The Catcher In The Rye By J.D Salinger - Ostracization and Hipocrisy

In J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye, there is a strong theme of ostracization and hypocrisy. Holden is portrayed as a teenager who is exiled form many social events that take place at his school. On the evening of the big football game, he was supposed to attend a fencing meet with the team. However, they were unable to go because he had forgotten the equipment in the subway. When he finally gets …

…Holden follows him in there because he has nothing better to do. However, this is only because he didn't want to stay in the room alone, so he followed him into the bathroom. Seeing as Holden is treated as such an outcast and has a lot of time on his hands, I predict that Holden will become a writer in the future because he loves to read and write and is also good at it.