'The Catcher in the Rye' Holden Breakdown
- juliafurst
- Dec 22, 2016
- 1 min read
Holden seems like a disturbed teenager, as implied by his family issues which include his older brother moving across the country, his parents not spending time with him, and the death of his beloved little brother. I am intrigued by his loneliness. It seems like he chooses to be lonely which is confusing to me because i am a very social person. I am not sure if I like Holden. He seems to have a crude personality, which may be because of his issues, but I do think he makes things worse for himself, so I give him little pity. The one thing that I hate is how he keeps the Ackley kid around. Ackley seems very annoying and like a cringey person in general, especially when he clips his nails and leaves the clippings on the ground.
I agree with Ed Norton when he talks about being able to understand Holden through himself and dialogue. Dialogue plays a big role in this book because it really gives you an honest opinion who Holden is; it is somewhat like an outside source. It shows that even though he calls others phony, he is somewhat phony himself, like how in his head he does not really like Ackley, but he keeps Ackley around, probably just for company, but I would still consider that phony.
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