Novel Overview: Catcher in the Rye

Catcher in the Rye by J.D Salinger is a story narrated by the main character Holden Caulfield. Holden had been kick out of his 5th school Pencey Prep. just before the Christmas holidays, so he decides to go to New York and stay in a hotel to wait out the days before the holidays. As each day goes by you learn more about Holden's depressed feeling toward himself and others. Over the coarse the couple days the novel takes place in, Holden runs into different problems which he blocked out by thinking about his loved ones and the good times he use to have. However Holden reaches a break down when his depressed feelings reached a climax, by the end of the novel we find out that Holden had been in a rest home recovering and gettin his life back on track.