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Holden Caulfield's character
Title: Holden Caulfield's character
Category: Literature / Novels
Details: Words: 601 | Pages: 2.6 (approximately 235 words/page)
Holden Caulfield's character
Holden Caulfield character sketch
In J.D. Salinger's "The Catcher in the Rye", the main character of Holden Caulfield views
the world as a place where valuable human qualities such as love and kindness have
been overridden by the middle class version of "success", which is based chiefly on
money and power. Holden Caulfield is an idealist clinging desperately to the notion that
basic human kindness is far more vital to a happy existence than material wealth.
Salinger continuously portrays Holden as a cynical character, …showed first 85 words of 601 total…
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…showed last 85 words of 601 total…Holden is said to suffer from psychological problems because of his self-destructive
behavior and his non-conformist attitudes. The "cure", as implied in the novel, would be
for Holden to give up his resistance to material gain and his adoration for
non-judgmental, genuine human interaction. Perhaps the lesson to be learned from this
classic literary character in regards to wealth, corruption and the American dream, is
that no matter how many beautiful, expensive things one is surrounded by, true
happiness can only be found from within.
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