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... In the case of Holden Caulfield, the protagonist within the novel The Catcher in the Rye, the death of his brother Allie brought upon him much pain and grief but it also caused him to lose sense of who he was. Holden comes from a well to do family from Manhattan. However, Holden has been falling since the death of his brother. ... Antolini, mentioned this plunge to Holden, “This fall I think you’re riding for- it’s a special kind of fall, a horrible kind”(pg. ... The fall that Holden is experiencing stems from his brother’s death, his loneliness, and his inability to find who he is and what his role is in life.
Allie was Holden’s younger brother by two years, but Holden thought had a lot of respect for him. ... Throughout the novel, Holden also hints that Allie might have been one of the only people in The Catcher in the Rye that Holden actually has real love for. ... 5) When Holden was 13, Allie died of leukemia. The night he died, Holden broke all the windows in the garage in a fit of uncontrollable grief. The night Allie passed away, a part of Holden died with him, his innocence and a clear sense of who he was as a person.
After Allie’s death, Holden never seemed to recover. ... Following his third expulsion from his third high school, Holden left his most recent ex-school, Pencey Prep, days before he was supposed to.
Approximate Word count = 1135
Approximate Pages = 4.5
(250 words per page double spaced)
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