Holden Caulfield is the main character and narrator in 'The Catcher in the Rye'. Everything that happens is seen through his eyes. He is a sensitive adolescent rebelling against the superficiality and materialism of conventional society. Holden is highly-strung, nervous, and a volatile character, moving towards a mental breakdown.
The whole novel is about Holden. He is a 16 year old adolescent telling his story from a mental institution where he is being treated. He is kind. In the novel we are shown a number of times of this, when he loaned Stradlater his jacket (pg29), in and doing his e…
