... smoking and drinking in hopes that he will find companionship. He even admits, though, "I'm a goddamn minor." (pg.70) When this approach fails, he goes to the complete opposite of the spectrum. "(Phoebe) was always someone you felt like talking to on the phone." (pg.66) The reason why Holden ... still be on their way south, the deer would still be drinking out of that water hole, with their pretty antlers and their pretty, skinny legs, and that squaw with the naked bosom would still be weaving the same old blanket. Nobody'd be different. The only thing that would be ... and buildings that...

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• Grade Level: High School

... smoking and drinking in hopes that he will find companionship. He even admits, though, "I'm a goddamn minor." (pg.70) When this approach fails, he goes to the complete opposite of the spectrum. "(Phoebe) was always someone you felt like talking to on the phone." (pg.66) The reason why Holden ... still be on their way south, the deer would still be drinking out of that water hole, with their pretty antlers and their pretty, skinny legs, and that squaw with the naked bosom would still be weaving the same old blanket. Nobody'd be different. The only thing that would be ... and buildings that...

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• Grade Level: High School

... but says he enjoys in order to humor Sally. Sally then wants to go ice skating so she can wear a short skating skirt that shows off her legs. Neither of them can skate at all, however, and they end up going inside for cokes. Holden brings up the idea of leaving New York and escaping ... Holden finds everything about his surroundings vulgar and tasteless, he then ends up upsetting his company so much they leave depressed and rejected. Late that night he goes to his house to visit Phoebe. Phoebe and Holden talk for a while about all sorts of things, but when the subject of Holden getting ...

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... in society, but Holden is different in many ways. Holden is a critic of society, and believes that the major weakness in society is the phoniness of everyone within it. He goes through the novel being alienated by people around him, dealing with the phoniness of society, and coping with the pain of the death of his younger brother Allie. On top ... of all this, Holden has just been expelled from his fifth school, and goes through most of the novel with no support from anyone. At one point in the novel, Holden falls apart, not being able to take what society throws at him on ... two fis...

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• Grade Level: High School