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Depression in The backstop in the Rye       The Catcher in the Rye by, J.D. Salinger is told through with(predicate) Holden the taradiddle in the story.  The setting of the novel takes place in the 1940s early 1950s.  Holden is sixteen years old and he has a lot of problems in his smell.  He becomes seriously dismay to the point he cannot deal with people and life around him. The 1940s were different from today.  However, Holden Caulfield is similar to many other teenagers who go through the same problems.          The 1940s were a time of nationalism.  Men had to exact an appearance of a tough attitude.  They were never allowed to let their real feelings show. One of the major reasons Holden becomes depressed is the death of his brother Allie.  He described is brother as be nothing but perfect.  He keeps this guilt locked up inside him because he blames his death on himself.  A memory that ha unts him is when he excluded his brother from a b-b gun game.  Another memory that he held on to and was never fitted to forgive himself for was when Allie asked Holden to go bike riding and he didnt go.  Holden did not have a good relationship with his Mother or Father.  He involve them the most right after the death of Allie.  However, we see Holden crying unwrap help and attention when he threw a baseball through the windowpane and broke it and still nobody tattleed to him.  His older brother went off to Hollywood. The barely ane he adores is his younger sister Phoebe. He is able to talk to her and he thought she understood him.   He could not deal with reality.  He quoted I am the most terrific liar you ever maxim in your life. He couldnt face people not even himself.  He drank to make himself feel better but it just made him angrier.  many adolecesents go through the same problems as Holden does.  They have no one to t urn to.  So they dig deeper into this hole and cant face life. However, no issue what, losing a loved one is probably the most painful injury a person can face.