... character of J.D. Salinger's novel The Catcher in the Rye, Holden Caulfield, is merely the average teenager, although he seems to think about sex and women quite a lot for his age of sixteen. This point can be easily argued in many ways, one example being the time Holden called ... normal, but hiring a prostitute when one is sixteen years old is far from average. After the prostitute, Sunny, arrived in Holden's room and had stripped off her dress Holden lied to her saying that he had an injured "clavichord" so that he could back out of doing the ... he is obsessed with women and sex. A f...

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... failing at everything he attempts. Part of his problem is that he was deeply affected by the death of his brother Allie. He really misses him and this leads him to not want to face the adult world, but to go back to the innocence of his childhood. His problems begin at school ... then makes an excuse, so he doesn't have to have sex. His obsession is also shown when he meets the nuns at Grand Central and wonders how they react to Romeo and Juliet. He believes that nuns are so divorced from any sense of sexuality that they could not deal with works with erotic themes. The idea ... of sex s...

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... language, he also has an adaptable vocabulary which delineates his personality as being able to speak with typical teenage language and high level adult English. Holden lazily uses words that do not exist by simply turning nouns into adjective through adding a -y, or turning ... bourgeois" shows his high level of intelligence. "Often Holden seems to choose his words consciously, in an effort to communicate to his adult reader clearly and properly" (Costello 87). In using phrases such as "to take a leak," he speaks more casually. Holden's adaptable vocabulary forms his unique character ....

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