Connor Farrell Ms. ONeil Honors English II, CGI 9/6/12 In the last chapter of J.D.

Salingers The Catcher in the Rye, Holden Caufield leaves the reader unclear as to what his future may truly hold. Holden finds himself in the end of the book speaking with a psychoanalyst and planning to go to a new private school in the coming year. Holden remains partly cynical in the end of the story because he is constantly getting angry towards people who ask him questions. Even D.B., his close brother, seems to anger him when D.B questions his feelings about the events surrounding his mental breakdown. Holden regrets telling so many people his story simply because he misses everyone in the story and the people who surrounded him during the hard time he was going through after his brother, Allie, passed away. This reveals a much more heartfelt side of Holden showing that maybe there is some hope for the boy. He even misses people who used to bother him, people who he criticized for all sorts of reasons. About all I know is, I sort of miss everybody I told about. Even old Stradlater and Ackley, for instance. I think I even miss that goddam Maurice. Dont ever tell anybody anything. If you do, you start missing everybody. His feelings and compassion towards people as grown from the beginning of the novel to now. He shows an new found appreciation for people. Finally, he is aware of his illness and knows that it is not fully resolved.