that he should care about his future, but you could tell that he could care less. However Holden appreciated the help Mr. Spencer was trying to give him. Another example of Holden being Rebellious is when Stradler was joking about having sex with one of Holden’s friends and he thought “I’m going to sock him, with all my might, right smack in the toothbrush, so it will split his goddam throat open.” Then after he was pinned by Stradler Holden kept calling him a moron even though he was told to stop multiple times and it resulted in Holden getting punched in the face and nearly knocked out.

First, Holden Caulfield is relevant in today’s society because of the way he thinks and acts. He thinks just like any other teenager. He gets nervous about girls just like teenage boys do today. For instance, Holden says “I’m not crazy about talking to girls’ mothers on the phone anyway” (Salinger 129). He doesn’t like to talk to girls’ parents on the phone and that is relevant today because most boys don’t like to do that either. In addition, Holden also says “I’m the most terrific liar you ever saw in your life. It’s awful” (Salinger 19). This tells us that he

The book “The Catcher in the Rye” is a novel by J.D Salinger, this book taps into the mind of many teens across America, some can even relate to the main character. The book itself is band because it shows what real life is actually like for teens, it’s unfair and unpredictable. Holden Caulfield is the protagonist of this novel and life for him isn’t going the way he wants. Do I think that this novel is still relevant today, yes I think it is, many teens today are stressed out and have many problems to deal with, the story of Holden Caulfield is full of “phonies” as holden calls everyone that he him doesn’t like. This novel has characters that are very relatable even to today’s generation, It’s like Salinger could see the future this book is still relevant today.

Childhood is a miraculous thing, and gaining maturity is one of the most important things in childhood. J.D. Salinger displays this perfectly with his coming of age novel The Catcher in the Rye. This coming of age novel has set the tone for many other novels of the like. The main crux of the novel focuses on maturity and how it affects the characters. This is very apparent with the main character Holden Caulfield, and Salinger uses this character to subtly create a commentary on maturity. Throughout The Catcher in the Rye, Holden is not the only character who demonstrates this claim, but he is the best example. As the novel progresses the reader can see shifts and changes in Holden’s character, and these shifts are what make The Catcher in

Holden Caulfield plays a timeless character in the sense that his way of life is common for the American teenager, in his time as well as now. Today parents dread the terrible and confusing adolescent years of their child's life. In J.D. Salinger's book, The Catcher in the Rye, Holden is in this terrible and confusing point of his life. At this point in his life, as well as in modern teenager's lives, a transition occurs, from child to adult. Holden takes this change particularly rough and develops a typical mentality that prevents him from allowing himself to see or understand his purpose in life.

After reading The Catcher in the Rye, I feel the main theme of this novel is the relatable fear of going into adulthood. To start with, Holden’s goal is not trying to achieve maturity like most protagonists of a novel if anything it is to avoid maturity at all costs. For example, when Holden goes to the National Museum of History his thoughts about the Exhibits in the museum goes to show his fear of complexity, he continues explaining in detail that no matter how many times you go the Exhibits don't change at all but the person does and he wonders if it's the same for his sister Phoebe as it was for him also thinking he isn't depressed about that but he isn't happy about his sister having to grow up either as well as “Certain things

In the novel Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger, the protagonist Holden Caulifield views the world as an evil corrupt place where there is no peace. Holden has a phony phobia that restricts him from becoming a fully matured adult. In Holden's attempted journey in becoming a fully matured adult, he encounters many scenarios involving friendship, personal opinions, and his love of children. His journey is an unpleasant and difficult one with many lessons learned along the way; including the realization that he is powerless to change the world.

In J.D. Salinger's Catcher in the Rye, a young man named Holden Caulfield is on the edge of adulthood. He is a bright kid but struggles with many mental diseases mainly because of the passing of his brother Allie. This has caused him to not focus on school and has got him kicked out of many schools. He did not have many friends and he did not like many people. He thought of everyone as phony. Holden does not want to confront adulthood in fear of losing his childhood because of the fear of change, conformity to the phony world and the passing of his younger brother Allie.

Life is a lot more different nowadays. With all of the new technology and discoveries, today's society has made a teenagers life harder. The standards of themselves and their parents have risen adding more pressure to their day to day life. To go further in your education you must learn harder material and pay more to get into a university or college. The biggest change though is social media. Social Media makes teens feel exposed whenever they are with other people, and they can talk to whoever they want. When you compare today's world to Holden's, it's an enormous difference. Nobody can compare our time with Holden’s on the same scale because our life now is a lot more harder for teens than