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Irish-American. Holden Caulfield (identified as "Holden Morrisey Caulfield" in the story "Slight Rebellion Off Madison" , and "Holden V. Caulfield" in The Catcher in the Rye) is a fictional character in the works of author J. D. Salinger. He is most famous for his appearance as the lead character and narrator of the 1951 novel The Catcher in ...
A brief note about Holden’s name: a “caul” is a membrane that covers the head of a fetus during birth. Thus, the caul in his name may symbolize the blindness of childhood or the inability of the child to see the complexity of the adult world. Holden’s full name might be read as Hold-on Caul-field: he wants to hold on to what he sees as ...
The Catcher in the Rye is narrated in a subjective style from the point of view of Holden Caulfield, following his exact thought processes. There is flow in the seemingly disjointed ideas and episodes; for example, as Holden sits in a chair in his dorm, minor events, such as picking up a book or looking at a table, unfold into discussions about ...
- J. D. Salinger
- 1951
Holden Caulfield, fictional character, the teenaged protagonist and narrator of J.D. Salinger ’s novel The Catcher in the Rye (1951). A sensitive, rebellious 16-year-old, Caulfield is expelled from prep school. Afraid to go home to his parents in New York City, he spends a few days alone in Manhattan; he relates his experiences there in vivid ...
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Holden Caulfield, the 17-year-old narrator and protagonist of the novel, speaks to the reader directly from a mental hospital or sanitarium in southern California. The novel is a frame story (a story within a certain fictional framework) in the form of a long flashback. Holden wants to tell what happened over a two-day period the previous ...
Holden Caulfield Character Analysis. The novel's narrator and protagonist, Holden is a high school junior who has flunked out of prep school several times. He is from New York City, where his younger sister, Phoebe, still lives with his parents. Holden also has a deceased younger brother, Allie, and an older brother, D.B.
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Extended Character Analysis. J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye is narrated by Holden Caulfield, the jaded, brash, and irreverent protagonist. Holden is a 17 year old who has been admitted ...
