It’s nothing new, that everybody feels depressed at some time or another in their lives. However, it becomes a problem when that depression is so much a part a person’s life that person can no longer see the happiness right in front him. Holden Caulfield, in J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye, faces the same problem; he is a confused, negatively charged adolescent character in search of his identity and …showed first 75 words of 1805 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1805 total…human interaction. Perhaps the lesson to be learned from this classic literary character in regards to wealth, corruption and the American dream, is that no matter how many beautiful, expensive things one is surrounded by, true happiness can only be found from within. Works Cited Dr.Leland M. Heller. Biological Unhappiness, August 1999 Emily Wax. “Schools are seeking a multicultural Holden.” Washington Post 16 Jan. 2001 Houghton Mifflin. Houghton Mifflin Psychology, 1971 J.D Salinger. Catcher in the Rye, 1951.