The Catcher in the Rye <Tab/>When many scholars discuss the catcher in the rye sever main themes are always present in their discussion. These repeating themes are highly evolved and may even have been over evaluated. Also with each theme several variations of how the theme is developed are in addition presented. One of these themes is the way Holden considers much of the world and the people in it "…showed first 75 words of 1495 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1495 total…readers make conclusions about why a character is constructed the way he is. When this happens reading for pleasure is impossible and destroys the intended purpose of a novel. Holden continually contemplates death, but decided that he would rather be a deaf-mute living with a deaf-mute wife. This would be very similar to living as a recluse, which after many years of over analyzation The Catcher in the Rye: forced J.D. Salinger to do.