Scribd Logo
Upload

Welcome to Scribd!

  • Holden Characterization

    Uploaded by

    Ece Seray Yiğit
    3 views2 pages
    Holden Caulfield, a 16-year-old who has just been expelled from school, cannot deal with reality and distances himself not only from other people, but also from himself. In Chapter 8, Holden leaves his school at night and takes a train, sitting alone with the lights on and windows blacked out. A woman sits next to him on the train and tries to talk to him after seeing his school sticker, but he lies about his name and tells her fabricated stories about her son to avoid talking about himself. Holden realizes he cannot stop lying once he gets started and uses it as a way to avoid dealing with his own emotions and reality.

    Original Description:

    Copyright

    © © All Rights Reserved

    Available Formats

    PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Did you find this document useful?

    Is this content inappropriate?

    Report this Document
    Holden Caulfield, a 16-year-old who has just been expelled from school, cannot deal with reality and distances himself not only from other people, but also from himself. In Chapter 8, Holden leaves his school at night and takes a train, sitting alone with the lights on and windows blacked out. A woman sits next to him on the train and tries to talk to him after seeing his school sticker, but he lies about his name and tells her fabricated stories about her son to avoid talking about himself. Holden realizes he cannot stop lying once he gets started and uses it as a way to avoid dealing with his own emotions and reality.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Flag for inappropriate content
    3 views2 pages

    Holden Characterization

    Uploaded by

    Ece Seray Yiğit
    Holden Caulfield, a 16-year-old who has just been expelled from school, cannot deal with reality and distances himself not only from other people, but also from himself. In Chapter 8, Holden leaves his school at night and takes a train, sitting alone with the lights on and windows blacked out. A woman sits next to him on the train and tries to talk to him after seeing his school sticker, but he lies about his name and tells her fabricated stories about her son to avoid talking about himself. Holden realizes he cannot stop lying once he gets started and uses it as a way to avoid dealing with his own emotions and reality.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Flag for inappropriate content
    of 2

    JD Salinger's novel Catcher in the Rye published in 1951

    revolves around the story of yearold


    Holden Caulfield a sixteen depressed teenager

    who has just been expelled for academic failure from hisschoolFrom
    the eight chapter of the novel it is seen that Holden cannot deal with
    realityandnuns notonlyfromotherpeople butalso himself

    In Chapter 8 Holdengets on a train in themiddle of thenight Heisnotsupposed


    to leave Pencey theschoolhegotexpelled but he feelsno obligation tostaythere after
    a fightwith his roommate

    withthe lights on andthewindows so black p 57 11.1516 This


    showsthatheprefers

    allhe does is takingoffhishuntinghatlp58,1 1 which is theproofthatheis feeling


    vulnerable whilesitting alone Because the funnylooking hunting hat is a partof Holden's loud
    he'saroundother people Acting all onbotheredandreckless
    fright Ei
    is a method Holden uses to distance peopleand we see throughoutthebookhewearshis

    After a while a woman sits besidesHolden andtries to talk to him


    aftershe seesthe Percy Prep Sticker on his suitcase because her son Ernest
    Morrow alsogoes to that school EventhoughHoldenadmits he
    goesto Pacey helies
    abouthis name and says he is RudolfSchmidt which isactually the name the of
    of
    janitor his dorm
    p59,11 5 6 He talks about the schoolbutwhen it comes to talking
    about Ernest he starts lyingAndthen he keeps chucking the oldcrap around when he
    realizes he hasher attention I had herglued toherseatYoutake somebody'smotherall
    they want tohearabout is what a hatshottheirsonis p 60,1130 31 Andhedoesnot
    stopfor a longtime He lies to her abouther son'ssituation at school andalso abouthisour
    lifeHeeventellsherthat he needs to have a surgery and that is why he neededto leave
    Percyearly Heeventuallystopsand admitstohimselfandtothereaderthathecannotstoplying
    Then Istarted readingthistimetable I hadin pocketJust to stoplying Once I getstarted
    my
    I can go on forhours if Ifeellike it po62,11 25 27 This is an example ofhow Holder
    useslying to avoidreality He creates a bubbleby lying sothathedoesnothavetodealwith
    hisown emotionssothathedoesnot have to be Holderevenfora Shorttime
    In conclusion it is der that the main character HoldenCaulfield
    uses lying as a copingmechanism to avoid facing reality andthishas become a habitandever
    an addictionforhin

    You might also like