In J. D. Salinger’s novel The Catcher in the Rye, the essential character, Holden Caulfield’s obvious insanity and irrational conduct performs an vital position. The choices that Holden makes at the time appear un-normal and irrational to characters in the novel, however to the reader they appear sensible and affordable. One instance of this conduct is the means Holden treats girls. All through the novel he has the temptation to be with girls, however he can resist his urges. He doesn’t wish to be with a woman, simply to be with a woman, Caulfield truly desires it to imply one thing.
At the time folks would have thought Holden was mad for passing up a few of his alternatives with girls, however when a reader reads about it, they really feel like Holden is making the proper determination. This helps the reader to imagine that Holden is mature. When Holden donates the ten dollars he has to the nuns, some folks might imagine that that was a big amount of cash to spend on one thing, in which you get no reward out of. Although Holden didn’t obtain one thing bodily again, he did obtain one thing again mentally.
Since he had felt responsible for the night time earlier than, he needed to repay his guilt. To some folks it might appear “mad” to repay your guilt, however to Holden it was what he wanted to do. Insanity will be decided in another way by different peoples eyes, what one particular person might imagine is what is taken into account “mad”, one other could discover utterly regular. The distinction and the significance of the “insanity” in the novel work as an entire as a result of it exhibits how not considering like everybody else isn’t a nasty factor.
Holden has a thoughts of his personal, and he makes use of it to his benefit, making him a stronger and extra unbiased particular person. Holden carries himself in a really distinctive means, some folks might imagine his determination are irrational, and a few might imagine they’re utterly logical. Analyzing how “insanity” works, and the way “insanity” is seen by completely different peoples eyes is troublesome, however when it comes right down to it, it’s all the time going to be seen in another way.
