I'm Crazy

Various factors like traumas and the occurrence of small incidents during childhood may affect your opinion on life. Catcher in the Rye chronicles the life of Holden and the way he perceives his surroundings with a childlike innocence and his wish to preserve the innocence and purity of others, especially children. Throughout the book, Holden has shown these characteristics in a subtle fashion. During his journey after his leaving of Prencey Prep, Holden went to visit his sister Phoebe at her school

struggles with the reality of growing up during the course of the novel. In example, Holden erases all the swear words on the school wall in attempt to preserve innocence. Holden states, “Somebody’d written “Fuck you” on the wall. It drove me damn near crazy. I thought how Phoebe and all the other little kids would see it and how they’d wonder what the hell it meant…” (Salinger, 201). This quote proves that Holden wants to preserve innocence since he cares so much about

his brother is dead. Depression comes shortly after someone is losing their mind. Holden shows that a lot of things depress him through out the book. He doesn't like being around sick people because they depress him. " It was very depressing. I'm not too crazy about sick people anyway." What was another sign that Holden was dealing with depression was his unwanted feeling of growing up and joining the adult world. By Letting himself fall into adulthood, Holden is letting the relationship he had with

As Holden walks through the halls at Phoebe’s school to watch her play, he notices the words “Fuck you” on the walls. “Somebody’d written ‘Fuck you’ on the wall. It drove me damn near crazy. I thought how Phoebe and all the other kids would see it, and wonder what the hell it meant, and then finally some dirty kid would tell them [...] I kept wanting to kill whoever’d written it [...] But i rubbed it out anyway” (Salinger, 201). This

hat more than him. Holden wants phoebe to be protected from the dangers of growing up and losing innocence, so he tells her to keep it. Salinger writes, “Then I took my hunting hat out of my coat pocket and gave it to her. She likes those kinds of crazy hats.” (97) Holden knows that alienation is what represents what little stability there is in his life and that he never addresses his emotions head on, but he chooses to hide from them. Holden doesn’t need to protect himself anymore because he knows

SSR Project A Catcher in the Rye “THe more expensive a school is, the more crooks it has- I’m not kidding…”(4) Holden is explaining how his Camel coat and fur lined gloves were stolen right out of his room. He is mad because it is winter time, and while it's supposed to be a good neighborhood, it is ‘full of crooks’. Will Holden get his coat back? Does he find who does it? I predict something will happen with the ‘crooks’. “He’s dead now. He got leukemia and dies when we were up in MAine, July 18

Everyone has lost someone dear to them, often during their happiest stage- childhood. It feels like a ceiling crashing down, and affects everyone differently. Holden from J.D. Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye took the death of his brother, Allie, terribly and broke all of the windows in his family’s garage. Even his various addictions are likely related to Allie’s death. Through this and other experiences, all of his innocence is lost, and he became extremely aware of the world’s hardship much too

game in life. Holden is observant because he watches how people act and forms his on opinion on the negative things that they do. Another significant trait that Holden has is that he’s immature and does not always act his age. “I’m seventeen now, and sometimes I act like i’m about thirteen [...] And yet I still act like I was only about twelve. Everyone says that especially my father. It's partly true, too, but it isn't all true. People always thinks something's all true. I don't give a dang, except

“Catcher in The Rye” One instance in which the author uses symbolism to show a deeper meaning is when the record “The Little Shirley Beans” is used to show Holden’s desire to hold on to his innocence. Holden wants to find this record that he heard at Pencey for Phoebe. It’s a children's record that holden spends 5 dollars on, only for it to be “broken into 50 pieces”(118). Since the record was for children, it symbolised the innocence of a child. When the book is broken it is showing Holden's

Holden also shows his concern for younger children when he was sitting down and noticed something crazy. “Somebody'd written "Fuck you" on the wall. It drove me damn near crazy. I thought how Phoebe and all the other little