Holden Caulfield's Breakdown

Holden Caulfield in The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger suffers from an emotional breakdown that is shown throughout the novel. Holden’s depression is brought on in a few different ways. His relationships with most people, the death of his brother and a classmate, his love for Jane, and his troubles in school were the main contributions to his depression. It was these few things that brought about his emotional breakdown. One …

…cared for her so much. Holden Caulfield suffered from an emotional breakdown because of Jane, Stradlater, the death of Allie and James Castle, and Pencey Prep. He went through a lot for a sixteen-year-old boy, and to go through them all in a very short period really changed him. Holden’s depression was so much a part of his life that he could no longer see the happiness that was right in front of him.