Mr. Antolini

A life raft is floating right before your eyes. You swim towards the raft, with the storm becoming more and more treacherous. Right as you reach to grab it, time runs out. A monstrous wave strikes your back, making you immobilized. There is nothing you can possibly do to free yourself from the horror. Life is slowly fading from your sight. Eventually, all hope is gone.

Mister Antolini is a very wise man, and was Holden Caulfield’s former teacher at Whooton School. One day, Holden randomly called Mr. Antolini to have a visit with him. Once he arrived, all they talked about was Holden’s future and how he needed to react if he didn’t want to become insane. Unfortunately for both of the two, Mr. Antolini’s advice didn’t travel a long distance. However, it drew some effect. If all things went wrong, death would’ve been the result for Mr. Caulfield. Even though the outcome wasn’t death, it wasn’t anything great.

Insanity is the final position in which Holden ended up in. You can’t ridicule Mr. Antolini for this destination, because he did absolutely everything that he could do to help Holden. He was the only human on Earth in the novel that even cared about the way Holden treated his life. If Mr. Antolini was never in Caulfield’s life, he would have never made it past seventeen years of age.

Holden is another one placed in the world of insanity. Fortunately for him and others in his type of situation, there are other peers that can lure them into places of experience and joy. However, to completely endure this opportunity you must accept these peers’ advice.