... plans, has captured the spirit of this stage of life in hyper-sensitive form, dramatizing Holden Caulfield's vulgar language and melodramatic reactions. Written as the autobiographical account of a fictional teenage prep school student Holden Caulfield, The Catcher in the Rye deals with material that is socially scandalous for its time. As an emotional, intelligent, inquisitive, and painfully sensitive young man, Holden ... , 1951) when referring to his teacher's expressions and body language while picking up some written work Holden had done. "Turd" is a word a recently potty-trained ch...

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... but Horwitz believes that Holden's questions are rather stupid so they get into an argument. Holden is not impressed by the kind of people that fill Ernie's and calls them "prep school and college jerks". He notices a very attractive girl sitting with a guy. He tries to listen to their conversation and hears him telling her about a guy in his dorm that ... ...

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