What causes Holden to begin his journey? In the book The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger, the main character, Holden Caulfield, embarks on a quest to start the beginning of the rest of his life. He leaves his only place that he had with a sense of security, his dorm, out into the world, which he knew nothing of. His idea of starting over never hit him until he realizes what he was getting himself into. The farther and farther he breaks out into the open world, the less determination and connections he has with himself and others. Holden is alone, not knowing what to do, leading to a state of depression later on in his course through his so-called new life. During his journey, a forceful action of a need to interact with others is created, opening new connections with new people. When he runs into a corner, or a problem, running away is his best option; he is running from his old life, his new life's problems, and his feelings. Over the course of Holden's journey in the new world he is exposed to, he sees everything in a new way, loneliness is created and leads to depression, with the action of leaving everything behind to start over.
             Holden's attributes regarding his single-person traveling, moving from place to place, present within the story, shows that his is lonely. He continues an endless journey and always runs away from his surroundings. Closer to the beginning of his journey, Holden exclaims, "The first thing I did when I got off at Penn Station, I went into this phone booth. I felt like giving somebody a buzz" (Salinger 59). The fact that he is, in fact, alone creates a reaction that leads to always thinking about someone to talk to. Because of his constant movement shows that he is always in need of something and someone new, clearly unsure of what it is he is looking for. Joyce Rowe, critic at the Cambridge University Press, states: "Holden feels more victim or prisoner than favored son...