Our main character Holden Caulfield at first appears to be having a conflict with society, but, upon closer examination, we see he is truly only at war with himself. Our story starts with Holden being kicked out of yet another school, this time Pencey Prep, for failing four classes. He is supposed to go home at Christmas Break and never return, however, things didn’t work out like that. A altercation then takes place when …showed first 75 words of 1570 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1570 total…when he took a punch to the gut for a mere five dollars. Holden’s life was controlled mainly by fear throughout the course of this story because everything that happened happened because he was too afraid to go home and tell his parents he was kicked out of Pencey. This brings us back to the realization that you can’t hide from your problems forever. The Catcher in the Rye confirms it. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**