In our life we all experience depression and face our own type of struggles Holden Caulfield is one of these people. Holden Caulfield isn’t the most stable person in world, and he is consistently moving back and forth between Maslow’s “Hierarchy of Needs,” which describes the five basic stages of human desire. Most of us only fulfill the basic needs that we use on our day-to-day lives while others lack certain aspects, and some complete all the stages. Holden Caulfield never fully fulfills any level of the pyramid but instead focuses on the stage required to muddle through his existing situation.
Holden Caulfield is lacking in the self-esteem stage of Maslow’s “ A Theory of Motivation” therefore he looks for confidence. Maslow states,“Satisfaction of the self-esteem need leads to feelings of self-confidence worth, strength, capability and adequacy of being useful and necessary in the world.” In other words this means that a person wants to feel useful and…show more content… Maslow insures,“He will hunger for affectionate relations with people in general, namely, for a place in his group, and will strive with relationships to achieve this goal” (5). This quote talks about how people like to be part of a group and want to have good relationships with others. Holden decides on calling a girl that he used to go out with."Swell. Well, listen. I was wondering if you were busy today. It's Sunday, but there's always one or two matinees going on Sunday. Benefits and that stuff. Would you care to go?"(Salinger) When Holden tells Sally “Would you care to go?” he is trying to find an affectionate relation even if he does not want to be with her. This goes back to how people who want to fulfill the love needs will try to look for affectionate relations. Furthermore Holden looks for someone who he can have an affectionate
