Catcher in the Rye Essay Holden Caulfield's problem is one of communication: as a teenager, he simply cannot get through to the adult world which surrounds him; as a sensitive teenager, he cannot even get through to others of his own age.' Do you agree? In Catcher in the Rye, the protagonist, Holden Caulfield, being a sensitive adolescent, certainly has a communication problem, not only with the adult world, but also with his peers. …showed first 75 words of 832 total…

…showed last 75 words of 832 total…he swings between growth and regression, towards people and away from people, when he is being extroverted and introverted and when he wants to flee, or remain and be a saviour for all the innocent children--a catcher in the Rye. However, by the novel's end, Holden seems to be recovering from his breakdown, and there is some hope for him, that he will become a communicator and learn to accept the world as it is.