I'm Crazy

In J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye, Holden Caulfield experiences many emotional troubles, most of which are much more significant than those of a typical teenager's. From rapid, intense mood swings to depressive episodes filled with suicidal thoughts and self destructive behaviors, his grave mental illness ends up taking over him. Holden Caulfield's bipolar disorder leaves him feeling distraught, confused and hopeless, and eventually causes him to have a mental breakdown. Holden undergoes

After Phoebe asks what he wants to be when he grows up, Holden goes into detail and illustrates, “… I’m standing on the edge of some crazy cliff. What I have to do, I have to catch everybody if they start to go over the cliff—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

depressed by his society is because they all are similar. One of the ways he expresses how he feels is by calling people “phonies”. The first time he used the word was describing someone's smile. “ I can’t stand that stuff. It drives me crazy. It makes me so depressed I go crazy. I hated that goddamn Elkton Hills” (pg;14). Holden was explaining why he dropped out of the previous

Throughout American literature, several different authors have valued their own opinions on what defines an American. Some authors describe Americans as smart, energetic, or even sad or boring. In the novel The Catcher in The Rye by J.D. Salinger, Holden Caulfield is a troubled teenage boy, who can never find happiness. In the short story “Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, the protagonist suffers from postpartum depression causing her to believe that a lady is trapped in wallpaper. In

Catcher In the Rye Paper J.D. Salinger puts together numerous amounts of creative symbols in his American Literature novel, The Catcher In The Rye. He uses these symbols to demonstrate a comprehensive form of imagery for the reader so that they can tie together the past events of Holden and identify him as the constructed character that he is. A very substantial symbol that characterizes Holden throughout most of the story is his alienation from society and social interactions with adults especially

still has a depressed, immature attitude on life as well as people in it. Also if Holden deliberately is in a place he does like full of people he does like, he must be quite desperate. This fact is reinforced when he says “It was a terrible place, I’m not kidding.”(142) Holden’s maturity is even pointed out by Luce when he remarks “Naturally. Your mind is immature.”(147) This is also quite noticeable because of the setting Holden is in (a bar at the age of fifteen). After Luce denies Holden any help

it. Throughout the novel he talks about how phony everyone is, and what morons people can be, and it is not hidden that he is upset with life. Holden talks about death quite frequently, he states, “Anyway, I'm sort of glad they've got the atomic bomb invented. If there's ever another war, I'm going to sit right the hell on top of it. I'll volunteer for it, I swear to God I will.” This is not something a happy-with-life person would say. Holden doesn't seem to realize that he has a problem, similar

Struggles In J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye, Holden Caulfield is a high school student that has gone to many boarding schools and been kicked out of every single one do to bad grades. He has a little sister and had a little brother, but doesn’t have a very good home life or connection with his parents every since his little brother, Allie, died of leukemia. His parent’s grieve and get over his death quicker than him and Holden doesn’t see how they do it. He never got closure and this affects

The Catcher in the Rye Theme Analysis Essay The Catcher in the Rye is narrated by the main character, Holden Caulfield. Holden tells the readers his journey of undergoing failure and misfortune throughout his teenage life. Throughout the story there are many themes that can accommodate for Holden Caulfield’s story. Two themes that exemplify the story perfectly are loneliness and purity. One theme of The Catcher in the Rye is loneliness. Throughout the story it is easy to identify that Holden often

The Catcher In The Rye was a book written by J.D Salinger, Salinger writes about a boy who struggles with depression, PTSD, and possibly most threatening: a grasp on reality. Holden doesn't have the ambition that most teenage boys do to grow up and become an adult; or better said, to become a man. Holden sees the adult world as a bittersweet lie that is condescending and phony, therefore, he would rather stay a child. Holden's idea of growing up and his opinions on childhood put him in a conflicted