Individuality in society is what makes our culture exist. Each person seems to be opposite of the next in their choices and their preferences. What makes one person happy, make not even bring a smile to the next. The one thing that each individual does have in common is the fact that to gain happiness, one much search for it. This quest may involve many different characteristics. Some battle the quest for happiness with the company of others, and some battle the quest for happiness alone. Whether this quest leads to a material happiness or a spiritual happiness depends on the individual who is brave enough to tackle the search. In The Catcher in the Rye, "A Perfect Day for Bananafish" and "For Esme—With Love and Squalor," Salinger argues that the quest for happiness is not material, but spiritual; he does this by creating characters who cannot cope with the world around them and search for a spiritual happiness through loneliness, by detailing this spiritual quest through......

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Title: Catcher In The Rye
Approximate Word Count: 3097
Approximate Pages: 13 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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