What are the major themes in your book?

One of the major themes in Catcher in the Rye is depression. One of Holden's biggest challenge in the novel is trying to learn how to deal with himself and his identity. The words crazy, madman, and depressed are some of the most commonly used words in the novel, and  because Holden seems to be a typical teenager battling with typical teenage issues of identity he seems to use those specific words throughout the novel for effect. For example, when Holden says he's crazy he seems to mean that he's not acting like himself or he is acting oddly, inconsistently, or even stupidly, but he is not actually going insane. Another example is when he says he wishes he were dead, at first it seems as though he is just saying that as teenage expression to make his emotions seem intense to the readers, but as the novel continues to explore his mind state, it becomes more and more obvious that Holden is beginning to lose it. While narrating the novel Holden becomes more clear through his hints and his own language that he is truly thinking of killing himself as an escape out if this world that he can't control or understand and seems to hate so much.