Holden Caulfield Analysishad

Holden Caulfield is a 17 year old boy who attends Pencey Prep school. The reason that Holden was brought to me is because when Holden was 12 years old, his little brother Allie died from Leukemia. When his brother died, Holden went into the garage and broke out all of the windows in it, and even tried to break out the windows in the station wagon that the family owned. "and I broke all the goddam windows with my fist, just for the hell of it."(p. 39). Holden is going through a tough time dealing with his brother's death. He is also dealing with the transition from childhood to adulthood, and with the fact that the first time that he talked about Allie's death in the composition, Stradlater said that he did it wrong. I believe that Holden is dealing with the lack of closure that was experienced after Allie's death. It didn't help Holden when the first time that he really talked about Allie after his death, Stradlater said that he did the project wrong. For Holden to improve his life, he must accept the fact that Allie is dead and stop dwelling on the fact. Holden's parents are a little to blame, since they didn't help Holden through his brothers death as much as they should have. Holden should visit a good therapist and talk out his problems with that therapist. If he follows my advice, his life will greatly improve as well as his grades.