Catcher in the Rye 7

The Book Catcher in the Rye is a novel written by J. D. Salinger based on a boy and what he goes through in just three days. The book begins as Holden Caulfield tells what has happened to him previously. Curiously he does not say were he is at the moment. He is a teenager growing up in 1950s New York. He is expelled from his prep school once again. In an attempt to deal …showed first 75 words of 1137 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1137 total…to both the mental and the physical side. I think the biggest reason was Allies death that clearly had a big effect on Holden. He felt that Allie raised people’s expectations of him and he thought he could never compete with him. Over the course of the book he gradually becomes both mentally and physically weak leading to the breakdown. Overall Holden could not cope the pressure of growing up and becoming an adult.