... a major toll on Holden and he began a downward spiral into mental illness. Before Holden was to be sent home from Pencey for good, he decides to leave early and be on his own in New York City for a few days. With a decent stash of money and a desperate desire to repress his depression, Holden roams around the city, meets up with old friends, strikes ... up conversations with new ones, drinks and smokes profusely, and hardly sleeps. At one point, he calls a prostitute up to his hotel room, but only wants to talk ... the night he died, and [he] broke all the goddam windows with [his] fis...

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