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Depression In Vicki Reutter's The Catcher In The Rye

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The novel “the Catcher in the Rye” is about a very bold faced teenage boy named Holden Caulfield who can’t seem to stay at one school. After being kicked out of yet another school he narrates his journey from his boarding school to New York City. During this time he explains to the reader all his thoughts and feelings. “Depression is a mood disorder that causes a persistent feeling of sadness and loss of interest”, these symptoms can be found in Holden throughout the novel. Vicki Reutter interviewed many teens that have depression and said that they experienced feelings such as sadness and loneliness. In the novel there are several times Holden expresses how sad and lonely he is. In the text it states, “I got up and went over and looked out

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