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Troubled Holden in Catcher in the Rye           In J. D. Salingers The Catcher in the Rye, Holden Caulfield is portrayed as a young, troubled individual. He tells us his story from the mental institution where he is currently residing.    Holden refuses to mark his emotions in regard to the death of his brother Allie. In reaction to Allies death, Holden hides from himself, his straight feelings about change, death and relationships with other people. He does not realize that his Allie died of leukemia iii years before this story takes place. Holden speaks highly of his brother. He discusses how Allie was younger than him plainly fifty times as smart. Holden in addition tells us that Allie was much more(prenominal) mature for his age then he should have been. This is the basis of Holdens alarm of growth and change. The more you grow, the closer to death you find yourself and death is the last change.            Reveling in innocence, perfectness, and being untouched by change is the most at ease pattern of living for Holden               In chapter 5 when Holden is waiting for Ackley to get             hit to go to town, he looks out of the window of his             room, opens it, and packs a light speedball from the snow             on the window ledge. He begins to pull a fast one on it at a place             car, but doesnt because the car looked so nice and             white. Then he aims at a fire hydrant, but stops again             because that also looks too nice and white. Finally             he decide s not to throw it at anything and closes the             window...What Holden sees through the window is for             him a visual embodiment of what he unconsciously             seeks a state of Being which is distinct from the flux             of this valet de chambre of Becoming, with its corruption, violence,             noise, decay and death. (Burrows 84)         When Holden talks to us about how much he loves the museum, he says that the museum is great because everything just stays behind a piece of crank and does not change. Some things should not change. He is really saying that he doesnt want to change the way Allie changed. Also, he says