A Dive Into Holden's Subconscious
In Defense of Holden Caufield Linden Peters In The Catcher in the Rye, the narrator is polarizing among readers. It is easy to see that Holden Caufield has many complaints about the world. Many of these complaints seem surface-level, petty, and overly harsh, which may lead us to question the narrator's judgement. However, these are just the judgements he is comfortable sharing. The real problem lies far deeper, etched into his subconscious through traumatic events. We can use the case study of page 13 where he says: "One of the big reasons I left Elkton Hills was because I was surrounded by phonies. That's all . They were coming through the goddamn window. For instance, they had this headmaster Mr. Haas, that was the phoniest bastard I never met in my life. Ten times worse than old Thurmer. On Sundays, for instance, old Haas went around shaking hands with everybody's parents when they drove up to...