Catcher in the Rye Alienation

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In the book, Catcher In The Rye by J.D. Salinger, Holden
Caufield, the main character is a negatively charged person,
doesn’t want himself or others around him to grow up, and
suffers from depression because of his brothers death. This is
obviously Holden’s way of alienating the entire world and
delaying the consequences of facing reality. Alienation is a big
theme in Catcher In The Rye, and something that Holden
Holden Caufield is a negatively charged character as
expressed on thefirst page of the book before Holden
tells his opinion about his childhood. He says, “If you really
want to hear about it, thefirst thing you’ll probably want to
know is where I was born, and what my lousy childhood was
like…” (Pg. 1) Holden shows here that he was negative and
depressed even in his childhood years which is mainly due to
his brother, Allie’s death. Holden’s alienation toward the world
is what causes these unwanted character traits of Holden’s.
Holden is also a hostile character who attributes his negativity
to block out others around him, and to delay the fact that he
indeed will have to face reality sometime. Holden’s pattern of
speech, the constant expression of negativity, is a character
trait Holden possesses that shows the inner pain he feels.
Holden truly shows that he does not want to grow up
and he does not want other children to grow up either. Holden
believes that all adults are phonies, like Principal Thurmer.
Holden hates phonies and that’s why he doesn’t want children
to grow up, do they won’t become phonies. Holden’s hatred
towards adults is due to his brother’s death. Holden
probably somewhat blames his parents for not stopping his
younger brother’s death. Holden alienated phonies or adults
because of this. Holden believes that he cannot depend on