Catcher In The Rye Quotes Describing Holden

A few times in the catcher in the rye holden says things like i m a madman or i m crazy or it s a crazy idea at first it sounds like joking self deprecation but by this point in the novel we re starting to agree with him.
Catcher in the rye quotes describing holden. Salinger salinger takes us into the mind of holden an immature troubled young boy in 1950 s new york. The catcher in the rye quotes showing 1 30 of 643 what really knocks me out is a book that when you re all done reading it you wish the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours and you could call him up on the phone whenever you felt like it. Guiding the innocent in the novel the catcher in the rye written by j d. In my mind i m probably the biggest sex maniac you ever saw.
Holden wants to feel the deepest type of love possible the love that died when he lost his sibling years ago. Holden resents the adult world and resists entry into it but he has little choice. On his way to new york city he meets and has a conversation with ms. Holden caulfield one of holden s greatest internal quandaries regards how to resolve the paradox of love and sex.
Quotes holden caulfield quotes if you really want to hear about it the first thing you ll probably want to know is where i was born and what my lousy childhood was like and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me and all that david copperfield kind of crap but i don t feel like going into it if you want to know the truth. The catcher in the rye quotes and analysis. Just as stradlater might look good but is secretly a slob he might seem like a good person because he s well mannered and friendly but he s actually mean he punches holden lazy he asks holden to write his paper for him and conceited he brags about his sexual encounters. Society and his own body are telling him that it is time for him to change.
The quotation indicates that appearances are deceptive. The catcher in the rye 255 i think even if i ever die and they stick me in a cemetery and i have a tombstone and all it ll say holden caulfield on it and then what year i was born and what year i died and then right under that it ll say fuck you. Booze cigarettes the idea of sex and a kind of independence. He is attracted to the trappings of adulthood.