Monster Essays - Catcher In The Rye, Compares T
Throughout life, an individual may endure several emotionally
or physically straining moments. In The Catcher In The Rye, Holden
Caulfield suffers much verbal abuse, as well as physical. Both forms
of the abuse, combined with other factors, eventually leads Holden to
suffer a mental breakdown. Holden’s actions prove that ** “A blow
from a whip raises a welt, but a blow from the tongue smashes
bones.”
Holden experiences several fights throughout the story. Near
the beginning, he begins a struggle with Stradlater, his roommate,
over his friend’s date, Jane Gallagher. Holden was upset to learn that
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