When your imagination becomes the director and producer of your thoughts and actions, you lose contact with reality. Ideas and plans are in a chaotic time slot; loneliness becomes the main factor in the formation of erratic thoughts and actions. In the novel A Catcher in the Rye, J.D. Salinger provides insight into the protagonist's thoughts, experiences, and frustrations in his world. Holden Caulfield's instinctive desire to be a savior of the innocent evolves and many times in the story he faces disappointment. Inner struggles arise when his imagination drags him into situations where he can't, but desperately wants to be the hero. The world around him, including his peers, family and casual encounters, are those conflicts that are externally sharp. External and internal influences on Holden combine to create an overall frustration, dislike, and pessimistic view of his current environment. When a Holden loses faith in himself and the world, he develops a hopeless vision of his and the world's future. JD Salinger describes the chaotic external and internal conflicts that plague the protagonist Holden Caulfield in his The Catcher in the Rye. A major external conflict is seen in Holden's relationship with his parents. According to Holden his parents are neither up close nor personal with him; is always seeking care from an adult. Salinger records very few, if any, conversations between Holden and his parents; they rarely show much awareness of him as their son. Holden's father is a lawyer, a profession that Holden does not respect and makes no attempt to hide his opinion. He states: “All you do is make a lot of money and play golf and play bridge and buy cars and dri...... middle of paper ...... signs surrounding Holden Caulfield in Catcher in the Rye depict the chaos that Holden perceives in his life. Holden feels like he is escaping from the world that he sees as full of falsehood and hypocrisy. These thoughts are representative of Holden's method of avoiding adulthood, the fictitiousness of the adult world and his strong desire to be heroic. Sometimes he believes that his only way to avoid this adult world is mortality. He sees a pleasant life ahead of him as an adult; The story ends with Holden confessing that he misses everyone. He remembers the good things along with the bad, his love and his closeness to Phoebe compared to the vulgarities on the school wall. The distinctions between good and evil merge or they fade away. All experiences have simply become part of Holden Caulfield.