Resistance and Compromise of a "Corrupt" Boy——Analysis of the Protagonist in The Catcher in the Rye
The novel the Catcher in the Rye which is written by American writer J.D.Salinger models a classical literary image-Holden Caulfield.This 16-year-old boy shows his resistance against the dark and rotten society through his degraded appearance under which he hides his sensitive and kind heart.He is eager to pursue the good of humanity,because of the limitations of society and himself,however,his resistance finally ends by compromise.