Holden Caulfield's Breakdown
Holden Caulfield in The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger suffers from an emotional breakdown that is shown throughout the novel. Holden's depression is brought on in a few different ways. His relationships with most people, the death of his brother and a classmate, his love for Jane, and his troubles in school were the main contributions to his depression. It was these few things that brought about his emotional breakdown. One of the first steps of Holden's breakdown was the death of his younger brother Allie. Three years before Holden tells his story from the rest home, Allie died from leukemia. He was very intelligent and used to write poems in green ink on a baseball glove so he had something to do when people were at bat. Holden had the glove now, and he even wrote a composition for Stradlater about it. Holden never went to Allie's funeral, so he never had a chance to say good-bye. In the
Holden continues to be kicked out of every school he attends to because he fails to apply himself, despite how much everyone else in his life tries to encourage him about school and his grades. Also at Elkton Hills, a boy named James Castle killed himself by jumping out of a window. This had an effect on Holden because the boys at his school had tormented James Castle to death, and Holden could not get the image of James's dead body out of his head. Also Stradlater, his roommate, contributed to his emotional breakdown. Holden's depression was so much a part of his life that he could no longer see the happiness that was right in front of him. She was very important as one of the steps of Holden's emotional breakdown because he cared for her so much. After Stradlater went out on a date with Jane Holden became jealous and immature which caused him to get in a fight with Stradlater. Stradlater was "phony" to Holden, as he felt most people were to him. There were a few occasions throughout the novel when Holden wanted to call Jane, but he was never in the right mood. But, Holden cannot be helped because the only person who can help him, is himself. He feels that he has lost the only 'real' person he ever knew. novel, Holden mainly brings up Allie when he is upset, and he is still very confused about his death. Holden Caulfield suffered from an emotional breakdown because of Jane, Stradlater, the death of Allie and James Castle, and Pencey Prep.
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