The Catcher in the Rye is a psychological novel based on how events affect the character's mind. Holden Caulfield is an emotionally disturbed sixteen-year old boy who has trouble fitting in and finding a place for himself in society. He sees the world in a different view and dislikes people. Holden's flaw is he is unrealistic to himself and the world. It leads to the inevitability of his doom which is a total mental breakdown.
             Holden Caulfield is a prep school student who failed out of Pencey Prep around Christmas. Several days before he is expected home, he leaves school planning to spend some time on his own in New York City. Though Holden is friendly with many people, he is constantly lonely and in need of someone who will sympathize with his feelings of alienation. He spends his time with a variety of people, but cannot make meaningful relationships with any of them. Holden decided the only solution to his overwhelming problem is to run away and establish a new identity as a deaf-mute who will not need to communicate with anyone. On the verge of nervous collapse, Holden changes his mind and decides to rejoin his family. He
             then enters a rest home, and he tells a psychoanalyst his story. Holden is not sure whether he will be able to handle things better when he leaves the institution, and he is sorry that he told his story at all.
             Holden Caulfield's flaw is he is unrealistic to himself and the world. When Phoebe asked him what he wanted to be, he said he wants to be a catcher in the rye. Holden would be in a big rye field and he would catch anyone who might fall off a cliff. This meant he would be protecting the children from falling into a world of misery and phoniness. He sees children as symbols of goodness and innocence, and whom he would like to shield against corruption.
             By pretending to be the "catcher", shows he is unrealistic to himself and the world. He believed h
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