Thesis Report from the Catcher in the Rye
... Salingers portrayal of a troubled teenager in The Catcher in the Rye, the main character, Holden Caulfield, comes to reality whenever a difficult situation has impacted him greatly. ... 103 Holden is forced to see the cruelty of the real world through Maurice, a hassling bully who forcibly took more money from Holden, even though he had already paid. ... The following is an excerpt from page 192: What he was doing was, he was sitting on the floor right next to the couch, in the dark and all, and he was sort of petting me or patting me on the goddam head. ... This turns into a hatred for society, and evokes him to wanting to be the The Catcher in the Rye". This can be seen in his desperateness to erase the crude words from the wall in Phoebes school: . ... ) The moments in which Holden comes back to reality is when he finds himself in a situation that differs from his ideal view of a perfect world. This causes him to be depressed most of the time, and he finds himself needing a Catcher in the Rye" for himself, even.