Title: Catcher in The Rye1 Category:Literature / Novels Details: Words: 1012 | Pages: 4.3 (approximately 235 words/page)
Catcher in The Rye1
Steven Boldis January 7,1999
English 9 Mr. Moratto
"The Catcher in the Rye"
In The Catcher in the Rye, Holden views the world as an evil and corrupt place where there is no peace. This perception of the world does not change significantly through the novel. However as the novel progresses, Holden gradually comes to the realization that he is powerless to change this.
During the short period of Holden's life covered in this book, "Holden does succeed in making us believe that the world is crazy". …showed first 85 words of 1012 total…
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…showed last 85 words of 1012 total…Holden sees that he can not stop children from growing up and therefore losing their innocence. They will fall if they fall, there is nothing that can be done.
Shortly after this point Holden has his nervous breakdown. His breakdown is due to this depressing realization that the world is corrupt and filled with evil. He knows now with a sickening certainty that he is powerless to stop both evil and maturation. As a matter of fact, it is "bad" to do so.
Word Count: 987
