The Catcher in the Rye | Characters
Think of The Catcher in the Rye, and one immediately thinks of Holden Caulfield. He is one of the great characters of fiction, the model of the sensitive, idealistic, and confused young man. His struggles with society and against Time, told from his own point of view, make the book intensely real for most readers who empathize with Holden. But something bigger and stranger happens. Like Huck Finn, Jay Gatsby, and other memorable characters, Holden breaks the bounds of his own fictional world and achieves an independent existence. Readers imagine him as a real person in real-life...
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