Conrad vs Holden

Ordinary People and The backstop in the Rye Reckless Actions In current mean solar day society, commonwealth strive for the untangible feeling of happiness. Genuine happiness can develop a person to become lovable however, the nonexistence of happiness may do the complete opposite. Holden a protagonist from the novel, The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger, and Conrad the main char strikeer from the movie, Ordinary People, are searching for this happiness within their own lives. However, they are unable to find it because of the solidarity that they feel between their friends and families.The nakedness and the decreasingly lack of joy in Conrads and Holdens lives triggers them to make decisions that would exit to consequences which would negatively affect their surrounds in the future. The absence of happiness within the lives of Holden and Conrad causes them to act intoxicating in different ways that ultimately harms himself and people around him. Through protrude the mov ie Conrad makes many impulsive decisions that harms his friends, family members, and also himself.The first impairment decision that started the domino rear on the other egresslawed decisions that he makes, is the fact that he didnt come back to shore when he and his brother, Buck, saw how bad the weather was becoming while they were sailing. This decision results to the remnant of his brother and the event stays in his mind leading to the wise look that begins to engulf his mind. Following, this decision is Conrads suicidal attempt by cutting his wrists vertically in his bathroom sink.Although this act puts pain on his family, it mostly affects Conrad physically and emotionally because he has to endure the pain of the slits and the feeling that had caused him to make the decision to begin with. Even after Conrad re procedures from the hospital he continues to feel the lack of happiness within his own life. The depression causes him to non want to eat the breakfast that his mother makes just for him. Hurt by the rejection, Conrads mother dumps the meal into the drain and leaves in an sharp-worded manner.In addition, much of the bottled up emotions that Conrad keeps causes him to become quite distant with his own family and his friends. This solidarity at last leads Conrad to lose his past close relationships with them. These impulsive decisions allow Conrad to expand upon his emotions, since in the beginning of the movie he bottles it up and allows it to accumulate over time. inside the novel, Holden displays reckless attitude that results in harming both himself and those around him.The factor of his reckless behavior begins when Holden runs away from Pency Prep referable to the fact that he gets kicked out and is afraid that his parents would be upset. In turn, Holden decides to live in the city and waits boulder clay he is expected to come home. This act eventually leads him to price himself mentally because after a time spent in the city, Hold en begins to feel more(prenominal) depressed.. and lonely (95). In an act of desperation, Holden tries to fill in his loneliness and sorrows by finding company with a girl named tornado that he wasnt too crazy about (105).However, as Holden and Sally are serene on their date, Holden displays his reckless behavior when he insults Sally calling her a pain in the ass (133). Sally is thus deeply wound by the insult and she was even crying (134). This act in turn leaves Holden to become lonely and depressed once again. With the feeling of depression weigh on his shoulder, Holden decides to leave town and head for the west. quin, Holdens kid sister, listening his plan also wants to tag along as vigorous delivery along her suitcase that contains her personal items.Even though Holden doesnt want to be alone, he refuses his sisters plea to run away with him and in turn results him to display another act of recklessness. Holden yells at Phoebe relation back her to shut up which tr iggers her to start to cry (206). Holdens consideration of going away Phoebe hurts Phoebe because she really cares about her brothers well being. Since Holdens siblings Allie and D. B are no longer currently alive in the household, if Holden were to run away, Phoebe would feel lonely having single her parents as companions.Holden and Conrad are similar types of characters because they both act recklessly and unintentionally hurt themselves and the people that surround them. Both of the characters punch one of their good friends overdue to immature decisions. Holden gets into a fist fight with Stradlater since Holden continues to invoke Stradlater about his date with Jane, kat onceing that a punch to the face would follow the dispute. This act displays that Holden makes wrongful decisions knowing the consequences of the act, however still continuing with the act.In addition, Conrad also displays reckless behavior by continuingly punching Stillman out of the remark that Stillman ma kes of Jeannine. Conrad punches Stillman out of anger and frustration since Dr. Berger, Conrads psychiatrist, unlocks his emotions it begins pouring out uncontrollably. With this act of violence, Conrad loses many of his once close friends because his friends now perceive him as crazy after the punching incident. Both Holden and Conrad displays thoughtless decisions by punching their friends in an act of rage which results in the consequences of more hurt.Even though Holden and Conrad may be similar they are more different than alike because they designate different acts of recklessness. While Holden may use strong words and brasslike voices to harm others, Conrad uses physical actions to harm the ones around him. When Holden was on his date with Sally in the restaurant, he begins to ramble about the future that Sally and Holden could take together. Holden suggests that Sally runs away together with him however Sally rejects his proposal do Holden to become upset.This urge that is raging inside of him impulses him to say things that he didnt think by means of then enabling him to insult her. However, this is not the only case in which Holden says things without thinking. In another scenario where he is speaking to Phoebe, Holden tells Phoebe to shut up, he didnt mean to tell her to shut up but the impulse enabled him to do so (206). On the other hand, Conrad uses his non-thought out actions to affect the people around him. Having Conrad attempting suicide by cutting his wrists vertically harms his family because it causes them to have to worry about their son.Conrads parents have already baffled a son and if they were to lose another one then it would merely devastate their familys reputation and the family would thus fall apart. In addition, due to Conrads depression it causes him to not have an appetite when eating. Thus, when Conrads milliampere makes him breakfast and he refuses, this act causes his mother to become hurt from the rejection and t herefore dump the meal in the garbage dispenser. Even so the slightest of actions of Conrad should effect and hurt the people around him.In conclusion, even though both Holden and Conrad are unintentionally hurting their loved ones, they differently act out recklessly when making out a decision. Both Holden and Conrad are both misunderstood teenagers that are trying find a way to get through the day. This is caused by the fact that their life is missing the genuine happiness that everyone in society searches for. However, at the end of both stories, they eventually achieve their root of true happiness and therefore can live through the day knowing that they are truly happy.