Catcher In The Rye: Holden's Insight About Life And The World Around Him
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The book Catcher in the Rye tells of Holden Caulfield's insight about life
and the world around him. Holden shares many of his opinions about people and
leads the reader on a 5 day visit into his mind. Holden, throughout the book,
made other people feel inferior to his own. I can relate to this b ....
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.... any special talents or abilities and used other
methods to make him out to be a rough tough boy. "Boy, I sat at that goddam bar
till around one o'clock or so, getting drunk as a bastard. I could hardly see
straight." (pg. 150) Holden tried all he could to fit in. He drank, cursed and
criticized life in general to make it seem he was very knowing of these habits.
I myself have found me doing this at times, also. I, at times, feel the need to
fit in to a group and do things similar to what ....
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