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Coming of Age in J. D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye: Eriksonian Psychoanalytic Perspectives

Shadi Neimneh

Cultural Arts Research and Development · 14-25 · 10.55121/card.v5i2.519

This article examines J. D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye (1951) through the psychosocial lens of Erik Erikson’s developmental theory, illustrating the protagonist’s coming-of-age struggles as he transitions from adolescence to early adulthood. Holden Caulfield is portrayed as a teenager in crisis, clinging to the innocence