... . His confusion of where he fits in, in the world leads him on journeys in his life, which certify his confusion. In Holden's final days at Pencey High, he was thinking about the lagoon in Central Park, down near Central Park South. I was wondering if it would be frozen over when I got ... or something. Or if they just flew away. (Salinger 13) Holden finds himself questioning where he will go after his last day of Pencey. Pencey was supposed to provide a home, however that school is just like the pond, frozen over, denying Holden access. The ducks once lived and found a home in the pond,...

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... ) What extreme situations are there in the book? Describe them. What's their importance? The first extreme situation I would like to treat is that is kicked out of school for the third time in a row. Fragment 1 As you can see in this fragment he doesn't really cares for his future. The reason why I took this ... but he can refuse. I think that is the situation for about the whole book. You can't help what happens to you, so in that way you aren't responsible, but it is the way how you react at it. Your reaction mostly determines what is the next situation you are going in to. 54b) What ....

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... that lead to the conclusion that Salinger had a specific purpose of self-expression when he created the concept for this book, even if the specific details aren't that of himself or an actual person. The Catcher in the Rye begins when Holden Caulfield goes to visit one of his teachers before he has to leave ... the school since he was kicked out. Holden decides to leave the school early and use the Christmas money and other money he has saved up to go to New York for a while until it ... would be time for him to come home. Holden was kicked out of Pencey Prep School for not having the g...

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