“That’s Life” An Analysis of Holden Caulfield Essay --

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D.Salinger supersedes the norm by staying painfully in the deepest part of the average, for it contains topics that people can relate to (such as, cynicism, nostalgia, and jaundice of life). One of the grand topics the novel discusses is an individuals identity, and how Holden Caulfields identity is shaped through the ruin he faces. Quentin Crisp once said The young always take on the same problem -- how to rebel and conform at the same time. They hold in now solved this by defying their parents and copying one another. Holdens desire to be an individual (a rebel without a cause), hatred of phoniness, and guilt over affiliate death creates a substantial conflict. Conformity can be be in many ways, depending on the person and their situation. In Holdens case treaty is the choice to grow up and move on from childish antics. Holden, however, chooses to be wedged between a world of a childs innocence and the interwoven world of adulthood. He de ities his two younger siblings, Allie and Phoebe, as if the were contenders for sainthood because of ...