Essays on Holden Caulfield

If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change. Holden Caulfied looks at things in such a negative tone throughout the novel, Catcher in the Rye, Holden Caulfield has a very negative view on everything besides his little sister,...

Holden Caulfield is a lonely misanthrope who craves compassion. He’s afraid of change, wants to preserve the innocence of children, and searches for an escape. He also displays critical point of views and deceives those around him. This 16-year-old boy perceives the world as a...

Depression is likely to strike many people to some degree in their lifetime. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 9. 1 percent of people reported current major or minor depression. Depression is a common mental disorder that leads often to loss of...

Holden is at a difficult age where he feels stuck – not just in a spatial and emotional stage, but also in regards to time. He holds the past with high regard, thinking pleasantly back to the days where his brother Allie was alive and...

Spider-Man, Batman, and Superman; all of these people were looked up upon others as heroes at some point in time. Most people as young kids saw fictional characters as their hero while others considered a relative or friend. The question is, how can you be...

There are only so many things that can be done without prejudice or sin. While children may be naive and adults mature, there is a nature to childhood that is not as pure in other stages of life: innocence. In J. D Salinger’s Catcher in...

In The Catcher In The Rye by J. D. Salinger, we are taken through the lense of a 17 year-old teenager, trying to find his way throughout the world. The debatable question is if Holden Caulfield is the typical adolescent. An adolescent is a young...

A 1951 novel, The Catcher in the Rye, written by J. D. Salinger focuses on Holden Caulfield, an adolescent. He is the protagonist and narrator(first person omniscient). Throughout the book, we get to see how Caulfield develops and emerges into adulthood and his feelings towards...