Holdens Beakdown

A detailed Summary of Holdens Beakdown

“This fall I think you’re riding for- it’s a special kind of fall, a

horrible kind. The man falling isn’t permitted to feel or hear

himself hit the bottom. He just keeps falling and falling. The

whole arrangement’s designed for men who, at some time or other

in their lives, were looking for something their own environment

couldn’t supply them with. So they gave up looking. They gave it

up before they ever really even got started.”

Holden Caulfield’s fall to psychological breakdown begins with his brother

Allie’s death. To Holden, Allie represents everything that was good in this world. When

Allie is first described, Holden only says great things about him. “You’d have liked

him... He was terrifically intelegent... He was the nicest (member of the family).”

Therefore when Allie dies, the good things in his world disappears. After this first major

event, Holden gradually realizes that he is powerless to change the evil and corrupt world

that he lives in. Holden is looking for something that his own environment couldn’t

horse, but I didn’t say anything or do anything. The thing with kids

fall; and there is nothing he can do about it.

Approximate Word count = 795
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)

Category: English

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