... as she consistently seeks to prove to her tribe and to her grandfather, the current chief, that she does possess the qualities of a leader. Similarly, in the book The Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger, the protagonist Holden Caulfield also doesn't enjoy the life that he is living and seeks change, however unlike Kathy and Pai, Holden has a choice in his fate and his own bad decisions eventually lead him down ... because she is unaware of her life being any different. In Never Let Me Go, Whale Rider, and The Catcher in the Rye, the the transition from adolescence into adulthood plays a v...

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