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This 12 page paper provides an overview of the characterization of Holden Caulfield. Holden Caulfield, the central character of J. D. Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye, is a teenager who initially seems plagued by all of the same problems that many disgruntled teenagers experience: he is disillusioned, rejects his family and seems to believe that human experience focuses on a kind of middle class perspective that is faulty. This view is referenced in terms of J. D. Salinger's themes and the progression of the novel as a whole.
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experience: he is disillusioned, rejects his family and seems to believe that human experience focuses on a kind of middle class perspective that is faulty. Holden believes his
brother D. B., for example, has embraced a kind of central consumerism, while his parents have rejected love and kindness for the pursuit of middle-class desires. While Holden is
portrayed as a cynical character, there are elements of his persona that suggest that he would prefer the world to be a place of love and kindness. The dichotomy
in his character, then, exists when you contrast his views of others with his hopes for the world. Holdens sister Phoebe is
a 10 year old and reflects Holdens view of how childhood should be. She is an intelligent girl and is well-spoken and is often at the center of Holdens
conflicted thoughts about childhood and her idealized childhood. Holdens younger brother, Allie, died in 1946 and represents another unattainable view of childhood. Mrs. and Mr. Caufield are distant
characters that the reader does not get much information about. Mrs. Caulfield, for example, is excitable and seems to disregard her living children, but her importance in the novel
seems only to be related to her nature as a reference point. Mr. Caulfield is never seen in the novel, and there is little information given about him, except
that he is a lawyer and successful. Jane Gallagher is a girl that Holden was close to prior to the start of the
story. She becomes important because Holden has developed a protective view of her and her innocence, and his roommate, Ward, has a date with her early in the book
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