Literary Analysis: The Catcher in the Rye
             Holden Caulfield, the protagonist of the story The Catcher in the Rye,
             explains his struggle throughout his High School life and growing up. It all begins
             with Holden being explelled from Pency Preparatory School for doing poorly in
             school. Holden knows that his parents are not going to be the happiest people
             when they find out that he has been expelled, so he decides to take it easy
             "The major conflict is within Holden's psyche. Part of him wants
             to connect with other people on an adult level..." (Sparknotes 2). Some of the
             characters that help Holden survive his bitterness are his little sister Phoebe,
             older brother D.B. Holden is extremely close to his older brother and
             younger sister. He is especially close to Pheobe for the fact that he believes
             she understands him best. Mr. Antolini is another important character.
             Mr. Antolini is Holden's former English teacher at another Prep school
             Holden attended before Pency. Mr. Antolini is one of the few adults
             that Holden gets along with. "He manages to avoid alienating
             Holden, and being labeled a "phony," because he doesn't behave conventionally." (Sparknotes 5).
             Phoebe and Mr. Antolini both realize that Holden is his own worst
             enemy. The main conflict with Holden is that he thinks he is the noble character in
             this world and that everyone else is a "phony" (Sparknotes 2). It seems as if
             he never wants to grow up. He doesn't want anything to change at all. That is
             one thing that bothers Holden tremendously, change. For instance, Holden
             loves taking Phoebe to Central park and walking around and playing with
             the ducks at the pond. During the winter, the ducks are not at the pond
             and this disturbs Holden. This is believe to be symbolic of his not liking
             changes and being very afraid of them. (Sparknotes 5). Another conflict
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