Thursday, April 30, 2009

What are some examples of Holden's internal and external conflicts in The Catcher in the Rye?

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inability to deal with things, is his most pressing conflict that he has. He lives in the past
and therefore, can't move on with his life. He is an angry young man. His external conflicts
stem from this. He is angry with life, and society. He thinks people are hypocrites and that
they only care about material things. He will start fights with people for no reason at all. He
is very selfish at this point in his life. It is quite apparent that he is suffering from some
sort of mental break, and this is causing him to create external conflict with everyone he
meets.

Holden's biggest internal conflict, is that he can not deal with the
death of his younger brother, . This event has haunted him since his death. Holden slept in the
garage the night his brother died and broke all the windows in the garage. He has harbored this
anger and sadness inside himself for many years, now. He is unprepared on how to deal with is
feelings.

"The thing was, I couldn't think of a room
or a house...

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