The Catcher In The Rye

“I swear to God I’m crazy. I admit it.” It is very easy to automatically assume that Holden Caulfield is crazy. It’s even a logical assumption since Caulfield himself admits to being crazy twice throughout the course of the book. However, calling Holden Caulfield crazy is almost the same as calling the majority of the human race crazy also. Holden Caulfield is just an adolescent trying to prevent himself from turning into what …

…view. I was able to see where he was coming from when he would reach the judgments that he did. Although at times I thought he was immature and stubborn in not wanting to accept the fact that everyone has to grow up eventually. But I would have liked if the ending had said more about his situation when he was writing the journal. The novel is very thought provoking, especially about humans and society.