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How Does Holden Respond To The Catcher In The Rye

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On the very first page of The Catcher in the Rye, Holden Caulfield says “I'll just tell you about this madman stuff that happened to me around last Christmas just before I got pretty rundown and had to come here and take it easy.” Opening the story this way tells me that at the end of the book something will happen to him that will force him to be hospitalized. I wonder what will happen and why he will be admitted. Because of this when I was reading the book I watched for symptoms and continued making predictions about why he was sent to the hospital and what sent him there. On page 4 when Holden is talking about his older brother, D.B. He says “Now he's out in Hollywood, D.B., being a prostitute.” Before this Holden speaks highly of his …show more content…

Before they meet up, he narrates his thoughts on Sally on page 138 he says “She was quite a little phony.” He talks about how he doesn’t think decently of her before she shows up. However, when Sally does appear he begins acting phony himself. He acts happy to see her by saying “Swell to see you.” but then he says “I meant it too.” Holden also doesn’t tell her anything about being kicked out of Pencey, and acts like everything is fine. I begin to think 1of how everyone on social media acts. People post pictures of themselves acting like nothing in troubling them. People also “Like” and comment heart emojis on their followers or “Friends” …show more content…

In the beginning of their conversation they are both ecstatic to see each other. However, on page 213 Phoebe begins to question why he is there now, and not coming home Wednesday, when he was supposed to come home. Phoebe grows frustrated with Holden, and asks “You didn’t get kicked out or anything, did you?” then yells “You did get kicked out! You did!” This made me think of my relationship with my own brother. He is known for getting low grades and is constantly in trouble. I feel like I have had the same discussion with the same person

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