The Last Meeting

Holden Caulfield, has been admitted into Middletown Care One facility center on February 15, 1950. He was 16 years old when he was first admitted. I started to perform tests when Holden turned 17. These tests will help diagnose him with some sort of mental disorder. Some of those tests involved therapy and asking a series of questions. The questions I have asked him were directly related to his family, social life, everyday habits, education, and any possible hallucinations. I have taken…

Three common themes, like assimilation, power, and identity are seen in many books. Some common books are Catcher in the Rye and Things Fall Apart. Some of the main ways they show identity is how people see them or how they try to present themselves. Then they show power the power of religion, education, and acceptance.. Lastly, assimilation is illustrated by them wanting to be like everybody else and by what they believe in. Identity is really powerful in these two books. Like how Holden tries…

Siblings such as Holden, Phoebe, and Allie prove to hold an immense influence on one another. In Catcher in the Rye, Phoebe is the source of Holden’s decisions. His will to conserve his younger sister’s innocence leads Phoebe to be the origin of many of Holden’s thoughts, fears, and choices. Holden perfectly describes his fear of growing up when he confides in Phoebe that he wishes he could be “The Catcher in the Rye”. By this he means he would like to catch kids before they fall off of the “rye…

civilization and savagery can coexist with one another since the narrator was taken care of at the hospital but was brutally hunted by the Aztecs in his dreams. Another question is, what is the significance of the dream compared to his real life? The last question is what is the theme concerning human behavior and the physical environment? To answer the first, both could exist as there have been religious topics about how chaos and order like with yin and yang coexist together. The narrator…

thing that would be different is you” (Catcher 121). Holden relishes the idea of everything remaining perpetually unchanged. Although, Holden does admit that he is different. The museum never changes but the people do, and Holden is less pure than the last time he visited. Stopping by…

In JD Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye, Holden Caulfield is a boy aimlessly traveling New York City after being expelled from a classy boarding school. Holden poses a great deal of trepidation when it comes to sexual relationships, especially those of Jane and Sunny. Furthermore, Holden tends to misjudge the maturity of his fellow characters. The combination of this misconception, the tension between sexual trepidation, and an adult life with adult relationships, results in confusion for him. In…

The Treatment of Women by Holden Caulfield in The Catcher in the Rye Women, the existence and treatment of, have been a controversial conversation for decades. Before the feminist movement, women were housewives. They were mothers, they cooked for their family, and cleaned the home. These stereotypes have had a negative impact on the way men view women. In The Catcher in the Rye, Holden Caulfield’s opinions on women are shown through his interactions with the female gender. As Holden Caulfield…

Throughout our lives, all human beings are forced to navigate from the world of our carefree simplistic childhoods to the more terrifying complex world of adulthood. For most people, this journey is fearsome and full of struggles and obstacles that they must overcome in order to venture to the other side. No matter how difficult this journey is, growing up and becoming an adult is necessary for our life experience. In the novel The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger, the main character Holden…

The teen-aged years act as a boundary to either permit or prevent one from reaching adulthood. While some find the transition to be smooth, others become stuck in their past, remaining tied to their innocent childhood. Holden Caulfield, in J.D. Salinger’s novel The Catcher in the Rye, is an iconic representation of the American teenager. Holden dwells in the past due to his personal struggles and the difficulty he has understanding controversial life topics such as death and sex. The Catcher in…

However not many of these people are a sixteen year old boy, especially in a time period where rules and regulations were very strict. Holden Caulfield, after meeting up with a man whom he was acquainted with, decides to completely lose it and get drunk after his conversation went differently than he imagined. At the end of it all, he finds himself wet in the freezing cold, in central park in the dead of night…