Catcher In The Rye

Amanda Glemser
Mrs. Uecker
English III
22 May 2009
Mourning for Allie
m any another(prenominal) critics have analyzed J. D. Salinger’s Catcher in the rye whiskey, dismissing Holden’s odd behaviors as those of any rebellious teenager. Or, by exclusively stating that he’s a strange character. His attitudes are genuinely sympathetic of a serious psychological problem (Miller 1). Holden Caulfield’s irrational behavior in the Catcher in the Rye is a direct result of his ongoing inability to get along with his younger sidekick, Allie’s, death.
Throughout the novel, Holden has no one to guide him, nor any sense of authority. He is unable to connect with anyone on a personal level, because he is still mourning for his dead brother. Allie died on July 18, 1946. On that date, Holden was thirteen years old. The novel begins in 1949, when Holden is sixteen. Although he has physically matured, Allie’s death has stunted his growth, in a way. Emotionally, Holden is still at age thirteen.
The reader doesn’t grapple much around Mrs. Caulfield, Holden’s induce. The novel is written in first person, and doesn’t provide much information about her. Holden makes it out in such a way that it appears that his mother isn’t over Allie’s death.



In his eyes, she is so inattentive with it that she continues to neglect Holden, as presumably she did when Allie was dying (Miller 1). The night later on Allie’s death, Holden slept in the garage and broke all of the windows with his fist. He admits that it was a stupid thing to do, but claims that he scantily knew that he was doing it. He says that the act is “stupid”, but it in like manner reflects his uncontrollable anger, at himself for wishing Allie dead and at his brother for leaving him alone and burdened with feelings of guilt; this could also be looked at as a way of getting til now with a father who fails to understand Holden, or save Allie (Miller 1). Holden breaks his surpass from the windows, and is...If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: Ordercustompaper.com



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