Essays on Holden Caulfield
Thesis Statement The Catcher in the Rye was written in the 1950s by J.D. Salinger, who invented the controversial character Holden Caulfield, who reflects the teenage perspective of many 1950s teenagers. Purpose Statement The purpose of this paper is to draw and evaluate a comparison between Holden Caulfield, his struggles, and those of the teenagers...
Masked by Isolation Losing someone is difficult, especially a loved one. People behave differently when losing a family member. Some continue forward, and others fall into a more profound depressive state. In the novel, The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger, Holden Caulfield is solely at fault for his isolation from society because of...
Holden Caulfield is the main protagonist in the J.D. Salinger novel, The Catcher in The Rye. Throughout the novel, Salinger portrays Holden as an adolescent that is trying to find a sense of identity as an adult. During Holden’s identity crisis, the reader picks up that his actions and feelings are unusual. Holden frequently smokes...
