Sunday, March 24, 2019

Holdens Depression in Catcher in the Rye Essay -- J. D. Salinger

The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger, portrays Holden Caulfield as a manic-depressive. Holden uses three techniques throughout the novel to cope with his depression. He smokes, drinks, and dialogue to Allie. Although they may not be positive, Holden finds comfort in these three things.Holden smokes a lot when he is nervous, or bored. When the stripper is in his room he noticed that she is shaking her foot as if she is nervous. He offers her a cigarette, twice. some(prenominal) times she says no. Holden offers Sunny the cigarette because he thinks it would calm her down, deal cigarettes calm him down when he is nervous. I sat in the t unrivaled down for a while and smoked a couple of cigarettesboy, I mat up miserable (98). The smoking habit may have come from his pay off. Holden says his mother smokes a ton when she is nervous (158). Holden does this when he is nervous too. The additive nicotine calms a persons nerves when they smoke. He continues to smoke when he is nervou s, and if one cigarette doesnt do it, hell smoke another qualification him an avid chain smoker. He smoked two packs in the foremost few d...

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