Catcher in the Rye

In Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger portrays the life of a young man by the name of Holden Caulfield who is telling the story of his life after being expelled from Pencey Prep School to a psychiatrist. The story tells about Holden’s life for about the past two days after he was expelled from school and the numerous trials he has been through including getting into numerous fights with people whom …

…hold novel trying to show us that he didn’t really care for anyone. In the novel Salinger uses violence very effectively because it gives the reader more of a sense of what the character’s personality is. In Holden’s case he had a hard time letting the reader know about himself, so though the reader didn’t get many straight facts from him they did get to learn about him through his actions.