... is getting older. Holden uses a lot of projection though out the book as one of his defense mechanisms. "If there's one thing I hate, it's the movies. Don't even mention them to me"(2). He says the movies are phony and so are the people that go to them. Even though he says this he goes to the movies and he has very strong feelings about them. Holden does many ... things to contradict himself throughout his story. Such as taking Sally to a play even though he says that he does not like them either. He doesn't want to become like this but he can't help it, which is why he tries to make it...

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... both self-identification and maturation. The Narrator in Jay McInerney's Bright Lights, Big City, and Holden Caulfield in J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye, are two such characters. In Bright Lights, Big City, the Narrator escapes family and marriage problems, coupled with his monotonous career, through the use of drugs and participation in the infamous New York City nightlife of the 1980's. In The Catcher in the Rye, Holden escapes problems at school and the societal pressure to grow up by ... because what you really wanted to do was be a terrific lawyer, with everybody slapping y...

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• Grade Level: High School

... society. Some people may have a religious reawakening while others fall into a deep depression, which can disrupt their ability to do normal, everyday chores. The person's entire personality can also change. In the case of Holden Caulfield, the protagonist within the novel The Catcher in the Rye, the death of his brother Allie brought upon him much pain and grief but it also caused him to lose sense of who he was ... , however, was eventually stolen from him and he was punched in the stomach. After the prostitute and her "boss" left, Holden thought of an alternate ending in which Holden ...

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