Catcher In the Rye: Point of View, Locations, and Characterization Society is full of artificial people. Influences such as television, magazines, money, and fame encourage people to focus on a person’s outside features rather than their inside behavior. People have adjusted to this society and harmonize in it. For those individuals who cannot accept society, results of depression or difficulties in being emotionally stable may occur. A question could then arise: is a person really unstable or has society made them that way? An instance of a person who has been driven to instability due to a faulted society is seen in J.D Salinger’s Catcher