The journey of discovery of Holden Caulfield in the novel The Catcher in the Rye.

It is a task of the modern novelist to create human beings who embark on a journey of discovery and whom we accept as living creatures filled with complexities. The life of every character starts at birth and ends in death. However fundamental these two events seem in a person's life, there is much more that occurs between the two. Every character takes a journey through life or is called to take one. This journey …

…do not see if he uses the lesson he learned in the real world. We do not see if Holden gets better, if he applies himself, is he goes back into the real world, or if he gets on with his life. J.D. Salinger completed the task to create a human who embarked on a journey of discovery was accept as living creature filled with complexities when he wrote The Catcher in the Rye.