Young Holden dead in accident

Lived a troublesome life

At the age of 20, Holden Caulfield was found dead outside his apartment in New York. He died immediately after being run over by a car.

Where he was going nobody knows, but he was on his bicycle just outside his apartment when the car hit him.

“I didn’t see him coming until it was too late. I swear I didn’t see him coming” said the shocked driver just minutes after the accident.

Holden was born in New York and his both parents are still alive. His sister, Phoebe Caulfield is studying at Harvard Law School.

Holden had a troublesome youth and never graduated from any school. He was expelled from four schools before he gave up education and started working as a mailman.

“He was misunderstood. He would have gone far if he’d been given the chance. He sure had brains.” said his sister Phoebe about his school years.

“He didn’t like school. No, he really didn’t care for education.” claims Robert Ackley, the only person he kept in touch with from the schools he went to. Robert went to Pencey with Holden.

His parents gave up Holden’s education after the fourth time he got kicked out, and he went away to live in another part of the country for a while.

“He said he had to get away from the city and find himself. It was as if he was hoping for God to tell him what he was meant to be. Foolish boy.” his father says with a sad smile.

“God? The boy didn’t really believe in God. He just wanted to get some peace and quite until he was ready to make a serious try in life.” claims his mother.

He stayed away for almost a year before he came back to New York, but the time away did not seem to have helped him. He still didn’t know what he wanted to do, and stayed at home all days until his parents decided to do something about his laziness. They got him a job as a mailman, and that is where his life ended.

“He was just hanging around all day; we thought that a job might do him good. Maybe it would take him somewhere.” says his mother with tears in her eyes.

The job did not take him anywhere; Holden Caulfield’s life ended before his life changed to the better.