Holden's Psychological Trauma in The Catcher in the Rye

In The Catcher in the Rye,Holden Caulfield is afflicted with severe psychological trauma caused by the death of Allie,his younger brother and he strongly resists society.This paper analyzes Holden's psychological trauma by Freud's psychoanalysis.Holden's trauma gives rise to the conflicts between his superego and his id beyond the self-adjustment of his ego,and his ego's psychological defense mechanism is abused to cause his ego to lose connection with the external world,so Holden loses the integrity of his personality structure.