... mitt to, with all the poems written on itShe was interested in that kind of stuff," (79). Here, Holden reveals that he trusted Jane with stories of his dead brother, Allie, who he seldom spoke about to anyone. This shows that Holden felt extremely secure in this relationship. Moreover ... getting involved in a long conversation with her. I'm not crazy about talking to girls' mothers on the phone anyway. I should've at least asked her if Jane was home yet, though. It wouldn't have killed me. But I didn't feel like it. You really have to be in the mood for that stuff,& ... as he admits, "I...

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... of the unknown. J. D. Salinger's symbol of the ducks shows us the more vulnerable side of Holden's character, while the checkerboard reveals his motivations. The checkerboard Holden used to play with Jane is symbolic of his hope for innocence and security. Holden describes the checkerboard, stating, "She wouldn't move any of her kings. What she'd do, when she'd get a king, she wouldn ... kings in the back row gives you security, as you cannot lose when you play. Holden likes to believe in Jane's security, as she is a symbol of innocence to him. As long as all her kings are in the back r...

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... is tormented by his constant search for the ideal. There have only been two people who have ever embodied Holden's model of perfection: Allie, his younger brother, and Jane, who used to be his next door neighbor. Allie is introduced as the nicest member of Holden's family. He was a little red head whom "[we"d] have ... 81). Without the opportunity to grieve Allie's death, Holden often judges every other human being compared to him. Another person Holden holds in high esteem is Jane. He likes the fact that "Jane [is] different. [They"d] get into a movie or something, and right away [they"d...

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... Holden regresses and thinks about Allie when he was alive and how happy he was. He regresses about other things that made him happy too. Such as Jane Gallagher and how they use to play together when they were kids. "We"d get into a god dam movie or something and right away start holding hands ... we wouldn't quit till the movie was over. And without changing position or making a big deal out of it. You never even worried with Jane, whether your hand was sweaty or no. All you knew was you were happy. You really were"(79). Feelings like this and when he is having a ... . I still think he ...

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... I"ll admit it" (36; ch. 4). Stradlater considers himself as a very sexually active guy. While he is dating Jane Gallagher, Stradlater shows by how much he is interested in sex. Holden, who used to date Jane, tells Stradlater that her father used to booze all the time: " all I ever saw him do was booze all ... the time- (42; ch. 4), and this really interests Stradlater as Holden said: "That really interested him. About the booze around the house naked, with Jane around. Stradlater was a very sexy bastard. Only very sexy stuff interested him" (42; ch. 4). He was not very interested about o...

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... I"ll admit it" (36; ch. 4). Stradlater considers himself as a very sexually active guy. While he is dating Jane Gallagher, Stradlater shows by how much he is interested in sex. Holden, who used to date Jane, tells Stradlater that her father used to booze all the time: " all I ever saw him do was booze all ... the time- (42; ch. 4), and this really interests Stradlater as Holden said: "That really interested him. About the booze around the house naked, with Jane around. Stradlater was a very sexy bastard. Only very sexy stuff interested him" (42; ch. 4). He was not very interested about o...

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... you to think he had come in by mistake, for God's sake."" Holden thinks everybody is a phony, everybody except for Allie (his brother), Phoebe (his sister), Jane Gallagher (his old next-door neighbour) and some nuns he meets. Allie is Holden's brother that recently died. Allie was a brilliant, friendly, red-headed boy & ... the smartest of the Caulfield's."" Holden is tormented by Allie's death and carries around a baseball glove on which Allie used to write poems in green ink. Jane Gallagher is the girl who recently lived next door to Holden. Holden remembers her as a nice young girl who...

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... entering the museum so he does not ruin one of his few memorable childhood moments. Furthermore, Holden illuminates his refusal to accept change through his failed attempts to call Jane. Although Jane is an old friend and Holden desperately is in need of someone to talk to, Holden avoids calling her due to his fear that she is not the same person ... Holden tells Stradlater, "Ask her if she still keeps all her kings in the back row" (Sallinger 34). The kings in the back row are symbolic for Holden's appreciation for Jane's innocence. Although Holden may be curious to see if Sally change...

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... school matters. While having an unpleasant discussion with Ackley, the conversation was then soon interrupted by Ward Stradlater, Holden's roommate. Stradlater notified Holden that he was going on a date with Jane Gallagher that night, an old girlfriend of Holden's. Holden had agreed to write a paper for Stradlater while he was on the date. After eating dinner, Holden began to write the ... brother Allie whom he loved dearly, but sadly had passed away. When Stradlater had arrived back at the dorm, Holden interrogated him about the date he had with Jane hoping that Stradlater and Jane di...

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... Saturday night at Pencey, Holden was alone in his room as his roommate, Ward Stradlater, was on a date with Holden's old friend Jane Gallagher. When Stradlater got back, Holden was very worried that he had taken advantage of poor, innocent Jane. Holden's insecurity pushed him so far that he attacked Stradlater, knowing it was a battle he would lose. After the fight, Holden ... . She really took this hard and stopped talking to Holden. After they split up, Holden went to a phone booth to call Jane but there was no answer. He checked his address book but he only had his dad's office number...

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... find and protect. Holden's red hunting cap is a strong symbol of his unconventional joy. He wears the cap backwards symbolizing "the catcher." Jane is an early example of Holden's devotion to those he sees as innocent. Holden sees Jane as a sensitive, imaginative girl who transcends the cruelty of life. An example of Holden's attempt to shelter innocence is the fact the he ... never calls Jane; possibly for fear that he will scar her memories of her as an innocent child. It's unlikely that Jane would admit any kind of sexual abuse done by her stepfather to Holden. Holden prefers it this...

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... teenagers because it teaches them not to grow up so posthaste. When Holden ascertains of the date Stradlater, his sexually experienced roommate, has with Holden's old friend Jane Gallagher, he becomes incensed. Holden characterizes Jane as nave and pure, yet he deems Stradlater as immoral and perverted. Holden "tried to sock him, with all [his] might, right smack in the toothbrush, so ... it would split his goddam throat open- (43), hoping to rescue Jane from Stradlater's ruination of her innocence. Then, when Holden covertly visits his younger sister Phoebe, she inquires about what he ...

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... shave. Holden and Ward talk while Stradlater shaves. Stradlater asks Holden to write a composition for him because his schedule will not allow it. Holden then learns Stradlater is taking out Jane Gallagher, who is a girl Holden has feelings for.Stradlater exits, Ackley returns, the Holden eats dinner. Holden then goes out with his friend Mal, and Ackley for a burger, then they ... his homework assignment and not Holden's responsibility to complete Stradlaters's work. He should have told Stradlater that he should have thought about the essay before he had made a date with Jane. f) After ...

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... . Ackley is Holden's next door neighbor in the dorm. Holden's handsome, self-assured roommate, Stradlater, is obsessed with himself and assumes that everyone else is obsessed with him as well. Jane Gallanger is Holden's former girlfriend who is now dating Stradlater. Holden's ten year-old sister Phoebe, has the innocence that Holden wishes the rest of the world has. Holden feels ... Holden's roommate, Stradlater. Holden knows that Stradlater is very good looking and well known among the girls. Holden worries about an old friend, Jane Gallanger, when she goes out on a date with Stradlater...

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... serves as self-protection. This has been the case since his bother died. Such as the time when his roommate in high school, Stradlater, went on a date with Jane, Holden's former neighbour girlfriend. Jane awakened warmth and feelings in Holden, therefore he was jealous and worried that Stradlater - the flirter of the school - might do something with her. " "If you didn't take ... go with her?" I asked him after a while. I could hardly keep my voice from shaking all over the place. Boy, was I getting nervous." Instead of telling Stradlater he has feelings for Jane, Holden starts making r...

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... , certain statements made by his roommate, Stradlater, an honest man, may have pushed some of the wrong buttons. As Stradlater mentions that he has a date with a childhood friend of Holden, Jane Gallagher, fury and rage elevates in Holden as he exclaims, "What'd you do? Give her the time in Ed Banky's goddam car?- (p. 43). Rather than calmly analyzing the situation, and ... and images began to haunt Holden, and several chapters later, Stradlater's words still end up in Holden's head: All of a sudden, on my way out to the lobby, I got old Jane Gallagher on the brain again. I got her on, a...

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... relationship with Robert Ackley isn't really good either. Robert Ackley is another of Holden's roommate s at Pencey. Robert Ackley is very untidy and always irritating. His relationship with Jane Callagher is quite good. Jane Callagher is his Holden's ex-girlfriend. She is funny, and she and Holden get along very well. His relationship with Sally Hayes is weird. Sally Hayes is another ... ...

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... way to go, and him not being able to make up his mind as to which way to go when he is in his first cab in New York City. Jane Gallagher also represents Holden, But not him physically, but his past. Holden mentions her many times throughout the story. He mentions that he will call her, but never gets the ... of his past that he misses a lot, and he wants to go back to. The Museum of Natural History also represents Holden's past; just a different aspect of his past. While Jane Gallagher makes Holden want to return to the past, the Museum of Natural History sort of changes his mind. he re...

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... because it gives him a sense of excitement. He also escapes reality by pretending to be someone he is not. He pretends to be a gunshot victim most of the time, with Jane Gallagher aiding him by his side. He finds company in this and often humors himself with this role playing. "about halfway to the bathroom, I sort of started pretending I had a bullet ... in my guts Then I"d crawl back to my room and call Jane and have her come over and bandage up my guts. I pictured her holding a cigarette for me to smoke while I was bleeding and all. (Salinger, 104) This is like "Anonymous" because .....

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... into his habitual use of swearing (Costello, 1990). "Sonuvabitch" is reserved for his extreme anger, as when he kept calling Stradlater a "moron sonuvabitch" for the boy's ostensibly offensive treatment of Jane Gallagher. Again, Holden's sporadic use of "sonuvabitch" in his angriest moments alerts the reader to the serious quality of his anger. Salinger carefully crafted such speech patterns to help us ... ...

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... shaved himself with [ .] rusty as hell and full of lather and hairs" (27). They are also uncaring and self-absorbed. For example, Stradlater does not care about Holden's feelings for Jane Gallagher. After the two fight about her, Holden goes to Ackley's room to talk. Ackley keeps telling Holden to be quiet and go to sleep even though Holden always listens ... ...

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... flashbacks we are further made aware of Holden's inner conflict. Holden recalls the innocent childhood memories of happiness that hinder him from maturing. He constantly refers to his childhood companion Jane , but she never actually appears in "The Catcher in the Rye". Holden cannot bring himself to contact her on as he fears she alike all that he is surrounded by ... ...

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... everyone and tries to eliminate that person that he sees as a threat. So, Holden decides to face off against the phony Stradlater to take out revenge for Stradlater apparently giving Jane Gallagher - an old next door neighbor when Holden was a child - the time of her life in the back of Ed Banks' car. Holden also thinks every teacher is a phony who ... ...

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... and at the wrong time. Holden could also fight to protect children from the evil and immorality of society, keeping their minds and hearts pure. He could fight to keep Jane from being corrupted by suave boys only looking for sex, and little children learning what cuss words mean at a young age. No matter what the situation is, Holden Caulfield may ... ...

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