... meets several of what he calls, phonies, and he is traumatically exposed to the hypocrisy and the ugliness in the world. Holden spends a majority of the book, wandering the streets of New York, and is feeling an overwhelming sense of loneliness. He turns to several things as a means of protection and companion, ... is where I was born, and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me, and all that David Copperfield kind of crap, but I don't feel like going into it, if you want to know the truth" (Salinger 3). This gives us our first clue ....

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• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School

... of the novel Holden makes it clear that he is not writing his life story, about his childhood, or, as he puts it, "all that David Copperfield kind of crap." This quote is very interesting in the make-up of the plot because it tells you right off the bat that this is going to ... Park during the winter, a symbolic question he has been asking since his arrival in New York. This is beginning to become a very familiar scene in the book, Holden finds everything about his surroundings vulgar and tasteless, he then ends up upsetting his company so much they leave depressed and rejected. Late th...

• Word Count: 1626
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School