catcher in the rye2
On May 14, 1998, I received a phone call from Dr. Smith concerning a sixteen-year-old boy named Holden Caulfield, the son of one of his patients. Dr. Smith provided me with a summary of Holden's condition and made me aware of the fact that he needed professional help. After hearing about this, I decided to make an arrangement to meet with Holden's mother. Later that week, Holden's mother arrived at my office and informed me more thoroughly of Holden's condition, in an apologetic tone because she felt she had been a bad mother for Holden. Before leaving my office, Holden's mother handed me a diary that she wanted me to read before my first meeting with Holden, to understand his situation more thoroughly and analyze the diary. That evening, after a long day at work, I began reading the diary, hoping that I would learn more about Holden's situation and would eventually be able to help him. After reading many pages, I soon realized that Holden had difficulty relating to women. Even though he had his opportunities, he had never gone through with it. I began to realize that he had a serious problem because the only woman that he is able to relate to is his sister Phoebe. After reading on, I also concluded that Holden had a
A week later, in our second session, Holden came back with a better attitude, and it seemed like he had really thought about things and given them some deep thought. After speaking for a while about his relationship with his family, Holden revealed to me that he was in love with his little sister, Phoebe. This is what he was hiding from me at our last session that he did not wish to reveal to me. He began to tell me that he was passionately in love with his sister for various reasons. He told me that first of all, she was what he always wanted to love. Also, he told me that it was already easy to love her because he loved her as a sister so it was not difficult to expand the feelings. When we looked at the time, we realized that time was up and it was time for Holden to leave because another patient was waiting for me. bitterness instilled in him towards other people that made it difficult for him to see good in others. He had a bitter hatred for everyone whom he believed was "phony" or pretentious. For example, he hated people who were intentionally cruel, such as his roommate in his boarding school. Another example of people whom he hated was white people at a bar.
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Approximate Word count = 1238
Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)
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