Catcher In The Rye Book Analysis
Catcher in the Rye Book Analysis
Holden Caulfield is not an everyday teenager. Due to a lack of attention from his parents, Holden possesses an evergoing drive to find love and affection, especially from young women. The way Holden talks to and approaches adults, proves how he does not appreciate their company. Holden is sixteen going on seventeen, but sure does not act accordingly. He essentially is a cigarette smoking eleven year old living in the body of a forty-two year old man. With his grey hair, and astonishing height, he gets into bars and gets taken advantage of by hookers and bartenders. His indecisive persona makes it hard for him to communicate to the outside world what he really wants, which proves to take him down a very dark …show more content…
And Holden spends a great deal of the book attempting to lose his virginity. Although he can never bring himself to pull through with it. Despite being rude and an inadequate liar, Holden does hold a certain respect for the value of a girl. He fears that if he has sex with a girl, that he will lose his true respect for her. This is strange, due to how much of a sexual drive that Holden expresses. But, just because he won’t have sex with a girl, sure does not mean that he will not hesitate to flirt up a storm with one. For almost every girl he sees, he will either give them a good look, or say a word or two to her. Holden tells himself that he is the biggest sex maniac ever, but he respects, women, and is a virgin. He thinks this because, all he can really think about is sex. No matter where he is, all he is thinking about is sex. It is the primary reason he even goes outside. He could have just stayed in a hotel in the city, but no, he had to wander the streets to see who he can score. It brought him to the point where he could not complete a simple task, without getting distracted by sex. A prime example of his drive is, in his hotel, a pimp sends a prostitute over to Holden, and they go back up to his room. He even gets her undressed, but he cant’ bring himself to actually do it. He is
Holden Caulfield is not an everyday teenager. Due to a lack of attention from his parents, Holden possesses an evergoing drive to find love and affection, especially from young women. The way Holden talks to and approaches adults, proves how he does not appreciate their company. Holden is sixteen going on seventeen, but sure does not act accordingly. He essentially is a cigarette smoking eleven year old living in the body of a forty-two year old man. With his grey hair, and astonishing height, he gets into bars and gets taken advantage of by hookers and bartenders. His indecisive persona makes it hard for him to communicate to the outside world what he really wants, which proves to take him down a very dark …show more content…
And Holden spends a great deal of the book attempting to lose his virginity. Although he can never bring himself to pull through with it. Despite being rude and an inadequate liar, Holden does hold a certain respect for the value of a girl. He fears that if he has sex with a girl, that he will lose his true respect for her. This is strange, due to how much of a sexual drive that Holden expresses. But, just because he won’t have sex with a girl, sure does not mean that he will not hesitate to flirt up a storm with one. For almost every girl he sees, he will either give them a good look, or say a word or two to her. Holden tells himself that he is the biggest sex maniac ever, but he respects, women, and is a virgin. He thinks this because, all he can really think about is sex. No matter where he is, all he is thinking about is sex. It is the primary reason he even goes outside. He could have just stayed in a hotel in the city, but no, he had to wander the streets to see who he can score. It brought him to the point where he could not complete a simple task, without getting distracted by sex. A prime example of his drive is, in his hotel, a pimp sends a prostitute over to Holden, and they go back up to his room. He even gets her undressed, but he cant’ bring himself to actually do it. He is