Maybe Holden s ability to love was taken away along with his brother.
HOLDEN THE CATCHER IN THE RYE WINDOWS
When Alley died Holden smashed up the windows in the garage so bad that even years later he still cant make a good fist. Holden is miserable because he lost his brother whom he loved very much. Salinger is saying that a person needs reciprocal love to be happy and healthy. Salinger is trying to show the reader the confusion anger and frustration of loosing a loved one, and how it can effect a persons life. He can t trust or love anything or anyone because he is afraid that they will die and leave him tormented and vulnerable. All of his repressed feelings about his brother exert an influence upon Holden s actions. Holden s fears and insecurities can be traced back to the death of his brother Alley. He told her she was a pain in the butt he had complete disregard for Sally feelings, he just walked away to do something else. Holden seems not to care about his old girlfriend Sally, he told her he loved her but he didn t mean it. Holden is also alienated by his inability to love. When Holden was in a bar and he lied and said he had to go, just to not talk to his brothers old girl friend Holden thought she was annoying and left the bar even though he didn’t feel like it. Holden also alienates himself because he trusts no one, he thinks everybody is phony. All those changes scare Holden off, he becomes afraid to feel secure. He isolates himself because he gets kicked out of all the schools he goes to. Holden isolated himself when he didn’t go down to the seats for the final football game at Pency. Holden alienates himself from all the changes that occur around him. He alienates himself from the world because he fears change and false people, he wants love and security. The theme of alienation is demonstrated by Holden. Holden is troubled with the pain of death, it effects every aspect of his life causing him to not care about the future, himself or anyone, except Phoebe and Alley. That is the reason for Holden’s love of the museum, he feels safe because it never changes it always stays the same. He is scared to love because he is afraid he might lose it like he did with his brother. Holden is looking for love, peace and understanding. Now Holden goes around the world as his fake self, wearing his mask. That is to be intelligent, real and loving. Holden, perhaps, wishes that everyone, including himself, should be like his brother and sister. The only good thoughts he has are about his sister Phoebe and his dead brother Alley. All his toughs about people he meets are negative.
HOLDEN THE CATCHER IN THE RYE FULL
Holden thinks the world is full of a bunch of phonies. The basis of his reasoning comes from his thoughts. Holden seems to have a motivation problem which apparently affects his reasoning. After being kicked out of the latest, Pency Prep, he went off to New York on his own. Holden has been to several prep-schools, all of which he got kicked out of for failing classes. Holden Caulfield can be analyzed through his thoughts, actions and circumstances which surround his everyday life.
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