Holden Caulfield Literary Psychoanalysis

Holden uses dissociation as a defensive mechanisms, to avoid his self-inflicted emotional distress, by separating his own feelings to suit that of a situation. For specimen, when Holden learns that Stradlater volition be going on a date with Jane G every last(predicate)agher, he represses his obvious feelings for her and, scarce tells Stradlater to give her my regards, saying that he is not in the moos right now (Salinger 42-43). though he is encouraged to do deck and greet Jane, he blatantly ignores it and rather continues to only talk about Jane and his what he can remember about her.This is an example of how Holden repressed his own emotions and did contrary to what he wanted to do. While Holden is out tout ensemble night, drinking, dancing, and clubbing, he meets Lillian Simmons and dances with her, they are both dulled and pay no attention to one and only(a) an different, and he realizes that she wasnt listening though. So he ignored her (93). Holden seems to have cast h is antisocial and misanthropic nature aside as he pretends to be interested in things that he clearly dislikes.Holden seems to see himself as a suave popular playboy, tho he hints at the loneliness that he is truly feeling, and his desperate want for conjunction when he tries to nonchalantly pass by that he tried to get them to thole around for a while and they wouldnt (98). He seems unwilling to halt his great yearn to be with other people. As he indifferently describes all the times that his offers were rejected. Holdens control everyplace his own true emotions conflicts with the actions and words that he expresses.